Crab Rangoon (album)

Crab Rangoon marked a major turning point in MU330's sound, moving away from the manic punk-ska of their early albums and into a more melodic indie rock-influenced direction the band would maintain for their subsequent albums, a style that Asian Man Records marketed as "Weezer meets The Specials".[1]

Following the departure of vocalist Jason Nelson, trumpeter Nick Baur and saxophonist Traygen Bilsland, this was the first MU330 album to feature former Skankin' Pickle trombonist Gerry Lundquist, cementing the five-piece line-up which would become the longest lasting of the band's career.

Released during the commercial height of the American third wave ska revival in 1997, two promotional singles were released from Crab Rangoon with accompanying music videos, "Tune Me Out" and "Father Friendly", although neither song achieved any significant radio airplay or chart success.

All songs written and composed by Dan Potthast except where noted otherwise.

1. "Tune Me Out" - 2:34
2. "Ireland" (Potthast/Moll) - 3:07
3. "Funny Papers" (Potthast/Moll) - 1:47
4. "Neighbors" - 2:42
5. "Father Friendly" - 3:11
6. "Understand" - 2:46
7. "Fragile" - 2:21
8. "Jason" - 2:08
9. "X-mas Card" - 2:00
10. "Around You" - 3:04
11. "Good Homes" - 2:32
12. "The Struggle of Helen" - 1:49
13. "Organic Gun" - 1:04
14. "Now"* - 13:12

• Following several minutes of silence after "Now" is a hidden track identified in the liner notes as "Things That Don't Hurt" (Moll).

• Dan Potthast - vocals, guitar, tenor and alto saxophones
• Ted Moll - drums, vocals
• Chris Diebold - bass, vocals
• Rob Bell - trombone
• Gerry Lundquist - trombone