The Chameleons released one more album in their prime, the melancholy ‘Strange Times’ which again scored rave reviews but little sales, outside their cult status. Honestly the entire album is magnificent so I went with two videos this time, the first is probably one of my all time top ten songs “Swamp Thing” performed live, the second is an album version of another excellent song “Caution”, enjoy.
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The Chameleons- Perfume Garden
After the release of their first album too much critical success but virtually no commercial success, The Chameleons released their second album ‘What Does Anything Mean? Basically’ in 1985 to similar results. However this album was a far different from 1983 ‘Script of the Bridge’, in that it relied much more on slick producing and digital pedals. Here is my personal favorite track from that album “Perfume Garden” (but they are all good tracks).
The Chameleons- Don’t Fall/Here Today
If they sound familiar it’s because there are 20 different bands out there that copy these guys. The Chameleons (some times known as The Chameleons UK) are probably the most influential band you never heard of with three albums in the 80’s ‘Script of the Bridge‘, ‘What Does Anything Mean? Basically‘, and ‘Strange Times‘. They also got back together in 2000 and released a final studio album in 2001 ‘Why Call it Anything‘. From the opening track of their first album 1983’s ‘Script of the Bridge‘ Don’t Fall , two things are clear 1) these guys were years ahead of their time and 2) when they played together these guys were something special.
Note, Don’t Fall is the first track of the album, Here Today is the second track off ‘Script of the Bridge‘. I wanted to post the studio version and this was the best I could find so you get two for the price of one.
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