dce@tekecs.UUCP (06/02/83)
Yesterday, I got back to my apartment, and surprise! My Chrome boxed set had arrived only 2 weeks after I ordered it. This special edition box contains six records and costs $16. Surprise number two : there are six ALBUMS, not 45's like I expected. Released on Subterranean/Siren records, this collection contains a history of Chrome's American albums (they released their best album 'Red Exposure' on Beggars Banquet in England) and two new records. The box includes - Alien Soundtracks(1977) - Second album. Sounds like someone playing 3 radios, changing stations on two while leaving the third on a heavy metal station that is too far away. Half-Machine Lip Moves (1978) - More of the same, but this time you find out that the radio station was not too far away, the music is just deranged. Blood on the Moon(1980?)- Jimi Hendrix meets funky robots. No Humans Allowed(1981) - More of the same but more listenable. Chronicles I & II (new) - This is the same type of stuff, but the songs are much longer (5 songs on two records). Contains the new single, "Anorexic Sacrifice". Either "Blood ..." or "No Humans ..." contains the songs from the soundtrack EP for the film "Read Only Memory". This is a great collection for Chrome fans and for anyone who likes electronic music. For those of you who are Residents fans and have not heard of Chrome, listen to Subterranean Modern again. The Chrome songs on it are pretty much what you can expect from these albums; not silly like the Residents, but just as good. David PS If anyone wants the address to send off for the boxed set, just whistle.