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Alcatraz
Alcatraz
Studio album by The Mr. T Experience
Released	1999
Recorded	March–April 1999
Genre	Punk rock, pop punk
Label	Lookout!
Producer	Kevin Army
The Mr. T Experience chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	6.7/10^[2]

Alcatraz is an album by the Berkeley punk rock band the Mr. T Experience, released in 1999 by Lookout! Records.^[3]^[4] It was the band's last album to include bassist Joel Reader, who left the group after its release.^[5]

Production

The album was produced by Kevin Army.^[6] It was recorded at multiple studios around the Bay Area, to ensure that the songs were sonically distinct.^[6] The album's sound differed from the band's previous two efforts, incorporating organ, keyboards, and acoustic instrumentation.^[7]^[8]

Critical reception

The Dallas Observer deemed Alcatraz "a good, old-fashioned rock album."^[9] SF Weekly wrote: "Deliberately seeking out the sonically claustrophobic atmosphere of such '80s favorites as Elvis Costello's Armed Forces and Joe Jackson's I'm the Man, the album achieves a level of nearly paranoid musicianship, rife with extemporaneous fills and exceedingly tight instrumental interplay."^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dr. Frank

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Wrote a Book About Rock and Roll"
2.	"Naomi"
3.	"Self-Pity"
4.	"Hey Emily"
5.	"Tomorrow is a Harsh Mistress"
6.	"Two of Us"
7.	"Our Days Are Numbered"
8.	"We're Not No One"
9.	"Re-Activate Your Heart"
10.	"Perhaps"
11.	"She's My Alcatraz"
12.	"I Feel for You"
13.	"We'll Get By"

Personnel

Dr. Frank – vocals, guitar
Joel Reader – bass
Jim "Jym" Pittman – drums
Eric Noyes – hammond organ on tracks 1, 3, 8, & 10, piano on tracks 1 & 4
Gabe Meline – hammond organ on track 13, piano on track 10, ARP on track 5
Kevin Army – piano solo on track 4
Paige O'Donoghue – backwards laughing on track 9
Todd Grady – trumpet on track 2

Album information

Produced, engineered, and mixed by Kevin Army in March and April 1999
Recorded at Foxhound Sound Studios, Roof Brothers Studios, Sharkbite Studios, and Studio 880 in Oakland, California, and at Laughing Tiger Studios in Marin County, California
Tracks 1-12 mixed at Foxhound Sound, track 13 mixed at Roof Brothers
Assistant engineers: Matthew Farina, Dave Simon-Baker
Mastered by John Golden
Photography by Jennifer Juniper Stratford
Art by Chris Appelgren

References

^ "Alcatraz - The Mr. T Experience | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ Byrd, Steven. "The Mr. T Experience: Alcatraz: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved June 5, 2024.
^ "Mr. T Experience". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
^ "Sixpence None the Richer, Mr. T Experience ..." MTV News. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021.
^ "The Mr. T Experience | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Growing Pains". SF Weekly. September 1, 1999. Archived from the original on July 9, 2021. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
^ Masley, Ed (October 15, 1999). "ARE YOU MR. T EXPERIENCED?". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT. p. 32.
^ "Show Business Is My Life". East Bay Express. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
^ Crain, Zac (March 9, 2000). "The Mr. T Experience". Dallas Observer.