The Manhattan Transfer - Extensions [MFSL-CD] (1979)

Year: October 31, 1979 (CD 1995)
Label: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (US), UDCD 578
Style: Jazz, Pop, Disco, Vocal
Country: New York City, U.S.
Time: 37:17
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 212 Mb

Extensions is the fifth studio album by the Manhattan Transfer, released on October 31, 1979, by Atlantic Records.
Marking a new era for the group, the album was the first one with Cheryl Bentyne, who replaced Laurel Masse in early 1979. It was also their first album with Jay Graydon in the producer's chair and their first to contain songs that were hits in both the jazz and pop categories. The song "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" reached No. 4 on the Billboard Disco chart and No. 30 on the Hot 100. "Trickle, Trickle" reached No. 73 on the Hot 100. The album reached No. 55 on the Billboard Top LPs chart.
The most widely known song from this album, "Birdland" by Weather Report, won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion. Best Jazz Fusion Performance in 1981. Jon Hendricks wrote lyrics for the vocalese version on the album and Janis Siegel received a Grammy for her vocal arrangement of "Birdland".
The New York Times wrote that the album "carries their exploration of group harmony to a level of seriousness that finally establishes them as the legitimate heirs of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross and the Hi-Lo's."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensions_(The_Manhattan_Transfer_album))

01. Birdland (06:01)
02. Wacky Dust (03:09)
03. Nothin' You Can Do About It (04:27)
04. Coo Coo-U (02:15)
05. Body And Soul (04:28)
06. Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone (06:07)
07. Trickle Trickle (02:21)
08. Shaker Song (04:32)
09. Foreign Affair (03:53)

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