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Track Listings
| 1. Burned Bridges |
| 2. The Chair |
| 3. DecaDance |
| 4. Young Man |
| 5. Method |
| 6. Behind The Sun |
| 7. Bless Those |
| 8. Hard Times |
| 9. Taught Me |
| 10. Out Of Mind |
| 11. Not Tomorrow |
| 12. Asshole |
Editorial Reviews
Living Colour will release their first new studio album in five years entitled The Chair In The Doorway on September 15 via Megaforce Records. Living Colour formed in NYC and still contains the original members Vernon Reid, Corey Glover, Will Calhoun and (since 1993) Doug Wimbish.
The legendary downtown NYC rock band, who exploded out of CBGB's in the late '80s and landed all over MTV, the cover of Rolling Stone and stadium stages around the world with their Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum debut album Vivid, are back and "fierce" as ever. The band gathered at Sono Studios outside of Prague in The Czech Republic during the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009 to write and record what would become The Chair In The Doorway. The results stretch from the modern soul anthem "Behind The Sun" to the politically-charged, heavy rock of "DecaDance to the sacred steel blues of "Bless Those. The artwork for The Chair In The Doorway was compiled from thousands of contest entries by fans from around the world.
"We feel like this is the best record we've made yet and we couldn't be more excited to be releasing it with the legendary Megaforce Records," says guitarist Vernon Reid. "Some of our favorite bands were or are Megaforce artists, Metallica, Bad Brains, Anthrax, Black Crowes, so it's an honor to be part of a label with a great legacy."
Living Colour will announce plans for a world tour shortly. With dates set to begin in September, it will include their first North American tour in four years along with performances in South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Having helped to pave the way for a number of contemporary African-American artists to follow in their wake, ranging from Rage Against The Machine to Lenny Kravitz to Ben Harper, with a multi-dimensional sound that drew equally from Jimi Hendrix, Bad Brains, Talking Heads and Ornette Coleman, the success of Living Colour broke down the color barriers in rock music. Guitarist and founding member Vernon Reid also founded the Black Rock Coalition to use his influence to further this cause.
Discovered by Mick Jagger who produced their first demo and later offered them an opening slot with The Rolling Stones, Living Colour would go on to create a repertoire that includes a multitude of classic songs, including "Cult Of Personality," "Elvis Is Dead," "Open Letter To A Landlord," "Glamour Boys" and "Love Rears Its Ugly Head." With The Chair In The Doorway, the fifth album of their storied career, Living Colour expands the scope of their timeless body of work and, in the process, proves vital as ever.
The legendary downtown NYC rock band, who exploded out of CBGB's in the late '80s and landed all over MTV, the cover of Rolling Stone and stadium stages around the world with their Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum debut album Vivid, are back and "fierce" as ever. The band gathered at Sono Studios outside of Prague in The Czech Republic during the fall of 2008 and spring of 2009 to write and record what would become The Chair In The Doorway. The results stretch from the modern soul anthem "Behind The Sun" to the politically-charged, heavy rock of "DecaDance to the sacred steel blues of "Bless Those. The artwork for The Chair In The Doorway was compiled from thousands of contest entries by fans from around the world.
"We feel like this is the best record we've made yet and we couldn't be more excited to be releasing it with the legendary Megaforce Records," says guitarist Vernon Reid. "Some of our favorite bands were or are Megaforce artists, Metallica, Bad Brains, Anthrax, Black Crowes, so it's an honor to be part of a label with a great legacy."
Living Colour will announce plans for a world tour shortly. With dates set to begin in September, it will include their first North American tour in four years along with performances in South America, Europe, Australia and Asia.
Having helped to pave the way for a number of contemporary African-American artists to follow in their wake, ranging from Rage Against The Machine to Lenny Kravitz to Ben Harper, with a multi-dimensional sound that drew equally from Jimi Hendrix, Bad Brains, Talking Heads and Ornette Coleman, the success of Living Colour broke down the color barriers in rock music. Guitarist and founding member Vernon Reid also founded the Black Rock Coalition to use his influence to further this cause.
Discovered by Mick Jagger who produced their first demo and later offered them an opening slot with The Rolling Stones, Living Colour would go on to create a repertoire that includes a multitude of classic songs, including "Cult Of Personality," "Elvis Is Dead," "Open Letter To A Landlord," "Glamour Boys" and "Love Rears Its Ugly Head." With The Chair In The Doorway, the fifth album of their storied career, Living Colour expands the scope of their timeless body of work and, in the process, proves vital as ever.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Drunk guy reviews record by band he has loved since before he drank
September 16, 2009
Format:Audio CD
How did this happen? Where did THIS come from, and do we deserve it?
No...we don't.
I love this band, and you do too. This collection of songs has been put together over the years in many studios in many countries with songs co-written by many people over a period of time when nobody was thinking of them. Sneak attack. I feel like a 10 year-old on the playground that just got suckerpunched by a girl who liked me-shocked, and pleased...
The songs...you have the riffs, the beats, the soul...there is a STRONG emphasis on SONGS here...Vernon keeps his much-loved SKRONK to a minimum...and to SUPERIOR effect. Corey sounds truly AWESOME, while Doug and Will lay the foundation down SOLID.
Long story short-for me, this is a record I continue to return to time and again...4 plays in one day by a guy with thousands of cds (yeah, I still buy those plastic things...call me a luddite).
Living Colour in 2009...who knew??? The production is warm and fuzzy, and the vibe is anything BUT funny...(sorry). The sound of great musicians getting together when the feeling is right...and getting it right.
Woulda been 5 stars...but come on..."Time's Up" only happens once a career, if at ALL.
Thanks again Will, Corey, Doug and Vernon...you still got it, BIG TIME.
P.S.-The BONUS TRACK? It's about me.
No...we don't.
I love this band, and you do too. This collection of songs has been put together over the years in many studios in many countries with songs co-written by many people over a period of time when nobody was thinking of them. Sneak attack. I feel like a 10 year-old on the playground that just got suckerpunched by a girl who liked me-shocked, and pleased...
The songs...you have the riffs, the beats, the soul...there is a STRONG emphasis on SONGS here...Vernon keeps his much-loved SKRONK to a minimum...and to SUPERIOR effect. Corey sounds truly AWESOME, while Doug and Will lay the foundation down SOLID.
Long story short-for me, this is a record I continue to return to time and again...4 plays in one day by a guy with thousands of cds (yeah, I still buy those plastic things...call me a luddite).
Living Colour in 2009...who knew??? The production is warm and fuzzy, and the vibe is anything BUT funny...(sorry). The sound of great musicians getting together when the feeling is right...and getting it right.
Woulda been 5 stars...but come on..."Time's Up" only happens once a career, if at ALL.
Thanks again Will, Corey, Doug and Vernon...you still got it, BIG TIME.
P.S.-The BONUS TRACK? It's about me.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By zlh67
Format:Audio CD
In all honesty, I'd probably give this one more like 3.5 stars, but I'm rounding up to 4 instead of down to 3 for two reasons: first, a band this great just deserves it. This is one seriously talented and under-rated band that's delivered a lot of incredible music over the last 20+ years! And second, I've only listened a couple of times, and just like their last two albums (1993's "Stain" and 2003's "Collideoscope") I'm sure this one will grow on me after a few more listens.
Which is not to say it's not GOOD (it is!), but I still find LC's first two albums to be unquestionably their best. Vivid (1988) and Time's Up (1990) had such tremendous variety in sound and style and yet through all of both of them flowed the band's signature sound while giving us many of their best songwriting efforts. "Stain" in 1993 saw them get mega-heavy and rely on an almost industrial metal sound with mixed results, but it was still a mostly solid effort with some really great tracks ("Nothingness" might be the best thing they've ever recorded).
And most people will think that brings us to this new record, but they did put out an album in 2003 when they reformed after temporarily disbanding in 1995. It was called "Collideoscope", and while the production on that one is questionable, the songs and performances are not (although I could have done without the cover of AC/DC's "Back In Black"). For any fans of the band that didn't realize they were back, "Collideoscope" is recommended even though the guys in the band tend to dismiss it in interviews as "rushed" and "un-focused". I think it might be better than "Stain" and possibly better than their latest release as well...
Which does bring us to "The Chair In The Doorway". This is a more commercial sounding record than "Stain" and is definitely a better recorded, mixed and produced album than "Collideoscope," but song-wise, it still falls short of their best work. However, "less-than-their-best" from Living Colour is still pretty damn good. This is a real live rock and roll band not afraid to vary their sound and push some boundaries, and with plenty of musical muscle to pull it off. In this day and age, that is increasingly difficult to find, so on that alone, this cd is worth exploring if you're into hard rock that's not afraid to incorporate other styles as well.
"Behind The Sun" takes a great groove and nice repeated guitar lick from Vernon Reid to deliver a song that approaches greatness, but lyrically and melodically, I don't think the song ever quite fully takes off. "Bless Those" is a song I believe performed in concert going a year or more back and originally sung by bassist Doug Wimbish, but the vocals on the recorded version found here are turned over to lead singer Corey Glover which greatly improves this track.
My personal fave is "Young Man", which is musically agressive, yet with a groove, and incorporates a brief borrowing from "Cha Cha Slide" by Mr. C! (move to the left... now back to the right!). Interesting choice, but it works to remind us that while Living Colour are incredibly talented musicians who are intelligent and not afraid to write songs with a message, music is also meant to be fun, and this little insertion shows that Living Colour haven't forgotten that.
I won't go on with a track-by-track description, but suffice to say if you're already a Living Colour fan, this is another solid effort you'll want to add to your collection. If you're not a fan (or you like them but only know them from their radio hits like "Cult of Personality," "Glamour Boys," "Type" or "Love Rears Its Ugly Head"), this album is still recommended, although I would explore "Vivid" or "Time's Up" first if you don't already have those. Both are available used for dirt cheap here on Amazon and are among the best albums from ANY band over the last 20 years.
Regardless of which cd's you do or don't have, check this band out live if you get the chance. They are on tour in 2009 and they deliver the goods each and every night with a nice cross-section of their best songs from all of their albums.
Which is not to say it's not GOOD (it is!), but I still find LC's first two albums to be unquestionably their best. Vivid (1988) and Time's Up (1990) had such tremendous variety in sound and style and yet through all of both of them flowed the band's signature sound while giving us many of their best songwriting efforts. "Stain" in 1993 saw them get mega-heavy and rely on an almost industrial metal sound with mixed results, but it was still a mostly solid effort with some really great tracks ("Nothingness" might be the best thing they've ever recorded).
And most people will think that brings us to this new record, but they did put out an album in 2003 when they reformed after temporarily disbanding in 1995. It was called "Collideoscope", and while the production on that one is questionable, the songs and performances are not (although I could have done without the cover of AC/DC's "Back In Black"). For any fans of the band that didn't realize they were back, "Collideoscope" is recommended even though the guys in the band tend to dismiss it in interviews as "rushed" and "un-focused". I think it might be better than "Stain" and possibly better than their latest release as well...
Which does bring us to "The Chair In The Doorway". This is a more commercial sounding record than "Stain" and is definitely a better recorded, mixed and produced album than "Collideoscope," but song-wise, it still falls short of their best work. However, "less-than-their-best" from Living Colour is still pretty damn good. This is a real live rock and roll band not afraid to vary their sound and push some boundaries, and with plenty of musical muscle to pull it off. In this day and age, that is increasingly difficult to find, so on that alone, this cd is worth exploring if you're into hard rock that's not afraid to incorporate other styles as well.
"Behind The Sun" takes a great groove and nice repeated guitar lick from Vernon Reid to deliver a song that approaches greatness, but lyrically and melodically, I don't think the song ever quite fully takes off. "Bless Those" is a song I believe performed in concert going a year or more back and originally sung by bassist Doug Wimbish, but the vocals on the recorded version found here are turned over to lead singer Corey Glover which greatly improves this track.
My personal fave is "Young Man", which is musically agressive, yet with a groove, and incorporates a brief borrowing from "Cha Cha Slide" by Mr. C! (move to the left... now back to the right!). Interesting choice, but it works to remind us that while Living Colour are incredibly talented musicians who are intelligent and not afraid to write songs with a message, music is also meant to be fun, and this little insertion shows that Living Colour haven't forgotten that.
I won't go on with a track-by-track description, but suffice to say if you're already a Living Colour fan, this is another solid effort you'll want to add to your collection. If you're not a fan (or you like them but only know them from their radio hits like "Cult of Personality," "Glamour Boys," "Type" or "Love Rears Its Ugly Head"), this album is still recommended, although I would explore "Vivid" or "Time's Up" first if you don't already have those. Both are available used for dirt cheap here on Amazon and are among the best albums from ANY band over the last 20 years.
Regardless of which cd's you do or don't have, check this band out live if you get the chance. They are on tour in 2009 and they deliver the goods each and every night with a nice cross-section of their best songs from all of their albums.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I mean it. I never review albums but I love this record. Defo the best Living Colour record since Vivid.
I surprised I have not heard much news on this band as they have produced a gret record an should really do well from it.
The sounds is very Living Colour and its different to whats out there in a good way. It sounds fresh, rocks and has a heart.
I surprised I have not heard much news on this band as they have produced a gret record an should really do well from it.
The sounds is very Living Colour and its different to whats out there in a good way. It sounds fresh, rocks and has a heart.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best album since Stain
This album has little bit of everything from what LC are since they began.Strong riffs & direct lyrics have many songs in this album needing a lot of listens cause they just get... Read more
Published 14 months ago by The Kyd A
4.0 out of 5 stars
A defiant muse at work
Spoiler alert! This review will read as very critical upon first reading. But weirdly I strongly stand by my four star `good' rating... Read more
Published on January 31, 2011 by Paul Lawrence
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not a classic but 4 stars should suffice
A fine return to form - if you consider 1993's "Stain" a hard rock benchmark. For me, 2004's "Collideřscope" had some very good moments ("Song without Sin", "Flying" and "In your... Read more
Published on September 30, 2010 by LM BUTCHER
5.0 out of 5 stars
They only get better with age...
"Behind the Sun" and "Bless Those" -Wow. Do yourself a favor and see them live.
Published on June 8, 2010 by BC
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rock,Funk, Beat delivered !
What a fun album. Good Rock riffs...excellent guitar and drums. First rate vocals. Some funky beats and provocative lyrics. I have loved this band since Vivid. Read more
Published on March 12, 2010 by The Nesto
5.0 out of 5 stars
They're back with new music and better than ever!
One of the best, most original bands to come out of the 80's, Living Colour is back with a new disc, "The Chair in the Doorway". Read more
Published on February 3, 2010 by D. L. Worthing
4.0 out of 5 stars
excellent
There are certian facts of life a guy just can't get away from: you're gonna die, you gotta pay taxes, there will never be another real Beatles album, and you just can't go wrong... Read more
Published on January 31, 2010 by Bill Your 'Free Form FM Print DJ
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth the wait!
With Living Colour being my favorite, I was quite happy with this CD. My favorite song on this CD is "Method" There is also a hidden track. Read more
Published on January 30, 2010
5.0 out of 5 stars
Big Sound
Listen , I don't have a lot of time here. I have to take my dog out. This c.d. has big bass and the sound image from your speakers is huge. Read more
Published on January 30, 2010 by Greg E. Piechalak
4.0 out of 5 stars
Better late than never
"The Chair In The Doorway" isn't necessarily Living Colour's greatest album, but it's still working a number on my head. Read more
Published on December 11, 2009 by J. GARRATT
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