KLF, The ‎– Chill Out

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Wax Trax! Records – WAXCD 7155
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CD, Album
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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

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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.

© 1990 KLF Communications ℗ Wax Trax Records Inc. Manufactured, marketed and distributed by Wax Trax Records. Printed in Canada.

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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Reviews & Discussion

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.