Chill Out

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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0016581715523 Format: Import Label: Tvt Manufacturer: Tvt Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Tvt Release Date: 1993-03-08 Studio: Tvt
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Editorial Reviews: Say what you will about mind-expanding drugs, but without them, the world wouldn't have SERGEANT PEPPER'S, DARK SIDE OFTHE MOON, or KLF's CHILL OUT. The very concept of a chill-out room only became necessary within the rarified rave culture of the '80s and '90s, when club-goers needed a respite from Ecstacy-induced whirling and the random hugging of strangers. On CHILL OUT, listeners are treated to a sonic collage that works as both fascinating listening and an aural blanket in which to wrap oneself to counteract the affect of too many pinging synapses. Each song here is a hallucinatory vignette, filled with sounds that could have been collected from dreams. A sleepy sax floats over ocean noises and seagulls in "Melody From a Past Life Keeps Pulling Me Back", whileelsewhere are heavenly choirs, railroad ambience, Tibetan chants, stuttering synthesizers, a snippet of Elvis Presley singing "In the Ghetto", sounds of thunder, and disembodied voices off the radio. It adds up to one of the most original and enduring examples of a musical genre that has subsequently been mined past the point of usefulness.
Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: My favourite album of all time. Comment: The KLF are best remembered for "What Time Is Love?" & their media pranks. This album is just a pure joy to listen to, recorded in a minimalist way. The music is almost background music to Drummond & Cauty's soundscape of rivers, trains, sheep, planes, cars, mad preachers, and everyday sounds that you hear but never takes notice of, but on this album you do. If you can't sleep at night, put this album on in the dark and you begin to imagine you are on a journey around distant lands. The KLF also used samples from Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Acker Bilk, Jesus Loves You (aka Boy George). Some stripped down versions of some KLF classics are here too, although retitled, along with what has to be the most impressive track the KLF ever recorded "Madrugada Eterna". If you like easy listening then this is for you. If you only ever buy one KLF CD, buy this one, and as the title says... "Chill Out" TOP MARKS Customer Rating: Summary: Genius Comment: Say what you like about KLF-this is a work of genius! Too many late nights spent listening to this might scramble your mind but its worth it. Customer Rating: Summary: What an album........ Comment: Glad to see this album is still available, as many other greats of the time, such as B.A.D.'s 'The Globe' are sadly out of circulation. Chill Out will forever have a place in my heart for being the first album I'd grab upon coming home from a hard night's stomping - just the thing needed to calm the mind. It's a far cry from the disasterously commercial 'White Room' - of which only a couple of tracks are worthy of listening to. Customer Rating: Summary: Elvis on the Radio, Steel Guitar in my Soul!! Comment: I just had to write a review for Chill Out. I was actually looking for reviews of FSOL's latest release of rarities and thought I'd look up the KLF out of curiousity. I was interested to see that only 2 out of the 20 reviews gave it less than 5 stars and whilst everyone has their own tastes, I'm very much in agrement with the other 18!!!!! Absolutley classic album, so lush, with such a dream like quality to it. I went through a phase when I was about 19 (11 years ago!!) when I was dossing down in my dad's living room and all I had was my trusty old gehtto-blaster and a copy of Chill Out on cassette! I must have listened to the album everysingle night for about 2 or 3 months, when I was in a very 'Chilled out' state of state of mind (If you catch my drift, LOL!!) In my opinion, the KLF were immense, without a shaddow of a doubt, one of the most influencial dance acts's of all time. Without them, I probably would never have become so obssesed with dance music, particularly trance, and whilst I attribute that down to their records like What Time is Love and 3am, the Chill Out album is something very special. The steel pedal guitar drifting in and out, the American News Reader, not to mention the remix version's of Elvis and Stranger on the Shore!!! It's top class!!!!! I only really listen to the album periodically these days, not every 24 hours but I still love it just as much!!!! The KLF will never be surpassed!!!!! They trully were unique!!!! Customer Rating: Summary: Fantastic Comment: Is this really the same bunch of [...] that brought us a unique blend of musically disposable political pranksterism, as well as acting (if my memory serves me correctly) as the Timelords? Apparently so, but this is a very different kettle of fish, and one that, pardon the metaphor, has remained a lot fresher. An ambient mix of steel guitar, road and train noise, Elvis, radio announcements and ads... a blissful ride, all the way up the East coast. Or at least from Brownsville to Baton Rouge and beyond... You won't regret shelling out for this one (I hope), it works superbly and strikes me as highly innovative. Only problem is, it's about half an hour too short! And there's nothing else out there that sounds like it, as far as I can tell... I love this album, just buy it and like it, okay? More Reviews