Blood Music (Chapterhouse album)
1993 studio album by Chapterhouse
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Blood Music is the second and final studio album by British shoegaze band Chapterhouse.[2][3] Early copies of this album, as well as North American and Japanese editions, include the bonus remix CD Pentamerous Metamorphosis by Global Communication. Cherry Red re-issued the album in 2008, prefaced by songs from the "Mesmerise" and "We Are The Beautiful" CD singles.
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| Released | 6 September 1993 | |||
| Genres | Neo-psychedelia, alternative dance, shoegaze | |||
| Length | 54:43 | |||
| Label | Dedicated Records | |||
| Producers | Ralph Jezzard, Pascal Gabriel, Simon Postford, Paul Rabinger | |||
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Production
The album has a more pronounced electronic sound than its predecessor. Many producers contributed to the album.[4] According to guitarist Simon Rowe, while the band's first album, Whirlpool, "originally had a very raw feel" and was made as an attempt by the band to sound like The Stooges live, Blood Music was "a different concept altogether". It has a lot more dance music influences that mainly came into play from vocalist/guitarist Andrew Sherrif.[5]
Critical reception
Ira Robbins, in Trouser Press, wrote: "Another tuneful delight in a different kitchen, Blood Music hustles and bustles, putting emphatic rhythms into songs that could have been cut from the first album’s sparkling pop cloth."[6]
Track listing
- "Don't Look Now" (Andrew Sherriff)
- "There's Still Life" (Simon Rowe)
- "We Are the Beautiful" (Stephen Patman)
- "Summer's Gone" (Rowe, Sherriff)
- "Everytime" (Sherriff)
- "Deli" (Ashley Bates, Rowe)
- "On the Way to Fly" (Patman)
- "She's a Vision" (Patman)
- "Greater Power" (Patman)
- "Confusion Trip" (Patman)
- "Love Forever" (Rowe, Sherriff)
- "Picnic" (Patman, Sherriff) (found only on vinyl and Japanese edition)
The US Limited Edition includes a bonus disc containing two remixes of We Are The Beautiful, Frost and Picnic.
