title: Shack-man
text: # Shack-man
  
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  | The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
  | MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | |
  | The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
  
  Shack-man is an album by experimental jazz fusion trio Medeski Martin & Wood, released in 1996.
  
  It peaked at #7 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Albums chart.
  
  ## Production
  
  The album was recorded in an isolated shack in Hawaii, with power supplied by solar energy and generators.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  AllMusic called the album "the best example to date of the trio's cerebral fusion of soul-jazz, hip-hop, and post-punk worldbeat." New York wrote that "the changes are episodic, as in funk, rather than conversational, as in jazz." Relix called it a "dark, funky dorm room breakthrough."
  
  The Cleveland Scene wrote that the group "made it cool to groove again with 1996's Shack Man, a Hammond-hammered Phish-lot mainstay that opened the door for instrumental improv groups like Soulive and Particle."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All music by Medeski Martin & Wood except where noted.
  
  * "Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus" (traditional, arr. by MMW) – 4:27
  * "Think" – 5:16
  * "Dracula" – 4:16
  * "Bubblehouse" – 4:27
  * "Henduck" – 4:38
  * "Strance of the Spirit Red Gator" – 7:06
  * "Spy Kiss" – 4:22
  * "Lifeblood" – 7:06
  * "Jelly Belly" – 4:42
  * "Night Marchers" – 4:26
  * "Kenny" – 4:43
  
  ## Performers
  
  * John Medeski – Hammond B3 organ, clavinet, Wurlitzer electric piano, Pianet T, toy piano, Yamaha CSO1 II
  * Billy Martin – drums, percussion
  * Chris Wood – acoustic bass, electric basses, guitar
  
  ## Credits
  
  * Recording engineer: David Baker
  * Assisted by Carl Green and Mark Kindermann
  * Mixed at IIWII, Weehawken, NJ with David Baker and Katsu Naito
  * Edited at Current Sounds, NYC with Bob Ward
  * Mastered by Dr. Toby Mountain, Northeastern Digital Recording
  * Executive producer: Hans Wendl
  * LP management: Liz Penta
  * Band photo by Michael Macioce
  * Artwork by Billy Martin, 1996
  