The Chimes - The Chimes (1990) (Lp) - €10,00

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The Chimes is the only studio album by Scottish dance music act The Chimes, released in 1990. Featuring singer Pauline Henry on vocals, the album includes their cover of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For", which reached number six in the UK Singles Chart, along with their other top 40 hit "Heaven", which reached number 24. 

The album was certified silver in the UK.

The Chimes' sole album is proof that commercial dance-pop can have artistic viability as well as chart potential. 

A mixture of hip influences (Soul II Soul's Jazzie B and Nellee Hooper produced two tracks, including the meaty acid house single "1-2-3") and the polish of soul and pop veterans (Pete Wingfield plays piano on most of the album, and other guests range from the Hooters' Eric Bazilian to '70s studio pro Ralph Schuckett), The Chimes is a completely solid and credible album with thankfully little of the overdone slickness or shrieking of pseudo-soul pretenders. 

(In fact, it's possible that the low-key dignity of this album is why it wasn't a bigger chart hit, though it received rave reviews both in the U.S. and the trio's native Great Britain.) 

Pauline Henry's expressive but controlled voice is powerful without resorting to the tiresome trills and oversinging of so many of her R&B contemporaries, and multi-instrumentalist producers James Locke and Michael Peden combine pop, dance, and soul influences into a seamless, sleekly danceable blend. 

The album's biggest hit, a gospel-tinged remake of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," finds new levels of power in that overplayed song, and its inclusion makes perfect thematic and musical sense instead of being the desperate plea for chart attention it might have been in less capable hands.

Side A

A1 . Love So Tender - 2:58

A2.  Heaven - 3:49

A3.  True Love - 3:53

A4.  1-2-3 - 3:23

A5.  Underestimate - 4:08

Side B

B1.  Love Comes To Mind - 4:52

B2.  Don’t Make Me Wait - 4:01

B3.  Stronger Together - 3:51

B4.  I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For - 5:27

B5.  Stay - 4:41

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

• All music performed by The Chimes (Pauline Henry, Mike Peden, James Locke), except:
• Eric Bazilian – harp, bass melodica (track 9)
• Luís Jardim – percussion (track 5)
• Simon Law – piano (tracks 3, 4, 5 & 8)
• The Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra – strings (tracks 5 & 8)
• Frank Ricotti – vibes (track 6)
• Ralph Schuckett – piano (track 9), synthesizers (track 9)
• Tony Spiker – conga (tracks 3 & 8)
• Phil Todd – flute (track 6)
• Pete Wingfield – piano (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7 & 10)
• Peter Wood – synthesizers (track 9)
• All tracks programmed by Mel Wesson
• Additional drum programming by Sammy Merendino (track 9)
• Photography by Enrique Badulescu & Steve Rapport
• Design by Peter Barrett & Andrew Biscomb

Notes

Release:  1990

Format:  LP

Genre:  Soul

Label:  CBS Records

Catalog#  466481 1

Vinyl:  Goed

Cover:  Goed

Prijs: €10,00