The Chameleons - Biografia - Discografia

The Chameleons (The Chameleons UK, na versão norte-americana), foi uma banda britânica do pós-punk, formada em 1981, em Manchester. A banda era constituída por Mark Burgess (vocais e baixo), Reg Smithies (guitarra), Dave Fielding (guitarra) e John Lever (bateria; em substituição de Brian Schofield, um dos membros fundadores).
Caracterizados por um estilo de rock alternativo melódico, os Chameleons interromperam a sua carreira em 1986, após terem lançado três álbuns, por morte do seu manager Tony Fletcher.
De 1986 a 2001, os membros da banda seguem projectos a solo: Burgess e Lever com os Sun and the Moon, e Smithies e Fielding nos The Reegs. Neste período de quinze anos, apenas são editados álbuns de concertos ao vivo.
Em 2001, reunem-se e lançam novo álbum de originais, Why Call It Anything ?. Até 2002, ano em que de novo se separam, efectuam diversos concertos pela Europa e Estados Unidos.


In Shreds(Single)1982

01 In Shreds 4:05
02 Less Than Human 4:32


A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days(Single)1983

01 Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days 5:40
02 Thursday's Child 3:31
03 Prisoners Of The Sun 4:20


As High As You Can Go(Single)1983

01 As High As You Can Go 3:17
02 Pleasure And Pain 4:17
03 Paper Tigers 4:20


Script Of The Bridge(1983)

01 Don't Fall 4:03
02 Here Today 3:59
03 Monkeyland 5:14
04 Second Skin 6:51
05 Up The Down Escalator 3:56
06 Less Than Human 4:10
07 Pleasure And Pain 5:08
08 Thursday's Child 3:32
09 As High As You Can Go 3:33
10 A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days 5:40
11 Paper Tigers 4:16
12 View From A Hill 6:38


Up The Down Escalator(Single)1983

01 Up The Down Escalator 3:56
02 Monkeyland 5:14
03 Prisoners Of The Sun 4:20


One Flesh(Single)1985

01 One Flesh 4:27
02 Silence, Sea And Sky 2:00


Singing Rule Britannia (While The Walls Close In)(Single)1985

01 (While The Walls Close In) 4:13
02 Singing Rule Britannia (While The Walls Close In) 4:02


What Does Anything Mean? Basically(1985)

01 Silence, Sea And Sky 2:00
02 Perfume Garden 4:36
03 Intrigue In Tangiers 5:15
04 Return Of The Roughnecks 3:24
05 Singing Rule Britannia (While The Walls Close In) 4:13
06 On The Beach 4:09
07 Looking Inwardly 4:28
08 One Flesh 4:27
09 Home Is Where The Heart Is 4:52
10 P.S. Goodbye 4:10


Strange Times(1986)

01 Mad Jack 3:55
02 Caution 7:46
03 Tears 5:05
04 Soul In Isolation 7:28
05 Swamp Thing 5:56
06 Time The End Of Time 5:41
07 Seriocity 3:00
08 In Answer 4:54
09 Childhood 4:39
10 'll Remember 3:39
Limited Edition Free Bonus CD
11 Tears 5:06
12 Paradiso 4:35
13 Inside Out 3:33
14 Ever After 3:58
15 John, I'm Only Dancing 2:34
16 Tomorrow Never Knows 6:07


Swamp Thing(Single)1986

01 Swamp Thing 5:57
02 John, I'm Only Dancing 2:30


Tears(Single)1986

01 Tears
02 Paradiso
03 Inside Out


The Fan And The Bellows(1986)

01 The Fan And The Bellows 3:30
02 Nostalgia 5:25
03 Less Than Human 4:33
04 In Shreds 4:07
05 Prisoners Of The Sun 4:20
06 Nostalgia (7" Version) 3:55
07 Turn To The Vices 3:53
08 Love Is 4:00
09 Every Day I'm Crucified 3:31
10 Endlessly Falling 2:36
11 Nathan's Phase 3:06


John Peel Sessions(1990)

01 The Fan And The Bellows
02 Here Today
03 Looking Inwardly
04 Things I Wish I'd Said
05 Don't Fall
06 Nostalgia
07 Second Skin
08 Perfumed Garden
09 Dust To Dust / Return Of The Roughnecks
10 One Flesh
11 Intrigue In Tangiers
12 P.S. Goodbye


Tony Fletcher Walked On Water.... La La La La La - La La - La - La(EP)1990

01 Is It Any Wonder 5:46
02 Free For All 4:25
03 The Healer 7:07
04 Denims And Curls 4:23


Tripping Dogs(1990)

01 Singing Rule Brittania
02 A Person Isn't Safe
03 Here Today
04 Pleasure And Pain
05 Bobby More's Wine
06 Less Than Human
07 Thursday's Child
08 In Answer
09 Return Of The Roughnecks
10 Second Skin
11 One Flesh
12 Home Is Where The Heart Is


Here Today... Gone Tomorrow(1992)

01 String Quartet 1
02 Home Is Where The Heart Is
03 In Answer
04 Bobby Moore's Wine
05 Sally
06 In Shreds
07 Nathan's Phaze
08 Up The Down Escalator
09 On The Beach
10 Dear Dead Days
11 Things I Wish I'd Said
12 String Quartet 2


Strip(2000)

01 Less Than Human 4:01
02 Nathan's Phase 3:36
03 Here Today 4:46
04 Soul In Isolation 8:21
05 Pleasure And Pain 4:49
06 Paradiso 5:17
07 Caution 7:21
08 On The Beach 4:34
09 Road To San Remo 1:05
10 Indian 4:17


Why Call It Anything(2001)

01 Shades 4:56
02 Anyone Alive? 5:36
03 Indiana 5:22
04 Lufthansa 5:58
05 Truth Isn't Truth Anymore 6:20
06 All Around 5:33
07 Dangerous Land 5:53
08 Music In The Womb 4:36
09 Miracles And Wonders 9:13
10 Are You Still There? 3:06


This Never Ending Now(2002)

01 The Fan And The Bellows 3:32
02 Tears 5:36
03 Intrigue In Tangiers 5:26
04 Is It Any Wonder? 5:16
05 Seriocity 3:13
06 Swamp Thing 5:24
07 All Around 4:09
08 Second Skin 7:47
09 Home Is Where The Heart Is 5:05
10 Miracles And Wonders 5:01
11 View From A Hill 7:00
12 Moonage Daydream 5:55