Frazier Chorus

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Frazier Chorus
Origin Brighton, England
Years active 1987–1996
Label(s) 4AD Records
Virgin Records
Associated acts This Mortal Coil
Lush
Former members
Tim Freeman
Michelle Allardyce
Kate Holmes
Chris Taplin

Frazier Chorus was a pop group from Brighton, England. A pop group without a drummer, bassist or guitarist, they unusually instead utilised flute, clarinet, bongos and hush-hush vocals.

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[edit] Career

Originally a four-piece, they signed to British indie record label 4AD Records and released one single, "Sloppy Heart" on that label in 1987. Shortly afterwards they moved to Virgin Records, and achieved reasonable chart success with a string of melodic pop songs about Dream Kitchens, Happy Eaters and Little Chefs, all taken from their 1989 debut album, Sue.

With the emergence of the indie-dance scene in the early 1990s the band changed tack. Singles from their second album Ray were remixed into indie-dance floorfillers by a number of top remixers, including Paul Oakenfold, Chad Jackson and Youth. The band were restyled from the fey indie pop band of 1989 into an act more like The Beloved and If?.

Singer Tim Freeman released a third album billed as Frazier Chorus (Wide Awake), which did not reach the UK Albums Chart as it was released years after Ray on a small indie label, whilst Kate Holmes descended into pseudo electronica via the bands Technique and Client.

[edit] Trivia

Freeman is the brother of Martin Freeman, the British actor who starred in the multi award winning TV series The Office, written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Martin's Freeman's character "Tim" is based on Tim Freeman.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

  • "Sloppy Heart" (4AD Records)
  • "Dream Kitchen" (Virgin Records) - UK #57
  • "Typical!" (Virgin Records) - UK #53
  • "Sloppy Heart" (Virgin Records) - UK #73
  • "Nothing" (Virgin Records) - UK #51
  • "Cloud 8" (Virgin Records) - UK #52
  • "Walking On Air" (Remix) (Virgin Records) - UK #60
  • "Driving"

[edit] Albums

  • Sue (1989) - UK #56
  • Ray (1991) - UK #66
  • Wide Awake (1996)
  • Monkey Spunk (1998) - A collection of Frazier Chorus demos

1. Christmas Every Year (3:23)
2. Answerphone 1 (0:35)
3. I Want You Around (3:21)
4. Wide Awake control room excerpt (0:41)
5. If The Weather Was Up To Me (2:59)
6. Radio chit-chat (0:24)
7. So You're Sorry (4:22)
8. Answerphone 2 (0:35)
9. Good Grief (3:18)

[edit] American Chart Info

Year Title Chart positions Album
US Modern Rock
1991 "Cloud 8" #17 Ray

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