Clouds / Consider [12-inch single]

Description

“Clouds (Radio Edit)” + “Clouds” – b/w “Consider” – is a two-sided three-track 33⅓ RPM 12-inch promotional Maxi-single by the American alternative rock band The Choir, released on Myrrh Records in March 1988, a division of Word (catalogue number 901-6746-153). Except for the lead-off track on side A (the Radio Edition of “Clouds”), the remaining two tracks were taken from the band’s up-coming full-length album Chase the Kangaroo released on Myrrh Records the following month, recorded and mixed at their own Neverland Studios in Los Alamitos, California; beginning in November 1987, with band members Derri Daugherty and Steve Hindalong producing. Additional production by Gene Eugene of Adam Again and Steve Griffith of Vector fame. Recorded by Daugherty, Eugene, Griffith, Dave Hackbarth, and Mark Heard. The track on Side A was co-written by Derri Daugherty, Steve Hindalong, and Steve Griffith (with background vocals provided by Bill Batstone), while the track on the flip-side was co-written by Daugherty, Hindalong, and Tim Chandler.

Steve Hindalong’s drumming really comes to the forefront on this release…and Daugherty’s guitar commands the sound of the record through subtlety and restraint. A prime example of this can be found in what is probably the strongest track on the record, «Clouds», with a strong, unusual drum pattern providing a bed for a simple chilling two-note sustain. [Mark Allender, AMG]

12-inch Vinyl Single tracklist:

Side A.
A1. “Clouds” (Radio Edit) – 2:59
A2. “Clouds” – 6:16

Side B.
B1. “Consider” – 4:07

Note: Promotional Copy, Not For Sale.