|
Sue | 
| Artist: Frazier Chorus
Label: Cherry Red
Category: Music
List Price: £10.99
Buy New: £7.78
You Save: £3.21 (29%)
New (21) from £7.05
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 9584
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5013929137127
ASIN: B001E2N5LO
Release Date: September 22, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 9 to 12 days
|
| Tracks:
| • | Dream Kitchen | | • | Storm | | • | Forty Winks | | • | Ha Ha Happiness | | • | Sloppy Heart | | • | Living Room | | • | Sugar High | | • | Forgetful | | • | Typical | | • | Ski Head | | • | Little Chef | | • | Anarchy In The UK | | • | String | | • | Born With A Headache | | • | Down | | • | Spoonhead | | • | Dream Kitchen | | • | Typical | | • | Forty Winks |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Hurrah...they're back!!! November 7, 2008
This is an album by a 'small time' group from Brighton which should have been SOOOOO much 'bigger time', that NEVER were but have finally, thankfully been re-released on cd, with additional tracks, most of which have been collected by stoic fans searching ebay and beyond for cd singles and 12". Admittedly the production values are late 80's but this album was SOOOO influential upon SOOOO many music aficionado's of the time and beyond. Whatever happened to Frazier Chorus?...they made another album in the same line up minus Michelle Allardyce called 'Ray' and another album minus Chris Tate which suffered musical altruism called 'Wide Awake' wherein Tim Freeman took control of everything...the guy is simply brilliant but really needs tempering by lowly mortals the sort of which contributed to album 1 and 2. Those of us who still remember buying Typical on cd single still hope for Tim Freeman (yes, brother of Tim...and?!?!) re-establishing or releasing something new...he is sorely missed, sorely underrated and sorely hoped for...we wait with baited breath...buy this album,it will be the beginning of a beautiful friendship!
And That's Typical September 27, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's a nice surprise to see this CD given the re-release treatment.
I liked FC and bought all three of their albums, whilst this isn't my favourite of the three, it is probably the most commercial for the casual or curious listener.
There are three singles on here, "Sloppy Heart" and two real crackers "Typical" and "Dream Kitchen", their 'nearly' hit.
"Sue" hasn't dated at all - despite being nearly twenty years old, mainly due to the use of "real" instruments rather than synthesised sounds which were obviously all the rage way back when.
It's nice to had the addition of b-sides and extended mixes too.
Lead singer/songwriter Tim Freeman is the brother of Martin from the Office, so there you go!
 It's a shame about Ray.... June 18, 2002
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I'd had Frazier Chorus's other 'successful' album, entitled Ray, for about 7 years on cassette. Originally, it was my intention to purchase this on CD. Apparently, it was deleted over a decade ago. Instead, and to compensate, I thought I'd extend my appreciation of the music. I know they're long-since defunct, appearing sporadically to churn out the old faves when anyone can remember who they were, but I genuinely thought that Sue could be just as good. I was wrong.Unlike Ray, where every single track has its own story and slant on life, Sue just never delivers. Dream Kitchen, the first track and the band's first ever Top 75 hit, is a bit too..., well..., clever-clever. It does its job, no doubt about it. Stabbing at consumerism is always good, but it's just a bit too juxtaposed for my liking. For me, it's Sugar High and the genuinely catchy Ski-Head which get played most. The former has a schoolyard quality transposed to adult affections, while the latter creates imagery in my mind every time I listen to it. The use of the same words ('dripping' and 'heart' cropping up the most) really jarrs the ear and you feel as though the composer couldn't be bothered to think up more interesting words, when I am sure he could have. Sue is an excellent foretaste of what Ray embraced - Sad-pop/indie and a fusion between love and hate. It's just a pity that it couldn't have been a more rounded album than its successor.
Mellow, rich and smooth. November 4, 1999
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you like your music with lashings of velvety layers of vocals, then this is the album for you. Think Kirsty McColl (with clinical depression), or The Smiths (with melodies) and you might be nearly there. The track 'Living Room' stands out probably because it's a little faster than the others. 'Dream Kitchen' also, is brilliant, even if the lyrics are a little obscure.I have no idea why Frazier Chorus have never achieved greater commercial success.
|
|
|
|
| |
