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Shadrack Chameleon Discography of CDs
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| | Shadrack Chameleon CD (1970)
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A Jimmy Page influence (almost inevitable during the period) is discernible in the interesting, mystical chords and changes on the album. For an album created by a revolving group of friends from three separate bands, Shadrack Chameleon is quite a cohesive little surprise. Only 800 copies were pressed, and 500 of those were destroyed before it was released. The members of Shadrack didn't lack ambition, either; "Chameleon (I Love You)" is an epic ballad with seemingly two songs combined into one, while the album ends on the spare acoustic-to-electric drone of "Beyond Eternity." The album ultimately passes by in an almost lazy haze and is occasionally accomplished, but too often Shadrack Chameleon sounds, if not uninspired, uninterested or flat. ~ Stanton Swihart
This garage band from Humbolt, Iowa issued this original 1971 album on the IGL label, recorded on a 4-track Ampex in Dakota City. The band can employ a beautiful, stomping country-rock style, as on the opening cut "I Wonder Why," with its ensemble vocal hook (reminiscent of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's "Lucky Man") and organ, or it can be a heavier progressive rock outfit, as on "Long Road to Ole' Miss" and "Granite Feast." Mostly, though, Shadrack Chameleon might be termed progressive folk, and songs like "That's the Way It's Gotta Be" and "Don't Let It Get You Down" reveal strummed chording that comes out sounding almost claustrophobic and is a good match for each song's subject matter. The band is certainly not a Zeppelin soundalike, though, because the changes that Fox and sometime-partner Randy Berka conceived are countered by a gentle acoustic feel and a languid rather than dynamic pulse. Fox's thinnish vocals can be an acquired taste, but he is a strong, instinctive writer. Steve Fox is the only constant on each of the eight songs on the album, and, in a way, could be considered Shadrack Chameleon since his guitar, bass, songwriting, and vocal talents come to the forefront.
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| Shadrack Chameleon Vinyl LP (1970)
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Steve Fox is the only constant on each of the eight songs on the album, and, in a way, could be considered Shadrack Chameleon since his guitar, bass, songwriting, and vocal talents come to the forefront. For an album created by a revolving group of friends from three separate bands, Shadrack Chameleon is quite a cohesive little surprise.
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 Shadrack Chameleon Songs
Popular or famous Shadrack Chameleon music songs: Beyond Eternity, Chameleon, Don't Let It Get You Down, Granite Feast, I Wonder Why, It Was Me. More music songs Long Road to Ole' Miss., That's the Way It's Gotta Be.
Shadrack Chameleon CD discography More Music Artists
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