FISHBONE - Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the CD

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Give a Monkey a Brain and He'll Swear He's the Center of the Universe is the fourth full-length album from Funk Metal and Ska band Fishbone. It is the last album to feature all six original members, as guitarist Kendall Jones left the band a few months after the album's release, and keyboardist/trombonist Chris Dowd would leave the next year.

It is Fishbone's heaviest album, with the band focusing on heavy metal without any trace of their trademark horn section until the fourth song, the ska-infused "Unyielding Conditioning". Saxophonist Branford Marsalis makes an appearance on the manic "Drunk Skitzo", and the ending of "Swim" includes excerpts of a Damon Wayans stand-up routine about his experience at a Fishbone concert.

Shortly after the release of the album, the band toured as part of the third annual Lollapalooza festival, but was dropped by Sony Records the following year.

1."Swim"John Bigham4:42

2."Servitude"Kendall Jones5:20

3."Black Flowers"Chris Dowd5:46

4."Unyielding Conditioning"Kendall Jones4:45

5."Properties of Propaganda (Fuk This Shit On Up)"John Norwood Fisher5:22

6."The Warmth of Your Breath"John Norwood Fisher, Angelo Moore4:55

7."Lemon Meringue"John Norwood Fisher6:10

8."They All Have Abandoned Their Hopes"John Norwood Fisher, Angelo Moore, Chris Dowd4:58

9."End the Reign"Kendall Jones5:23

10."Drunk Skitzo"Angelo Moore, John Norwood Fisher5:17

11."No Fear"John Bigham6:01

12."Nutt Megalomaniac"John Norwood Fisher5:43

Personnel

• Angelo Moore – saxophone, vocals
• Walter A. Kibby II – trumpet, vocals
• Kendall Jones – lead guitar, vocals
• Chris Dowd – keyboards, trombone, vocals
• John Bigham – guitar, keyboard
• John Norwood Fisher – bass guitar, vocals
• Philip "Fish" Fisher – drums
• Kristen Vigard - background vocals