Hold That Tiger is the fourth album released by The Muddy Basin Ramblers. The album was nominated for the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in the Best Recording Package category.[1]
| Hold That Tiger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2018 | |||
| Producer | David Chen | |||
| The Muddy Basin Ramblers chronology | ||||
| ||||
The album was designed by Onion Design Associates based in Taiwan by art directors Andrew Wong and Fongming Yang.[2] The visual style of the album incorporates Taiwan’s religious folk culture, Taoist mysticism, and 50’s retro-futurism. The CD sleeve itself is modeled after a Taoist Fu talisman.[3]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Prelude (It's a Tiger!)" | 0:54 |
| 2. | "Tiger Rag" | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Zen Beat Rag" | 3:11 |
| 4. | "Speed of Light" | 5:00 |
| 5. | "Telegraph" | 3:31 |
| 6. | "Fear Not the Ocean" | 3:43 |
| 7. | "Tower of Babble" | 3:29 |
| 8. | "Mosquito Bop" | 4:18 |
| 9. | "Immigrant Song (Ballad of Carlos Bulosan)" | 3:47 |
| 10. | "Dharma Train" | 4:16 |
| 11. | "Ke Bu Ke Yi Wen Ni Yi Ge Wen Ti?" | 3:14 |
| 12. | "Shake it by the Betel Nut Tree (Betel Nut Calypso, feat. Fish Lin)" | 4:02 |
| 13. | "Corrina" | 4:39 |
| 14. | "Delia Green" | 2:25 |
| 15. | "Interlude (I've Been Down So Long Down Don't Worry Me)" | 0:46 |
| 16. | "A Rambler's Blues" | 3:46 |
| 17. | "Interlude (Station Identification)" | 0:14 |
| 18. | "Beer Drinking Woman and a UFO" | 3:51 |
| 19. | "Island Love Song #1 (Nakashi Blues)" | 3:04 |
| 20. | "Temple Blues" | 7:07 |
| 21. | "Interlude (Let Summer Sing)" | 0:34 |
| 22. | "Quantum Reel" | 2:54 |
Awards
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 62nd Annual Grammy Awards | Best Recording Package | Hold that Tiger - The Muddy Basin Ramblers | Nominated | [4][5][6][7] |
| 2020 | Golden Melody Awards | Best Recording Package | Hold that Tiger - The Muddy Basin Ramblers | Won | [8] |
| 2020 | Independent Music Awards | Best Blues Song | Dharma Train - The Muddy Basin Ramblers | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Independent Music Awards | Best Producer Roots/Country | David Chen - The Muddy Basin Ramblers | Nominated |
|
References
edit- ^ "62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards". GRAMMY Awards. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ "The Muddy Basin Ramblers Hold That Tiger". YANG FONG MING. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ Bauer, Chris (2020-06-02). "CD Packaging: Hold That Tiger- Muddy Basin Ramblers". UnifiedManufacturing. Retrieved 2024-11-19.
- ^ "62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com.
- ^ "台灣專輯設計入圍葛萊美獎！「宮廟符咒」台式風格超吸睛". Yahoo News. November 28, 2019.
- ^ "不只驅邪避凶，符咒還能是包裝！結合台灣宮廟文化，泥灘地浪人《擒虎記》一舉入圍葛萊美專輯包裝設計！". December 15, 2019.
- ^ "The 2015 Grammy nomination list". USA Today.
- ^ "THE 30th Golden Melody Awards - Nomination & Winners". THE 30th GMA.