Chrome

by Catherine Wheel

Chrome cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 July 1993
  • Label: Fontana
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 53:52
  • Community rating: 3.88/5 from 10 ratings

Artists on this release: Dave Hawes, Barry Maguire, Rob Dickinson, Audrey Riley, Brian Futter, Neil Sims

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A brilliant intersection of British shoegaze and American alternative rock, 'Chrome' pairs incredibly dense, distortion-heavy guitar squalls with highly melodic, radio-friendly hooks. The album is deeply atmospheric and melancholic, balancing Gil Norton's heavy rock production with lush, bittersweet introspection.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, melodic, guitar-heavy, reverb-heavy, dreamy

Tracklist

  1. Kill Rhythm (3:51)
  2. I Confess (3:55)
  3. Crank (3:45)
  4. Broken Head (4:46)
  5. Pain (6:31)
  6. Strange Fruit (3:06)
  7. Chrome (3:54)
  8. The Nude (3:51)
  9. Ursa Major Space Station (5:09)
  10. Fripp (7:34)
  11. Half Life (4:07)
  12. Show Me Mary (3:19)

Credits

  • Catherine Wheel - primary artist, composed by
  • Dave Hawes - bass
  • Audrey Riley - cello, arranged by [strings]
  • Barry Maguire - composed by
  • Keith Breeden - design
  • Peter Curzon - design
  • Storm Thorgerson - design [hipgnosis]
  • John Lee - engineer
  • Adi Winman - engineer [assistant]
  • Brian Futter - guitar, vocals
  • Merck Mercuriadis - management [manager for sanctuary music]
  • Tim Friese-Greene - organ [hammond]
  • Neil Sims - percussion
  • Rupert Truman - photography by
  • Tony May - photography by
  • Chloe Mason - photography by [assistant]
  • Gil Norton - producer
  • Rob Dickinson - vocals, guitar

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