Chasing Shadows (album)
Chasing Shadows | ||||
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Studio album by The Comsat Angels | ||||
Released | 1986 | |||
Genre | Post-punk | |||
Length | 41:32 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | The Comsat Angels, Kevin Moloney | |||
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Chasing Shadows was the Comsat Angels' sixth album, released in 1986 on Island Records.
Having left Jive Records, the band had gotten a recording contract with Island Records, aided by Robert Palmer, who confessed on a TV show to be a fan of the Comsat Angels.[2] As a thank you, he was credited as "executive producer" on the album, and also provided vocals for the song "You'll Never Know."[3]
The track "The Cutting Edge" was released as a single, with "Something's Got to Give" on the B-side.[4] The latter song was not included on the album, but later appeared as a demo track on the 2007 release To Before.[5] The original version appeared on the 2015 reissue of Chasing Shadows.
Chasing Shadows was regarded by the band as a departure from their two prior albums, Land and 7 Day Weekend, which were produced by Jive Records. During a 1997 interview, frontman Stephen Fellows agreed with a suggestion that Chasing Shadows displayed his best vocal performance, adding: "I liked Rockfield, where we recorded Chasing Shadows cos it was very informal. We played mostly live, with vocals added later. Sleep No More was done live – the feel, capturing the moment. Obviously the Jive albums weren't done like that – assembled by machines in another room while we watched television and ate fruit".[6]
Chasing Shadows was reissued by Edsel Records in November 2015 as part of a two-CD set which also included the 1990 album Fire on the Moon, which was recorded by the band using the name Dream Command.
Track listing
All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake.
- "The Thought That Counts" – 6:03
- "The Cutting Edge" – 5:06
- "Under the Influence" – 4:22
- "Carried Away" – 5:05
- "You'll Never Know" – 4:57
- "Lost Continent" – 5:01
- "Flying Dreams" – 5:45
- "Pray for Rain" – 5:01
- "Something's Got to Give" (2015 edition bonus track)
Personnel
- Stephen Fellows - vocals, guitar
- Andy Peake - synthesizer, vocals
- Kevin Bacon - bass guitar
- Mik Glaisher - drums
- Robert Palmer - vocals on "You'll Never Know"
References
- ↑ Allmusic review
- ↑ the comsat angels, q&a
- ↑ The Comsat Angels Q&A at Renascent Records
- ↑ Comsat Angels website
- ↑ Comsat Angels website
- ↑ Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/97