The Prayer Chain

Antarctica

Track Listings
Antarctica
Chalk
Loverboy
Friend Or Foe
Superfree
Humb

the next tracks are recorded live 12/30/95:
Wrounde
Waterdogs
Creole
Gylliade
Bendy Line
Crawl
The Hollow

 

Discography

Humb (2011)
Here Comes The Rust (2003)
Live @CBGB's (2002)
So Close...Yet So Far (1998)
Antarctica (1996)
Mercury (1995)  
The Shawl (1993)

Whirlpool (1992)

Neverland Sessions (1991)


 

Release Date: (May 1, 1996)
Label: Brainstorm
Producer: Steve Hindalong


December  Hotel 
Overall Rating:  
++++

(Friend Or Foe)

Album Review

This 14 track album contains unreleased songs from the "Mercury" sessions as well as tracks from their December 31st show in California. This time the Chain moves away from the Mercury album percussion based theme and crank out some tracks that simply groove. "Chalk" and "Loverboy" are extremely catchy love songs, while "Friend or Foe" almost demands to be played at loud volumes with windows down driving on a sunny day. Here Eric Campuzano's bass line drives the home the song. The "live" cuts are equally as impressive. Taken mostly from the "Shawl" and "Mercury" albums, it starts off with a grooving version of "Wrounde" and ends with a beautiful, melodic version of "The Hollow." If you even slightly enjoy Prayer Chain's music, THIS IS A MUST HAVE. If you have heard about this band and are wondering about a first album to buy; this is the one. The live tracks gives you a preview of their earlier brilliant work and the studio songs are simply outstanding. My only gripe is that they left off "The Other Side of Heaven" and "Lose Yourself Tonight", which they recorded during the Mercury sessions and are very hard to get a hold of. Still, a awesome album.
 

 

The Prayer Chain (homepage)

  

Interviews

Tim Tabor

Andrew Prickett

Somewherecold

 

Links

psychoflange

salutationstribute

northern records

 

 

 

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