Chain Reaction (The Crusaders album)

Chain Reaction
Studio album by The Crusaders
Released 1975
Recorded 1975 at Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California
Genre Jazz-fusion
Label ABC/Blue Thumb Records
Producer Stewart 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
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

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

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

Charts

Chart (1975) Peak position[2]
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. "Chain Reaction - The Crusaders | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  2. "The Crusaders | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
  3. "The Crusaders | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-18.

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