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Bill Nelson - Chimera (1983)

Genre: Avantgarde, Rock, New Wave

Review 1 from Amazon.com:

Chimera is further proof of the genius of Bill Nelson. I remember hearing this back in 1983 and just being blown away yet again at the man's talent. Nelson once again demonstrates his incredible diverseness with electronic rock songs like The Real Adventure, the irresistable, Acceleration (which should have been a big hit), the funky Everyday Feels Like Another New Drug, the dreamy funk of Tender Is The Night...the guitar is exceptionally addictive in this song. It also features an oriental flavored keyboard solo. The progressive Glow World features some snakey bass playing by Mick Karn and incredible guitar solos from Nelson himself. Yukihiro Takahashi (ex YMO) is also featured on drums on certain tracks. Hard Facts From The Fiction Department wasn't originally on this album. It's a funky instrumental that features some taped samples, which Nelson was fond of using back then. I have to admit I could have done without all 3 extra versions of Acceleration but I'm still glad they were included.

I recommend getting Chimera as well as Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam, and The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart). Bill Nelson was, and still is, in a league of his own.

Review 2 from Amazon.com:

"Chimera" was actually a 6-song EP released in 1983. The songs are all first rate, with contributions from members of the Yello Magic Orchestra and others, particularly the shoulda-been-a-hit "Acceleration." The six songs on this EP appeared in the US in 1984 under the guise of a 10-track Epic LP called "Vistamix," with the remaining four tracks consisting of singles from "Quit Dreaming (And Get on the Beam)" and "The Love That Whirls (Diary of a Thinking Heart)," both of which, bless Allah, are also now available in souped up, remastered CD editions. This version is rounded out by 3 remixes of "Acceleration" and the great B-side, "Hard Facts from the Fiction Department," a hugely influential track and one of the first to make use of "found vocal samples," a technique that Nelson pioneered and brought to perfection long before everyone else and his brother. An entire book could be written on the techniques and styles that Bill Nelson pioneered, but that's another story. Buy this one, as well.

Review 3 by Dan LeRoy, All Music Guide:

Originally planned as a mere stopgap release between albums, Chimera turned out to be a welcome showcase for Bill Nelson at his peak, commercially and creatively. Following the triumph of his 1982 album The Love That Whirls, the British guitarist built Chimera in the same vein, setting his romantic and erotic poetry to the sort of synthesized settings favored by his younger pop peers. However, where much of Nelson's previous output had been a virtual one-man show, the six songs here benefit from his new desire to collaborate, most notably with Yellow Magic Orchestra drummer Yukihiro Takahashi (whose band Nelson had produced). The result is the elegant dance music of "Everyday Feels Like a New Drug" and "Glow World"; the latter song also features the rubbery fretless bass of Japan's Mick Karn and is, perhaps, the best of all the attempts at this sort of oriental funk made by Karn's bandmates, Gary Numan, and several other artists. The guests don't seem to have sparked Nelson's desire to return to his Red Noise, guitar-hero days (although he does crank out some jagged, Robert Fripp-style leads in "The Real Adventure"), but the focus here was on balancing Nelson's instrumental and theoretical fights of fancy with the demands of modern pop, a job he performed with aplomb. The contents of this EP would later be combined with two songs apiece from the previous albums Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam and The Love That Whirls to form Vistamix, an excellent introduction to Nelson tailored for the American market. [The 2005 Universal International reissue includes one bonus track ("Hard Facts from the Fiction Department") and three versions of "Acceleration."

Tracklisting:

1. The Real Adventure (4:13)

2. Acceleration (3:58)

3. Everyday Feels Like Another New Drug (4:40)

4. Tender Is the Night (5:11)

5. Glow World (4:05)

6. Another Day, Another Ray of Hope (5:24)

7. Hard Facts from the Fiction Department (3:36)

8. Acceleration [Long Version] (6:35)

9. Acceleration (6:55)

10. Acceleration [Short Version] (3:49)

Total Time: 48:26

Line-Up:

- Bill Nelson / Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Sampling, Programming, Synthesizer

- Yukihiro Takahashi / Drums

- Ian Nelson / Saxophone, Backing Vocals

- Preston Heyman / Percussion

- Mick Karn / Bass

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