Английская Википедия:Frazier Chorus
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Frazier Chorus were an English pop group from Brighton, England.[1] They were known for their unconventional instrumentation, including synthesizers, trumpets, flutes and clarinets, as well as frontman Tim Freeman's "soft, heavily accented ... talk-singing" and sarcastically witty lyrics.[2]
History
Frazier Chorus was formed in Brighton, England, by Tim Freeman (the brother of actors Martin Freeman and Jamie Freeman,[3][4] on vocals and keyboards), Michéle Allardyce (percussion), Kate Holmes (flute) and Chris Taplin (clarinet, programming).[5] Original names for the band included both Clouds and Plop!,[5] but the band eventually settled on Frazier Chorus, a phrase they'd seen on a jacket for the Frazier College football team's cheerleaders in the United States.[6]
The band first signed to British indie record label 4AD[7] and released the single "Sloppy Heart" in 1987.[8] Shortly afterwards, they moved to Virgin Records and achieved chart success with a string of melodic pop songs taken from their 1989 debut album, Sue.[7] Allardyce was eventually dismissed from the band.[5]
Their second album, Ray, followed in 1991, and its singles were remixed by a number of top remixers, including Paul Oakenfold,[7] Chad Jackson and Youth. Following the album's release, the band was let go from Virgin after the label was purchased by EMI and began purging a number of its artists; subsequently, Holmes and Taplin fired Freeman before ultimately disbanding entirely.[6] Holmes later moved into electronica via the bands Sirenes, Technique, and Client.
Freeman took several years off and re-emerged in the mid-1990s, resurrecting the band name with permission from Holmes and Taplin.[6] In 1995, Freeman released a mini-album as Frazier Chorus, Wide Awake, which did not reach the UK Albums Chart. He later released Monkey Spunk, a collection of five demos recorded prior to the sessions for Wide Awake, available exclusively via the band's website.[9]
After leaving the band, Holmes became a member of the synthpop band Technique, before joining Dubstar's Sarah Blackwood in the electronic band CLIEͶT in the 2000s.[10][11]
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | UK Albums Chart[12] |
Label | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Sue | 56 | Virgin | |||||||||
| 1991 | Ray | 66 | Virgin | |||||||||
| 1995 | Wide Awake | - | Pinkerton | |||||||||
| "-" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
Singles
| Year | Song | Peak chart positions | Album | Label | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK Singles Chart[12] | US Alternative Songs[13] | US Dance/Club Play Songs[14] | ||||||||||
| 1987 | "Sloppy Heart" | - | - | - | Non-album release | 4AD | ||||||
| 1988 | "Dream Kitchen" | 57 | - | - | Sue | Virgin | ||||||
| 1989 | "Typical!" | 53 | - | - | ||||||||
| "Sloppy Heart" | 73 | - | - | |||||||||
| 1990 | "Cloud 8" | 52 | 17 | 14 | Ray | |||||||
| "Nothing" | 51 | - | 28 | |||||||||
| 1991 | "Walking on Air" | 60 | - | - | ||||||||
| 1996 | "Driving" | - | - | - | Wide Awake | Pure | ||||||
| "Wide Awake" | - | - | - | Seedy Singles | ||||||||
| "-" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country. | ||||||||||||
Compilations
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1998 | Monkey Spunk |
References
External links
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