The chains - On Top Of Things
@ 320 kbps - Covers are included
1. Her Name Is Love 2. Loving Man 3. You Don't Know 4. Look The Other Way 5. Disappearing Man 6. Nothing Left Behind 7. Baby What You Want Me To Do 8. Fortune Teller 9. Try Try Try 10. Nervous Breakdown 11. It's Not The End 12. Soulin'
A new take on 60`s garage, but at the same time, could be a lost Knickerbockers album. What makes this unique is it`s contemporary awareness of melody and a vocalist who sounds like Dave Edmunds. Of course, the requisite vintage instruments are used alongside the warm fuzz, but The Chains superb songwriting is what sets it apart. Clap your hands and shout to the music of The Chains. An incredible debut. Echoing the finest moments of Jordan/Wilson era Flamin` Groovies with hints of Rockpile and primo 60s R&B hounds like the Pretties or Stones, and armed with more than enough sonic propellant to keep the garage-niks creaming in their hipsters, this North of the 49th five-piece are - without a single doubt in my mind - gonna be making the top of anybody with any sense`s must have and top-ten lists this year. And to top it all off the production is absolutely first rate. Fire, skill and the tunes to back it up! Hey, and when these guys tackle a classic like Eddie Cochran`s "Nervous Breakdown" they truly make it their own. Absolutely brilliant. 9.5/10"-London Mirror.
6 comments:
Thankx. Another fantastic get hip album. This label are fantastic.
Many thankx. Cool Nervous breakdown cover. Fantastic record.
Carlos.
Muchas gracias. Otra gran referencia del sello Get Hip, con un buen olfato para las buenas bandas de rock and roll. No es garage 100%, sino sencillamente un buen disco de rock.
Many thankx friend.
Great friend!!!! Awesome post, as usual here. Keep on GetHip and Thankx.
yeah great album,bought it when it came out.been eagualy awaiting the follow up ever since.
anyone know whats happening with these guys?
i noticed on theyre myspace site what looked like a new album cover
but no info.
they followed this album with a fantastic 7" by the way.
thanks as always for your great blog ratboy.its a daily treat
I was lucky enough to see The Chains perform live in late '02 at The Balcony Bar (upstairs in The Trocadero) in Philly, a place with notoriously BAD sound, recurring technical problems, and, just before they finally passed that long-overdue "no smoking" law, the 2nd-worst air circulation problem of any bar I've ever been to in Philly. I saw The Minks (girl group) and was there to see Philly's Mondo Topless (AGAIN!), then stayed to see these guys (who were on 3rd-- I was forced to leave before the headliners came on, because I was afraid I was gonna literally choke to death on the amount of cigarette smoke in the place).
What struck me first and foremost was, HOW DAMNED GOOD THEY SOUNDED in that wretched place. I just knew I had to get the CD. Sure enough, the sound on the disc was as good or better than what I heard in person, and I wound up playing the thing HUNDREDS of times since. It's simply one of the BEST rock albums I bought that year. Pretty impressive from a group I never heard of until they walked onstage.
I have a follow-up 45 they did 2 years later, "Till You Come Back Home" / "The Boy Who Took My Place", and it's just as good as the rest of the songs. Have these guys done anything since?? (And if so, why not???)
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