Album Rating: 4.5

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I've only heard the first three albums once so far. The other two are close to this in quality, but the guitar work is most engaging on here and the songwriting is generally more mature and compelling to me. All three are excellent though.

Album Rating: 4.5

I would've maybe handed best guitar work to WDAM?B, but this one does have Mad Jack, Time and In Answer, I guess

Album Rating: 4.5

I need to jam more, but the guitar melodies just really stood out to me on this, and I already loved the guitar work on the first two.

The layering in general but specifically the way the guitars and keyboards interact in this band's music is sublime. There are some fantastic soundscapes on here, like the coda of Time and the End of Time and I'll Remember.

What's really impressive is that they can make this ambitious, innovative music in the context of perfectly made, catchy and digestible post-punk, even bordering on pop rock at times (the darker side obviously, like the Smiths).

Album Rating: 5.0

Agreeeewd

Album Rating: 4.5

My top The Chameleons songs:



1. Second Skin

2. Soul In Isolation

3. Here Today

4. A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days

5. Swamp Thing

6. In Answer

7. View From A Hill

8. Don't Fall

9. Looking Inwardly

10. Intrigue In Tangiers

11. Paper Tigers

12. Caution

13. One Flesh

14. Thursday's Child

15. Return Of The Roughnecks

16. Pleasure And Pain

Album Rating: 4.0

No Monkeyland is crazy

Album Rating: 4.5

Monkeyland is great too. I could have made a top 30 songs list of The Chameleons, that is how awesome they are.

Album Rating: 4.5

My Top 15 in no order would probably be these:



Second Skin

On the Beach

Thursday's Child

Soul In Isolation

Looking Inwardly

Here Today

Swamp Thing

View From A Hill

P.S. Goodbye

Intrigue In Tangiers

Paper Tigers

Caution

A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days

Monkeyland

One Flesh

Tears (full band arrangement) would make it too if that counts.

Album Rating: 4.0

Is Soul in Isolation the most perfect song ever?



yes!

Album Rating: 5.0

Lovely review. Amazing album.

Album Rating: 4.0

always searching...

Album Rating: 4.5

i used to skip i'll remember until i discovered it's super chill

Album Rating: 4.5

What a nice day today, much rain, no minute of sun, I love fall / autumn, and my 2 favourite months are coming soon! I really like the melancholic feeling.

Time to listen to Strange Times and Script Of The Bridge today.



also I can imagine the beginning of the song Seriocity being part in a commercial on TV about a soup.

Album Rating: 4.5

most underrated band of all time

Album Rating: 4.5

Definitely m/

I went on a chameleon video watching binge a few days ago. Man are they cute as fuck. Would consider getting one as a pet if I lived in a warmer climate

Album Rating: 4.0

rules but debut is pretty much perfect

Album Rating: 4.0

TURN ON THE LIGHTT

Album Rating: 5.0

That was a classic, that was a classic, they said.

Album Rating: 4.5

This album is amazing, love the first two but this one seems to be even better after a several listens. The first half in particular is incredible but there isn’t a weak track and they all are quite distinct (unlike on the first couple where some songs kind of blur together).