Coma Chameleon
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2008 |
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CD, LP |
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12 |
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36:42 |
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Kurt Ebelhäuser , Vincent Sorg |
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Coma Chameleon is the seventh studio album by the Donots . It was released on March 28, 2008 as a limited edition signed by the band and as a "normal" album version. The album went straight to number 41 in the German album charts.
Emergence
Coma Chamaeleon was written four years after the last studio album, Got the Noise . Originally under contract with Gun Records , the band asked for the contract to be terminated. Without a label behind them, work began on the album and the entire production was financed in advance. The band first worked with producer Kurt Ebelhäuser . So the band went into the studio relatively unprepared and Ebelhäuser completely reworked the songs that had previously been written in the rehearsal room.
“It used to be that we often went to the studio in the morning without having any idea what would come out of it in the end (Ingo Knollmann) (...) Working with Kurt, the songs quickly got a completely new face. There are only two or three songs on the album that we recorded as we wrote them before. We are therefore not talking about our 'next' album, but about the 'new' album ". (Jan Dirk)"
In addition, the band engaged Vincent Sorg , who had produced the second album Tonight's Karaoke Contest Winners (1998). However, he only produced the songs Pick Up the Pieces , New Hope for the Dead and Killing Time .
The album title is a nod to Karma Chameleon by Boy Georges Culture Club .
The finished album was finally released on Ingo Knollmann's own label Solitary Man Records , which until then was actually more known as an export label for European bands in Asia.
Walter Schreifels appeared as a guest star, and at the end of the last song Somewhere Someday he picked up the refrain from Break My Stride .
style
Overall, the sound on Coma Chameleon is a bit darker than on the previous Donots albums, but above all more varied. The songs To Hell with Love , Break My Stride and This Is Not a Drill are characterized by fast punk rock. On the other hand, with the song Stop the Clocks there is a melancholy feeling, which underlines the variety. Comparisons were made to Billy Talent , Beatsteaks , My Chemical Romance and Ash , among others . Especially since the first albums were strongly in fun punk or in the then very popular Melodycore of the 1990s, such as Blink-182 , Pennywise and Simple Plan , this album was a significant increase, much more serious and darker. Many critics reported that the band had been completely revamped and had now outgrown kiddie punk and was now playing adult punk rock.
Track list
- There's a Tunnel at the End of the Light - 0:37
- Break My Stride - 3:12
- Pick Up the Pieces - 3:00
- Headphones - 3:44
- New Hope for the Dead - 3:20
- Anything - 3:10
- To Hell with Love - 1:34
- Stop the Clocks - 4:11
- The Right Kind of Wrong - 3:50
- This Is Not a Drill - 2:48
- Killing Time - 3:20
- Somewhere Someday - 3:56
- City Lights (bonus track) - 2:54
Singles
A music video was shot for Break My Stride , which was able to place first on the MTV TRL charts .
The second release, Stop the Clocks , was released on June 13, 2008 and was the Donots' most successful single to date, it reached number 50 in the German single charts and stayed there for a total of 9 weeks. The release includes an unplugged version and a The Fondor Five remix of Stop the Clocks as well as the two non-album tracks Drag the River and Let Me Let You Down .
The third release, The Right Kind of Wrong , was also not released as a single, the accompanying music video is the first of the Donots that was not played on German music channels.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Charts DE
- ↑ a b c Martin Korbach: Donots: Coma Chameleon. Eclat, accessed May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Arne Koepke: DONOTS: Do not follow others, do it yourself! In: Ox-Fanzine . 77 (April / May 2008) - ( ox-fanzine.de ).
- ↑ Coma Chameleon. Discogs , accessed May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ Donots at laut.de . Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ↑ Arno Koepke: DONOTS: Coma Chameleon . In: Ox-Fanzine . 77 (April / May 2008) - ( ox-fanzine.de ).
- ↑ Album review on visions.de . Retrieved May 16, 2018
- ↑ Mathias Möller: album review on laut.de . Retrieved May 16, 2018
- ↑ Donots - Coma Chameleon. Burnyourears.com, March 17, 2008, accessed May 16, 2018 .
- ↑ TRL Rock Charts from March 12th, 2008. Get the Clip & TRL, accessed May 16, 2018 .
- ^ Donots - Stop The Clocks. Discogs , accessed May 16, 2018 .