R&B Transmogrification

R&B Transmogrification is the second studio album by the American indie band Quasi.^[5][6] It was released on March 25, 1997, on Up Records.

R&B Transmogrification
Studio album by Quasi
Released	March 25, 1997
Length	47:04
Label	Up Records[1]
Producer	Charlie Campbell Quasi
Quasi chronology
Early Recordings (1996) R&B Transmogrification (1997) Featuring "Birds" (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	7.8/10[3]
Record Collector	[4]

Critical reception

Record Collector wrote that the album is "clever from the get-go; between their heavily distorted rocksichord (a kind of electronic keyboard made to approximate the sound of a harpsichord) and lyricism that tells of the worst kind of heartbreak, there’s a sort of commercial viability without selling the soul of these songs."^[4] Trouser Press thought that "the imaginative music includes everything commercial pop lacks: the pioneering spirit navigating a sinking ship, violations of civilized taste and neurotic condemnations."^[7]

Track listing

All tracks by Sam Coomes except "Bird's Eye View" by Janet Weiss and Coomes.

1. "Ghost Dreaming" – 3:24
2. "Ballad of Mechanical Man" – 3:13
3. "In the First Place" – 4:02
4. "Bird's Eye View" – 3:23
5. "Two-Faced" – 2:53
6. "Ghost vs. Vampire" – 3:26
7. "R&B Transmogrification" – 2:29
8. "When I'm Dead" – 2:20
9. "Sugar" – 5:27
10. "My Coffin" – 3:59
11. "Mama, Papa, Baby" – 2:59
12. "Chocolate Rabbit" – 3:24
13. "Iron Worm" – 3:18
14. "Clouds" – 2:52

Personnel

• Sam Coomes – vocals, guitars, Roxichord, keyboards
• Janet Weiss – vocals, drums
• Charlie Campbell – recording engineer, mixing
• Quasi – recording engineer, mixing
• Tony Lash – mastering