Mental Floss for the Globe is the debut album by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad. Released in 1989 (in the US, 1990) and produced by Belgian guitarist Jean-Marie Aerts, the album features a crossover of several music genres, such as rock, hip hop, and funk. It spawned the hit single "Deeper Shade of Soul," which gained the band international recognition, including in the United States, where they toured with Living Colour. The album got to #54 on the Billboard 200 album chart. "Deeper Shade of Soul" reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and two other singles were taken from the album, "No Kid" and "Fast Lane". The album won an Edison Award in the Netherlands, and in 2008 was named the best Dutch pop album of all time by Dutch music magazine OOR. Mental Floss for the Globe is the debut album by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad. Released in 1989 (in the US, 1990) and produced by Belgian guitarist Jean-Marie Aerts, the album features a crossover of several music genres, such as rock, hip hop, and funk. It spawned the hit single "Deeper Shade of Soul," which gained the band international recognition, including in the United States, where they toured with Living Colour. The album got to #54 on the Billboard 200 album chart. "Deeper Shade of Soul" reached #21 on the Billboard Hot 100, and two other singles were taken from the album, "No Kid" and "Fast Lane". The album won an Edison Award in the Netherlands, and in 2008 was named the best Dutch pop album of all time by Dutch music magazine OOR. false 2023-07-15 17:44:14 Mental Floss for the Globe 8 1989 1989-01-01 1989-01-01 111 Alternative Rock Hip Hop Pop Rap Rap Rock Rock 132666 2221856 296841a7-053e-4f16-b4e8-966d0ef2e2c9 770b04ac-7075-4a39-ab37-dd2885b21e2f 843cba23-ce2f-359f-9fd7-a7d97f21a33f /media/data/media4/Music/Urban Dance Squad/Mental Floss for the Globe/folder.jpg Urban Dance Squad Urban Dance Squad 1 1 Fast Lane 03:30 1 2 No Kid 03:39 1 3 Deeper Shade of Soul 04:32 1 4 Prayer for My Demo 03:34 1 5 Big Apple 03:30 1 6 Piece of Rock 05:00 1 7 Brainstorm on the U.D.S. 04:03 1 8 The Devil 03:21 1 9 Famous When You're Dead 05:16 1 10 Mental Floss for the Globe 03:04 1 12 Man on the Corner 03:40 1 13 God Blasts the Queen 04:11 2 1 Struggle for Jive 04:07 2 2 Big Apple 03:59 2 3 Prayer for My Demo 04:11 2 4 Brainstorm on the U.D.S. 04:09 2 5 Hitchhike H.D. 03:46 2 6 Deeper Shade of Soul 03:46 2 7 Man on the Corner 04:26 2 8 Underground 05:17 2 9 Let Me Guide You 02:48 2 10 .45 Caliber 04:19 2 11 No Kid 03:33 2 12 Fast Lane 04:07 2 13 Famous When You're Dead 08:17 2 14 Sunshine of Your Love 02:41 2 15 God Blasts the Queen 04:30 Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986. The band consisted of a guitarist, bassist, drummer, rapper, and DJ. Urban Dance Squad was one of the most successful Dutch bands of the nineties, releasing five studio albums.