Stranger Times

The Chameleons - Strange Times

Ripped from a vinyl album released on Geffen Records (9 24119-1) in 1986 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio. The third and final Chameleons album proper (more about that a little later) and their first for David Geffen's big league WEA subsidary, was a more polished and grown-up affair aided by Dave Allens' fine production skills. Highlights for me are the very English twelve-string folk arrangements of Tears, the opening Mad Jack and the brooding six minute monstrous Swamp Thing which was also a single. As you would expect on a major label, The Chameleons should have targeted a bigger audience, however it wasn't to happen  and perhaps the limited pressing run hints that pre-release sales were low. Likely the only album to feature a double A-side (or is that an A+side?) Enjoy!

A1 Mad Jack
A2 Caution
A3 Tears (Original Arrangement)
A4 Soul In Isolation
A+1 Swamp Thing
A+2 Time / The End Of Time
A+3 Seriocity
A+4 In Answer
A+5 Childhood
A+6 I'll Remember