Chain Reaction (The Crusaders album)

Chain Reaction (The Crusaders album)
Chain Reaction
Studio album by The Crusaders
Released 1975
Recorded 1975 at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre Jazz-fusion
Label ABC/Blue Thumb Records
Producer Stewart Levine The Crusaders
The Crusaders chronology
Southern Comfort
(1974)		 Chain Reaction
(1975)		 Those Southern Knights
(1976)


Chain Reaction is a 1975 album by jazz-fusion band The Crusaders.


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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]


The Allmusic review by Jim Newsom

One of the tastiest concoctions of the mid-'70s jazz-fusion era, Chain Reaction finds the Crusaders at the top of their form. The compositions are both accessible and memorable, and the playing is uniformly excellent. Guitarist Larry Carlton delivers some of his finest licks and funkified rhythm work. Wayne Henderson shows there is a place in fusion for the trombone. Wilton Felder does double duty, delivering smoking saxophone lines and funky bass riffs. Joe Sample's Fender Rhodes piano provides a solid chordal foundation and great solos. And the stickman, Stix Hooper, keeps the groove solid. The band employs a variety of rhythms and tempos, and gives the members plenty of room to strut their individual and collective stuff. In fact, "collective" may be the key word here, for this is the sound of a band, not just a group of guys thrown together for a recording session. Chain Reaction was one of the albums that helped lure young, rock and soul-oriented listeners over to check out the jazz side, and should not be missed by those interested in the more accessible, funky side of fusion.



Track listing

  1. Creole 3:25
  2. Chain Reaction 5:35
  3. I Felt The Love 2:28
  4. Mellow Out 2:44
  5. Rainbow Visions 6:15
  6. Hallucinate 5:08
  7. Give It Up 2:56
  8. Hot's It 3:50
  9. Sugar Cane 2:31
  10. Soul Caravan 5:30



Personnel



Charts

Year Album Chart positions[2]
US US
R&B		 Jazz Albums
1975 Chain Reaction 26 9 1

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[3]
US US
R&B		 US
Dance
1975 "Creole" — 84 —


External links


References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r151569/review
  2. ^ "TheCrusaders US albums chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6351/charts-awards/billboard-albums. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 
  3. ^ "The Crusaders US singles chart history". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6351/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2011-08-15. 

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