Mogwai Young Team
by Mogwai
- Type: Album
- Released: 21 October 1997
- Label: Chemikal Underground
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:04:32
- Community rating: 4/5 from 18 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Mogwai's debut album 'Mogwai Young Team' is a landmark of 1990s post-rock, establishing the band's signature use of extreme dynamic shifts between quiet, atmospheric passages and sudden, overwhelmingly loud guitar distortion. Largely instrumental, the album's raw production by Paul Savage and Andy Miller captures lengthy, improvisational-feeling compositions that occasionally incorporate spoken-word samples, piano, and flute. The record is noted for its blend of abrasive noise and delicate melody, with the guest vocal appearance by Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat on 'R U Still in 2 It' serving as a rare departure from its instrumental focus.
Genres
Descriptors: noisy, atmospheric, instrumental, crescendo, dynamic
Tracklist
- Yes! I Am A Long Way From Home (05:57)
- Like Herod (11:41)
- Katrien (05:24)
- Radar Maker (01:35)
- Tracy (07:19)
- Summer - Priority Version (03:28)
- With Portfolio (03:11)
- R U Still In 2 It (07:20)
- A Cheery Wave From Stranded Youngsters (02:18)
- Mogwai Fear Satan (16:19)
Credits
- Stuart Braithwaite - guitar, glockenspiel
- Dominic Aitchison - bass guitar
- Martin Bulloch - drums
- John Cummings - guitar
- Brendan O'Hare - piano, guitar, cover photography
- Barry Burns - backmasked monologue on "Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home"
- Mari Myren - monologue on "Yes! I Am a Long Way from Home"
- Aidan Moffat - vocals on "R U Still in 2 It"
- Shona Brown - flute on "Mogwai Fear Satan"
- Paul Savage - production
- Andy Miller - production
- Keith Cameron - liner notes (for 2008 deluxe reissue)
- Neale Smith - photography