Chain Reaction (The Crusaders album)

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Chain Reaction
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Studio album by
The Crusaders
Released1975 (1975)
Recorded1975
StudioWally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California
GenreJazz fusion
Length40:32
LabelABC/Blue Thumb
ProducerStewart Levine, The Crusaders
The Crusaders chronology
Southern Comfort
(1974) 		Chain Reaction
(1975) 		Those Southern Knights
(1976)

Chain Reaction is a 1975 album by jazz-fusion band The Crusaders.

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic4.5/5 stars[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide3/5 stars[2]

The Allmusic review by Jim Newsom says the album "finds the Crusaders at the top of their form" and that it is "one of the tastiest concoctions of the mid-'70s jazz-fusion era".[1] It concludes that Chain Reaction "helped lure young, rock and soul-oriented listeners over to check out the jazz side".[1]

Track listing[]

  1. "Creole" – 3:25
  2. "Chain Reaction" – 5:35
  3. "I Felt The Love" – 2:28
  4. "Mellow Out" – 2:44
  5. "Rainbow Visions" – 6:15
  6. "Hallucinate" – 5:08
  7. "Give It Up" – 2:56
  8. "Hot's It" – 3:50
  9. "Sugar Cane" – 2:31
  10. "Soul Caravan" – 5:30

Personnel[]

The Crusaders

Charts[]

Chart (1975) Peak position[3]
Billboard 200 26
US Top R&B Albums 9
US Top Jazz Albums 1

Singles[]

Year Single Chart positions
US R&B[3]
1975 "Creole" 84

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Chain Reaction - The Crusaders | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  2. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "The Crusaders | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-18.

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