KLF, The ‎– Chill Out

Label:

Wax Trax! Records – WAXCD 7155

Format:

CD, Album

Country:

Released:

Feb 1991

Genre:

Electronic

Style:

Downtempo, Ambient

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Brownsville Turnaround On The Tex-Mex Border	1:46
2	Pulling Out Of Ricardo And The Dusk Is Falling Fast	1:29
3	Six Hours To Lousiana, Black Coffee Going Cold	3:01
4	Dream Time In Lake Jackson	2:35
5	Madrugada Eterna	7:40
6	Justified And Ancient Seems A Long Time Ago	1:08
7	Elvis On The Radio, Steel Guitar In My Soul Vocals [Sampled, Uncredited] – Elvis Presley Written-by [Sample] – Davies*	3:02
8	3AM Somewhere Out Of Beaumont Written-by [Sample] – P.Green*	9:24
9	Wichita Lineman Was A Song I Once Heard	5:55
10	Trancentral Lost In My Mind	1:16
11	The Lights Of Baton Rouge Pass By	3:34
12	A Melody From A Past Life Keeps Pulling Me Back Written-by [Sample] – Bilk, Mellin	1:41
13	Rock Radio Into The Nineties And Beyond	1:26
14	Alone Again With The Dawn Coming Up	0:16

Companies etc

Phonographic Copyright (p) – KLF Communications
Copyright (c) – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Marketed By – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Distributed By – Wax Trax! Records, Inc.
Recorded At – Trancentral
Published By – E.G. Music Ltd.
Published By – Zoo Music Publishing
Published By – Warner/Chappell Music Ltd.
Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Ltd.
Published By – EMI
Published By – Rachel Music

Credits

Composed By, Compiled By, Other [Collated By] – KLF, The
Written-By – Bill Drummond, Jimmy Cauty

Notes

Recorded Live in a 44 minutes take at Trancentral.
Samples:
'Crossing Bells'
'Horn with Electric Train Pass'
'Short Freight Train Pass'
'F18 Diamond Fly-By'
'Dodge Van Starts, Drives Out'
'Surf'
All taken from 'Authentic Sound Effects Volume 2' (Elektra Records).
American, British and Russian radio stations are heard throughout the album; BBC pips and a jingle from Tommy Vance's Friday Rock Show on BBC Radio 1 ("Rock radio into the nineties and beyond").
7: 'In The Ghetto' performed by Elvis Presley.
8: 'Albatross' performed by Fleetwood Mac, and of 'After The Love' performed by Jesus Loves You.
11: 'Pacific' performed by 808 State.
12: 'Stranger On The Shore' performed by Acker Bilk, and of 'Eruption' performed by Van Halen.

Although unstated, all additional writing credits refer to the samples used.

Published by EG / Zoo, Warner Chappell except:
7: EG / Zoo, Warner Chappell / Screen Gems, EMI Music.
8: EG / Zoo, Warner Chappell / Rachel Music
12: EG / Zoo, Warner Chappell / EMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 1783771552 6
Barcode (Scanned): 017837715526
Matrix / Runout (Variant #1): WAXCD 7155 01% C MADE IN USA
Matrix / Runout (Variant #2): #366-111-286C 01/10/92J "RAINBO" THE KLF "CHILL OUT"

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 9) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Chill Out (LP, Album)	KLF Communications, KLF Communications	JAMS LP5, JAMSLP5	UK	1990
Chill Out (LP, Album, W/Lbl)	KLF Communications	JAMS LP5	UK	1990
Chill Out (LP, Album)	KLF Communications (2)	JAMS LP5	Europe	2004
Chill Out (CD, Album, RE)	Wax Trax! Records, TVT Records	TVT 7155-2	US	1994
Chill Out (CD, Album)	Indisc	JAMSCD89005	Benelux	1990

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Rated 4/5

Review by ledjfab Jan 05, 2005 (edited over 7 years ago)

Recorded in one take at Trancentral in 1990, this album is a mixture of samples and new age/experimental contemporary music. Many elements from "Chill Out" were sampled from previous releases of The KLF, and then re-used again in the making of "The White Room" (their most popular opus). So you do recognize bits from "3 AM Eternal", "Last Train To Trancentral" and "Justified and Ancient" throughout this musical road trip.
My favorite moments on this CD are "Wichita Lineman..." and "Trancentral Lost In My Mind", later released in part as the "Pure Trance Original" mix of "Last Train To Trancentral". The sampled voices of a preacher and a radio host are melt together in a strong melodic segment.
"Elvis On The Radio..." samples a song from Elvis Presley, way back before Junkie XL with "A Little Less Conversation". Amazing "Hawaian" result! Hear for yourself!
Interesting and very moody; I recommend to everybody. Lie down, close your eyes, relax: Chill out.