Chemicrazy
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Chemicrazy |
| type | Album |
| artist | That Petrol Emotion |
| cover | Chemicrazy.jpg |
| released | April 1990 |
| genre | Alternative rock |
| length | 44:32 |
| label | Virgin |
| producer | Scott Litt |
| prev_title | End of the Millennium Psychosis Blues |
| prev_year | 1988 |
| next_title | Fireproof |
| next_year | 1993 |
| misc | {{Singles |
| name | Chemicrazy |
| type | album |
| single1 | Abandon |
| single1date | March 1990 |
| single2 | Hey Venus |
| single2date | September 1990 |
| single3 | Tingle |
| single3date | February 1991 |
| single4 | Sensitize |
| single4date | April 1991 |
| :: |
| name = Chemicrazy | type = Album | artist = That Petrol Emotion | cover = Chemicrazy.jpg | alt = | released = April 1990 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock | length = 44:32 | label = Virgin | producer = Scott Litt | prev_title = End of the Millennium Psychosis Blues | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = Fireproof | next_year = 1993 | misc = {{Singles | name = Chemicrazy | type = album | single1 = Abandon | single1date = March 1990 | single2 = Hey Venus | single2date = September 1990 | single3 = Tingle | single3date = February 1991 | single4 = Sensitize | single4date = April 1991 Chemicrazy is the fourth album by Irish alternative rockers That Petrol Emotion. The album was released in April 1990. It was produced by Scott Litt.
Release and commercial performance
Four singles were taken from the album: "Abandon", "Hey Venus", "Sensitize" and "Tingle". Chemicrazy peaked at No. 62 on the UK Albums Chart. It was a hit on Billboards College/Alternative Albums chart. The band supported the album with a North American tour.
Critical reception
|rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = |rev2 = Los Angeles Times |rev2score = |rev3 = Orlando Sentinel |rev3score = The Los Angeles Times noted that, "after two albums of all groove and no song, the thrill is back at the incendiary level you'd expect from a band that descended from Northern Ireland's melodic punk boy wonders the Undertones."
Track listing
| headline = Side one | extra_column = Written by | title1 = Hey Venus | extra1 = Ciaran McLaughlin | length1 = 3:18 | title2 = Blue to Black | extra2 = Ciaran McLaughlin | length2 = 3:47 | title3 = Mess of Words | extra3 = Ciaran McLaughlin | length3 = 3:36 | title4 = Sensitize | extra4 = Ciaran McLaughlin | length4 = 4:05 | title5 = Another Day | extra5 = Damian O'Neill | length5 = 3:51 | title6 = Gnaw Mark | extra6 = Damian O'Neill | length6 = 4:13
| headline = Side two | extra_column = Written by | title1 = Scum Surfin | extra1 = Ciaran McLaughlin | length1 = 4:31 | title2 = Compulsion | extra2 = Damian O'Neill | length2 = 2:22 | title3 = Tingle | extra3 = Raymond O'Gorman | length3 = 3:30 | title4 = Head Staggered | extra4 = Ciaran McLaughlin | length4 = 4:01 | title5 = Abandon | extra5 = Raymond O'Gorman | length5 = 4:00 | title6 = Sweet Shiver Burn | extra6 = Raymond O'Gorman, Ciaran McLaughlin | length6 = 3:25
Personnel
;That Petrol Emotion
- Steve Mack – vocals, booklet design, arranger
- Raymond O'Gorman – guitar
- Damian O'Neill – guitar
- John Marchini – bass
- Ciaran McLaughlin – drums with:
- Scott Litt – producer, engineer
- David Russo – programming, production assistant, piano on "Tingle", background vocals on "Sensitize"
- Hahn Rowe – violin on "Abandon", "Head Staggered" and "Sweet Shiver Burn"
- Joan Jones – trumpet on "Tingle"
- Steve Deutsch – bass on "Sweet Shiver Burn" and Help
- Clif Norrell – engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Gary Panter – cover painting
- Charles Peterson – photography
References
References
- (14 June 1990). "That Petrol Emotion revs up". Telegram & Gazette.
- (22 June 1990). "'Chemicrazy' Lust: That Petrol Additive". The Washington Post.
- ''High Fidelity News and Record Review'' p. 109
- "That Petrol Emotion".
- (17 May 1990). "Record/radio hits". Austin American-Statesman.
- (21 June 1990). "Vox Pop". Calgary Herald.
- [{{AllMusic
- (6 May 1990). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times.
- (22 June 1990). "That Petrol Emotion". Orlando Sentinel.
- (April 22, 1990). "Records". Houston Chronicle.
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