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Bill Nelson Chimera CD

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Digitally remastered edition of the former Be-Bop Deluxe frontman's 1983 solo album release. Includes 4 bonus tracks : "Hard Facts From The Fiction Department" and three versions of "Acceleration".

Originally planned as a mere stopgap release between albums, Chimera turned out to be a welcome showcase for Bill Nelson at his peak, commercially and creatively. Following the triumph of his 1982 album The Love That Whirls, the British guitarist built Chimera in the same vein, setting his romantic and erotic poetry to the sort of synthesized settings favored by his younger pop peers. However, where much of Nelson's previous output had been a virtual one-man show, the six songs here benefit from his new desire to collaborate, most notably with Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi (whose band Nelson had produced). The result is the elegant dance music of "Everyday Feels Like a New Drug" and "Glow World"; the latter song also features the rubbery fretless bass of Japan's Mick Karn and is perhaps the best of all the attempts at this sort of oriental funk made by Karn's bandmates, Gary Numan, and several other artists. The guests don't seem to have sparked Nelson's desire to return to his Red Noise, guitar-hero days (although he does crank out some jagged, Robert Fripp-style leads in "The Real Adventure"), but the focus here was on balancing Nelson's instrumental and theoretical fights of fancy with the demands of modern pop, a job performed with aplomb. The contents of this EP would later be combined with two songs apiece from the previous albums Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam and The Love That Whirls to form Vistamix, an excellent introduction to Nelson tailored for the American market. ~ Dan LeRoy

Personnel: Bill Nelson (vocals, guitar, synthesizer, marimba, bass guitar, drums); Ian Nelson (saxophone); Mick Karn (bass guitar); Yukihiro Takahashi (drums); Preston Hayman (percussion); Jan Nelson (background vocals).

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List Price $10.98 (You save $1.29)
Category Rock/Pop Albums, Pop CDs, Art Rock, New Wave, Rock
Label UME Imports
Orig Year 1983
All Time Sales Rank   36061  
CD Universe Part number 6973348
Catalog number 983102
Discs 1
Release Date Dec 20, 2005
Studio/Live Studio
Mono/Stereo Stereo
Producer Bill Nelson
Personnel Bill Nelson - vocals, guitar, synthesizer, marimba, bass guitar, drums
Ian Nelson - saxophone
Jan Nelson - background vocals
Preston Hayman - percussion
Yukihiro Takahashi - drums

Also: Mick Karn
Additional Info Bonus Tracks; Remastered
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Windows MediaRealAudio Media1.Real Adventure, The$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media2.Acceleration$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media3.Everyday Feels Like Another Drug$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media4.Tender Is the Night$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media5.Glow World$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media6.Another Day, Another Ray of Hope$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media7.Hard Facts From the Fiction Department - (Bonus Track)$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media8.Acceleration - (Bonus Track Long Version)$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media9.Acceleration - (Bonus Track Dub)$0.99
Windows MediaRealAudio Media10.Acceleration - (Bonus Track Short Version)$0.99

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Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars MASTER OF ALL
I buy Chimera on vinyl in june 1983, i still love it, Thakashis drum and Bills guitar works is cool and hot in same time.
Submitted by Manolo (London)
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5 stars He did again...
Chimera is futher proof of the genius of Bill Nelson. I remember hearing this back in 1983 and just being blown away yet again at the man's talent. Nelson once again demonstrates his incredible diverseness with electric rock songs like The Real Adventure, the irresistabley poppy Acceleration, the funky Everyday Feels Like Another New Drug (which features taped samples, around the same time digital sampling was coming into its own), the dreamy funk of Tender Is The Night...the guitar is exceptionally addictive in this song plus an oriental flavored keyboard solo. The progressive Glow World features some snakey bass playing by Mick Karn. Yukihiro Takahashi (YMO) is also featured on drums on certain tracks. Hard Facts From The Fiction Department wasn't originally on this album. It's a funky instrumental that features some more taped samples, which Nelson was fond of using back then. I have to admit I could have done without all 3 extra versions of Acceleration but I'm still glad they're included. I don't know why the song wasn't a big hit. You won't hear music like this anywhere else. Bill Nelson is in a class of his own.
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