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Your Mind Is on Vacation

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Your Mind Is on Vacation
Studio album by
Released1976
RecordedApril 5, 7, 8 & 9, 1976
Atlantic Recording Studios and Regent Recording Studios in NYC
GenreJazz
Length36:47
LabelAtlantic
SD 1691
ProducerJoel Dorn
Mose Allison chronology
Mose in Your Ear
(1972)
Your Mind Is on Vacation
(1976)
Pure Mose
(1978)

Your Mind Is on Vacation is an album by American pianist, vocalist and composer Mose Allison recorded for the Atlantic label in 1976.[1][2] The album cover was designed by Seymour Chwast.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[3]

Allmusic awarded the album 4½ stars and its review by Scotty Yanow states, "It seems strange to realize that this was Mose Allison's only recording during the 1973–1981 period".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Mose Allison except as indicated

  1. "Your Mind Is on Vacation" – 2:34
  2. "Foolin' Myself" (Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) – 2:52
  3. "No Matter" – 3:40
  4. "One of These Days" – 4:29
  5. "I Feel So Good" – 2:25
  6. "Fires of Spring" – 2:57
  7. "If You Only Knew" – 2:42
  8. "I Can't See for Lookin'" (Arnold Stanford, Nadine Robinson) – 3:57
  9. "What Do You Do After You Ruin Your Life" – 3:23
  10. "Swingin' Machine" – 4:08
  11. "Perfect Movement" – 3:30
  12. "Your Molecular Structure" – 2:16

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Atlantic Records Catalog: 1600 series accessed September 25, 2015
  2. ^ Mose Allison discography accessed September 25, 2015
  3. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Your Mind Is on Vacation – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 25, 2015.