Alcatraz (album)
Alcatraz is an album by the Berkely punk rock band the Mr. T Experience, released in 1999 by Lookout! Records. It was the band's last album to include bassist Joel Reader, who left the group after its release. Production. The album was produced by Kevin Army. It was recorded at multiple studios around the Bay Area, to ensure that the songs were sonically distinct. The album's sound differed from the band's previous two efforts, incorporating organ, keyboards, and acoustic instrumentation. Critical reception. The "Dallas Observer" deemed "Alcatraz" "a good, old-fashioned rock album." "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."