Omar & The Howlers Monkeyland CD

Monkeyland Music

List Price	$11.98 (You save $1.19)
Category	Rock Albums, Blues CDs, Regional Collections, Texas/West Coast Blues, Rock/Pop
Label	Texas Music Group / Lone Star
Orig Year	1997
All Time Sales Rank	75176
CD Universe Part number	1063535
Catalog number	11
Discs	1
Release Date	Feb 15, 1990
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo

Omar & The Howlers Monkeyland Songs

1.	Monkey Land	$0.99
2.	Tonight I Think of You
3.	Big Town Shakedown
4.	She's a Woman
5.	Fire in the Jungle
6.	Night Shadows
7.	Modern Man
8.	Loud Mouth Woman
9.	Dirty People
10.	Ding Dong Clock
11.	Next Big Thing

Monkeyland Music Review

Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars) 4 stars

4 stars Jazzing with feel
That says it all.
Submitted by Henry (Springbrook, AB, Canada)
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