Strip (The Chameleons album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Strip
| type = studio
| artist = the Chameleons
| cover = Strip (The Chameleons album) cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 May 2000
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Suite 16, Rochdale, England
| genre =
| length =
| label = Paradiso
| producer = {{flatlist|
- The Chameleons
- Jonathan Barrett
- Shan Hira
}}
| prev_title = Tony Fletcher Walked on Water.... La La La La La-La La-La-La
| prev_year = 1990
| next_title = Why Call It Anything
| next_year = 2001
}}
Strip is the first acoustic album and fourth studio album overall by English rock band the Chameleons. It was released 1 May 2000 on record label Paradiso, following the band's reformation that year.{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |year=2000 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |page=282 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0195313739}} It consists of acoustic arrangements of the Chameleons' previously released songs.
Release
Strip was released 1 May 2000 on record label Paradiso.{{cite web |url=http://www.thechameleons.com/releases/index.php?recording=24 |title=The Chameleons – Releases |website=The Chameleons |accessdate=16 July 2013}}
Critical reception
{{music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/strip-mw0000711463 |title=Strip – The Chameleons UK
}}
AllMusic wrote that the album "[doesn't] so much retread its golden oldies for the umpteenth time as recast them completely as modern ideas".
Track listing
{{track listing
| all_writing = the Chameleons (Mark Burgess, Dave Fielding, Reg Smithies and John Lever)
| title1 = Less Than Human
| length1 = 4:01
| title2 = Nathan's Phase
| length2 = 3:36
| title3 = Here Today
| length3 = 4:46
| title4 = Soul in Isolation
| length4 = 8:21
| title5 = Pleasure and Pain
| length5 = 4:49
| title6 = Paradiso
| length6 = 5:17
| title7 = Caution
| length7 = 7:21
| title8 = On the Beach
| length8 = 4:34
| title9 = Road to San Remo
| length9 = 1:05
| title10 = Indian
| length10 = 4:17
}}
Personnel
; The Chameleons
- Mark Burgess – bass, vocals, 12-string guitar
- Reg Smithies – guitars, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, percussion
- Dave Fielding – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, harmonica, didgeridoo
; Technical
- The Chameleons – production
- Mark Burgess – liner notes
- Jonathan Barrett – production, engineering
- Shan Hira – production, engineering
- Nimbus – mastering
- Reg Smithies – sleeve artwork
References
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External links
- [http://www.thechameleons.com/releases/sleevenotes.php?recording=24 Liner notes]
- {{Discogs master|10443|Strip|type=album}}
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