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Mecca for Moderns is the sixth studio album by the Manhattan Transfer. It was released in 1981 by Atlantic Records.

This album was the highest-charting album to date for the group, peaking on Billboard magazine’s Top Pop Catalog Albums chart at No. 22. With this album, the Manhattan Transfer became the first group to win Grammy Awards in both the pop and jazz categories in the same year.

Track listing:
1. “On the Boulevard” Richard Page, Jay Graydon, Marc Jordan 4:08
2. “The Boy from New York City” George Davis, John T. Taylor 3:40
3. “(Wanted) Dead or Alive” Art DeCoteau, Slinger Francisco 3:27
4. “Spies in the Night” Alan Paul, David Foster, Jay Graydon 3:59
5. “Smile Again” Bill Champlin, David Foster, Jay Graydon, Alan Paul 4:33
6. “Until I Met You (Corner Pocket)” Freddie Green, Don Wolf 5:17
7. “(The Word of) Confirmation” Charlie Parker 3:14
8. “Kafka” Bernard Kafka, Jay Graydon 4:08
9. “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square” Eric Maschwitz, Manning Sherwin 3:46

Personnel:
The Manhattan Transfer:
Cheryl Bentyne – vocals
Tim Hauser – vocals
Alan Paul – vocals, vocal arrangement (2, 4)
Janis Siegel – vocals, vocal arrangement (6)

Musicians:
Victor Feldman – Fender Rhodes (1), acoustic piano (1)
Jay Graydon – synthesizers (1, 3), guitar (1–4, 8), arrangements (1, 3, 5, 8), horn arrangements (2), rhythm arrangements (2, 4, 6), vocal arrangements (4, 6)
David Foster – acoustic piano (2, 4, 5), keyboards (5), synthesizers (5)
Greg Mathieson – organ (3), synthesizers (3)
Michael Boddicker – synthesizers (4, 8)
Yaron Gershovsky – acoustic piano (6, 8)
Milcho Leviev – acoustic piano (7, 8), arrangements (7)
Steve George – synthesizers (8)
Steve Lukather – guitar (1, 4, 5)
Dean Parks – guitar (2, 8)
Al Viola – guitar (6)
Abraham Laboriel – bass (1–8)
Steve Gadd – drums (1, 3–8)
Mike Baird – drums (2)
Alex Acuña – percussion (3)
Andy Narell – cowbell (3), steel drums (3)
Don Roberts – saxophone (2)
Tom Scott – saxophone (3), Lyricon (3)
Richie Cole – saxophone (7)
Jerry Hey – trumpet (2)
Bernard Kafka – arrangements (8)
Gene Puerling – arrangements (9)
Jon Hendricks – scatting (7)

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Released: June 3, 1981
Studio: Dawnbreaker Studio, San Francisco, California
Length: 36:12
Label: Atlantic
Producer: Jay Graydon