Moodfood

Moodfood
Studio album by Moodswings
Released	September 15, 1992
Genre	Tribal ambient, alternative dance, ambient dub, downtempo, house
Length	73:12
Label	Arista
Producer	Hood and Showbiz
Moodswings chronology
Moodfood (1992) Live at Leeds (EP) (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
NME	7/10 [3]

Moodfood is a 1992 album by Moodswings. This album prominently features Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders on most of the lead vocals.

All tracks by J.F.T. Hood and Showbiz except where noted.

1. "Throw off the Shackles" – 6:19
2. "Moodswings Overture" – 5:56
3. "Problem Solved" – 8:11
4. "Skinthieves" – 6:08
5. "Rainsong" (Chrissie Hynde, Waterhouse) – 6:29
6. "100% Total Success" – 3:51
7. "Microcosmic" – 4:40
8. "Spiritual High (Part I)" (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 5:23
9. "Spiritual High (State of Independence) Part II" (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 4:57
10. "Spiritual High (Part III)" (Hood, Jon & Vangelis, Grant Showbiz) – 5:14
11. "Thailand" – 7:37
12. "Hairy Piano" (Hood, Upchurch ) – 8:27

• J.F.T. Hood – drums, producer
• Showbiz – producer, keyboards
• Chrissie Hynde – lead vocals, producer

• Jeff Beck – guitar
• Kid Prince Moore – vocals
• Linda Muriel – vocals on "Rainsong"
• Terry Disley – string arrangements
• Liz Upchurch – piano
• Amanda Vincent – piano
• Johnny Marr – engineer, additional guitars
• Step Parikian – engineer
• Martin Hawkes – engineer
• Erick Labson – engineer, editing, mixing, post-production
• Mental Block – design, illustrations
• Peter Mountain – photography
• Rob Williams – photography

• "Skinthieves" features a guitar solo performed by Jeff Beck, and was used as the theme for the TV series America's Most Wanted.
• "Spiritual High" is based on the Jon & Vangelis song "State of Independence" and features vocals by Chrissie Hynde. Part III incorporates excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Part II was featured in the film Single White Female. "Spiritual High" reached #6 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.^[5]