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Chasing Shadows 
Studio album by The Comsat Angels Released 1986 Genre Post-punk Length 41:32 Label Island Producer The Comsat Angels, Kevin Moloney The Comsat Angels chronology 7 Day Weekend
(1985)Chasing Shadows
(1986)Fire on the Moon
(1990)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic 
[1]Chasing Shadows was released in 1986 on Island Records, but has yet to be reissued. It was The Comsat Angels' sixth album and was put out on CD, cassette and LP.
Having left Jive Records, the band had gotten a recording contract with Island Records aided by Robert Palmer, who confessed on a TV show to be a fan of The Comsat Angels.[2] As a thank-you he was credited as "executive producer" on the album, and also did some of the vocals on the song "You'll Never Know."[3]
The track "The Cutting Edge" was released as a single, with "Something's Got To Give" on the b-side,[4] a song which was not included on the album, but later appeared as a demo track on the 2007 release To Before.[5]
Chasing Shadows was regarded by the band as a departure from their last two albums, Land and 7 Day Weekend which were produced by Jive Records. Frontman Steve Fellows talked of the experience in a 1997 interview. When it was suggested that Chasing Shadows offered his best vocals as an artist, he agreed. He added: "I liked Rockfield, where we recorded Chasing Shadows cos it was very informal. We played mostly live, with vocals added later. Sleep No More was done live – the feel, capturing the moment. Obviously the Jive albums weren't done like that – assembled by machines in another room while we watched television and ate fruit." [6]
Track listing
All tracks written by Fellows/Glaisher/Bacon/Peake.
- "The Thought That Counts" – 6:03
- "The Cutting Edge" – 5:06
- "Under The Influence" – 4:22
- "Carried Away" – 5:05
- "You'll Never Know" – 4:57
- "Lost Continent" – 5:01
- "Flying Dreams" – 5:45
- "Pray For Rain" – 5:01
Personnel
- Stephen Fellows - vocals, guitar
- Andy Peake - synthesizer, vocals
- Kevin Bacon - bass guitar
- Mik Glaisher - drums
- Robert Palmer - vocals on "You'll Never Know"
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ the comsat angels, q&a
- ^ The Comsat Angels Q&A at Renascent Records
- ^ Comsat Angels website
- ^ Comsat Angels website
- ^ Step Off, interviews, Stephen Fellows interviewed by Tony Kinson 13/3/97 [1]
Categories:- 1986 albums
- The Comsat Angels albums
- Island Records albums
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