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Whirlpool (Chapterhouse album)

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Whirlpool
Studio album by
Released29 April 1991 (1991-04-29)
Recorded1990
GenreShoegaze
Length39:17
LabelDedicated
Producer
Chapterhouse chronology
Sunburst
(1990)
Whirlpool
(1991)
Blood Music
(1993)
Singles from Whirlpool
  1. "Pearl"
    Released: 18 March 1991

Whirlpool is the debut studio album by English shoegaze band Chapterhouse. It was released on 29 April 1991 by Dedicated Records.

Release

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Whirlpool was released on 29 April 1991 by Dedicated Records.[1] It spent three weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 23.[2] "Pearl" was issued as the album's only single on 18 March 1991,[3] reaching number 67 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Cherry Red Records reissued Whirlpool in 2006 with several bonus tracks taken from Chapterhouse's EPs Freefall and Sunburst, both released in 1990, and the "Pearl" single.[4] It also included, for the first time, printed lyrics for all of the album's songs.[4]

The initial and subsequent runs of the Cherry Red CD reissue were pressed using a lossy master source for tracks 1 to 9, 13 and 14. The corrected version has the reference TC2159 printed on the inner CD ring.[5] As of 2015, this was still the case, with Cherry Red reported as continuing to send out versions of the CD – now bearing the reference CDMRED304V2 – which were sourced from the lossy master, rather than the DAT, for tracks 1 to 9, 13 and 14.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
NME8/10[7]
Select4/5[8]
Stylus MagazineB+[9]

In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Whirlpool at number 17 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.[10]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Breather"Andrew SherriffRalph Jezzard4:20
2."Pearl"SherriffJezzard4:52
3."Autosleeper"Stephen Patman
4:50
4."Treasure"PatmanChapterhouse6:22
5."Falling Down"Sherriff
3:58
6."April"SherriffChapterhouse4:39
7."Guilt"
  • Patman
  • Sherriff
Chapterhouse4:15
8."If You Want Me"
  • Russell Barrett
  • Sherriff
Chapterhouse2:41
9."Something More"SherriffGuthrie3:20
Total length:39:17
2006 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
10."Need (Somebody)"SherriffChapterhouse3:07
11."Inside of Me"
  • Ashley Bates
  • Patman
  • Simon Rowe
Chapterhouse4:40
12."Sixteen Years"
  • Barrett
  • Sherriff
Chapterhouse4:41
13."Satin Safe"
  • Patman
  • Sherriff
Chapterhouse5:42
14."Feel the Same"
  • Patman
  • Rowe
Chapterhouse4:15
15."Come Heaven"Patman
  • Chapterhouse
  • Jim Warren
5:32
16."In My Arms"Sherriff
  • Chapterhouse
  • Warren
4:39
Total length:71:53

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[11]

Chapterhouse

  • Russell Barrett – bass
  • Ashley Bates – drums
  • Stephen Patman – vocals, guitar
  • Simon Rowe – guitar
  • Andrew Sherriff – vocals, guitar

Additional musicians

Production

Design

  • Albert Tupelo – design

Charts

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Chart (1991) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 23
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13] 2

References

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  1. ^ Whirlpool (press advertisement). Dedicated Records. 1991. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b "Chapterhouse". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. ^ Pearl (press advertisement). Dedicated Records. 1991. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ a b "New Releases". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 18 April 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Shoegaze • View topic - the Whirlpool Remaster is FAKE". Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  6. ^ Raggett, Ned. "Whirlpool – Chapterhouse". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  7. ^ Williams, Simon (27 April 1991). "When Whirls Collide". NME. p. 35.
  8. ^ Perry, Andrew (May 1991). "Whirl Domination". Select. No. 11. p. 66.
  9. ^ Parrish, Peter (1 May 2006). "Chapterhouse – Whirlpool – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  10. ^ "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. 24 October 2016. p. 4. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  11. ^ Whirlpool (liner notes). Chapterhouse. Dedicated Records. 1991. DEDCD 001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  13. ^ "Distribution: Indie Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 18 May 1991. p. 20. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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