Catherine Wheel - Chrome - LP Vinyl Record Hub

Overseen by Pixies producer Gil Norton and recorded at Pink Floyd's Britannia Row Studios, where band favourites Joy Division, had made Closer, Chrome marked a huge step forward, honed on the road after the constant touring to support previous album Ferment. With its sleeve designed by Storm Thorgerson, it's as if the album was a dry run for Muse. There is increasing experimentation – the 7 minutes plus of Fripp are, as writer Ben Cardew noted, "celestial and full of dread." As Pitchfork wrote, "It's as if Chrome were imported from another history of alt-rock, one more textured and romantic, where it sits deservedly atop the pile." 

Tracks
1 Kill Rhythm
2 I Confess
3 Crank
4 Broken Head
5 Pain
6 Strange Fruit
7 Chrome
8 The Nude
9 Ursa Major Space Station
10 Fripp
11 Half Life
12 Show Me Mary