The Chills "Brave World" 1987

It is very hard to screw up a good song, but the production and mix on this record are terrible. It's a real let down after the brilliant Kaleidoscope World album by the Chills (the first one you should buy on CD if you don't already own it)......A few years ago, Martin Phillipps, the head Chill, put out a 3 CD set called "Secret Box" that contained 70 home demos, b sides, live and radio recordings. Most of the songs from Brave Word are on that set, but are mixed, performed and produced a million times better. That set is essential for Kaleidoscope World fans.
From The Chills Website:
I remembered that you had mentioned in interviews that you had wanted to remix it and call it Braver Words. "The problem with Brave Words is that it was done really, really fast. It was recorded and mixed in about two weeks. Obviously, that's the first album after 7 years, plus that band was about 2 1/2 months old at that stage. In all aspects that record was really done fast. we basically just recorded things as they had been live. Then we went back and sort of went overboard trying to redo some stuff to make it sound as big as we'd been hearing it."
Buy this if you have to, but the Secret Box is the best way to hear these songs. - Robert Keithtrax:

1. Push 2. Rain 3. Speak For Yourself 4. Look For The Good In Others And They'll See The Good In You 5. Wet Blanket 6. Ghosts 7. Dan Destiny And The Silver Dawn 8. Night Of Chill Blue 9. 16 Heart-throbs  10. Brave Words 11. Dark Carnival 12. Creep

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