OM DENNE EPISODE
The Chameleons' Mark Burgess and Reg Smithies join us to go through 1986's "Strange Times", track by track, from the source.
We cover signing with Geffen and Tom Zutaut, pre-production and writing, guitar influences, the album covers, every song from "Mad Jack" to "I'll Remember", the tour and the breakup, Tony Fletcher's death, the reunion and "Arctic Moon."
LISTEN TO THE ALBUM:
- The Chameleons “Strange Times”
CHAPTERS:
- 0:00: Chamellionaires
- 0:23: Enjoy This Week’s Theme Untrammeled
- 1:31: Enjoy JW’s Intro Untrammeled
- 3:57: Welcome Burgess and Smithies!
- 6:06: The Chameleons Leading Up to Recording “Strange Times”
- 9:28: Signing with Geffen
- 12:48: Contemporary Influences?
- 14:48: Geffen & Tom Zutaut
- 17:10: Pre-Production & Writing
- 19:56: Guitar Influences
- 23:23: The Album Covers
- 27:00: Side A, Track 1: Mad Jack
- 31:43: A Lyrical Interlude
- 32:26: Polarizing Fans
- 35:10: Side A, Track 2: Caution
- 38:55: Side A, Track 3: Tears
- 42:25: Side A, Track 4: Soul in Isolation
- 50:25: Side B, Track 1: Swamp Thing
- 55:25: Side B, Track 2: Time / The End of Time
- 1:08:12: Side B, Track 3: Seriosity
- 1:11:08: Side B, Track 4: In Answer
- 1:13:10: Side B, Track 6: Childhood
- 1:17:17: Side B, Track 7: I’ll Remember
- 1:20:17: The Release, the Tour, the Breakdown, the Breakup
- 1:26:07: Tony Fletcher’s Death & the Tony Fletcher EP
- 1:30:40: Reunion and “Arctic Moon”
- 1:32:16: That’s it! On to Side A!
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Welcome to Backtracking – the podcast where three old friends take a second listen to influential bands' albums, track by track. For our third season, we've each selected five albums that we think deserve a good old Backtracking.
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