Chemist (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Chemist
| type = studio
| artist = The Necks
| cover = Chemist (album).jpg
| alt = A grainy red and black background depicts tropical plants with the group's name and album title at the top right in black print.
| released = 2006
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Megaphon, St Peters
| genre = Improvised music
| length = {{duration|m=60|s=48}}
| label = Fish of Milk/Shock
| producer = The Necks
| prev_title = Mosquito/See Through
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = Townsville
| next_year = 2007
}}
Chemist is the ninth album by Australian improvised music trio The Necks, which was first released on the Fish of Milk label in 2006 and later on the ReR label, internationally. The album's three tracks, "Fatal", "Buoyant" and "Abillera", were written, performed and produced by the group's members: Chris Abrahams on piano, Lloyd Swanton on double bass and Tony Buck on drums and guitar. It won the ARIA Music Awards Best Jazz Album category in 2006.{{cite web | url = https://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/search/?text=necks&view=list# | title = Search Results for 'Necks' | publisher = Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) | accessdate = 27 November 2017 }}
Reception
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/r843708 | title = Chemist – The Necks | last = Couture | first = François | publisher = AllMusic | accessdate = 27 November 2017 }}
|rev2 = The Guardian
|rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/aug/11/jazz.shopping3 | title = Jazz: The Necks, Chemist | last = Waters | first = John L | work = The Guardian | publisher = Guardian Media Group | date = 12 August 2006 | accessdate = 27 November 2017 }}
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AllMusic's François Couture rated the album at four-and-a-half-out-of-five stars and explained, "Throughout the album, despite all the different approaches and new elements, the music remains resolutely, unmistakably the Necks... [it] is the trio's best album since Aether (or, if you don't like their softer side, since Hanging Gardens), an essential for the fan, and a must-have for the casual listener." John L Waters of The Guardian rated it at four-out-of-five stars, "[it] breaks with Necks tradition by featuring three 20-minute pieces, each with different moods and soundworlds. There's the spooky, Miles-ish 'Buoyant'; the dense ambient indie of 'Abillera'; and the dark, rolling groove of 'Fatal', which seems to cry out for a David Lynch video to accompany it."
Track listing
All compositions by the Necks' Chris Abrahams, Tony Buck and Lloyd Swanton.{{cite web | publisher = Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | title = 'Abillera' at APRA search engine | url = http://apraamcos.com.au/search?searchtype=works&keywords=abillera | accessdate = 27 November 2017 }} Note: For additional work user may have to select 'Search again' and then 'Enter a title:' or 'Performer:'
- "Fatal" – 21:09
- "Buoyant" – 19:48
- "Abillera" – 19:51
Personnel
References
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Category:ARIA Award–winning albums