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Chameleon
Helloween
- Type:
- Full-length
- Release date:
- August 30th, 2024
- Catalog ID:
- BMGCAT892DCD
- Version desc.:
- Digisleeve
| Disc 1 | |||
| 1. | First Time | 05:30 | Show lyrics |
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| 2. | When the Sinner | 06:54 | Show lyrics |
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| 3. | I Don't Wanna Cry No More | 05:12 | Show lyrics |
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| 4. | Crazy Cat | 03:30 | Show lyrics |
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| 5. | Giants | 06:33 | Show lyrics |
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| 6. | Windmill | 05:14 | Show lyrics |
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| 7. | Revolution Now | 08:04 | Show lyrics |
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| 8. | In the Night | 05:35 | Show lyrics |
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| 9. | Music | 07:01 | Show lyrics |
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| 10. | Step Out of Hell | 04:22 | Show lyrics |
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| 11. | I Believe | 09:11 | Show lyrics |
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| 12. | Longing | 04:14 | Show lyrics |
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| Disc 2 | |||
| 1. | I Don't Care You Don't Care | 03:59 | Show lyrics |
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| 2. | Oriental Journey | 05:43 | instrumental |
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| 3. | Cut in the Middle | 03:56 | Show lyrics |
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| 4. | Introduction | 03:52 | Show lyrics |
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| 5. | Get Me Out of Here | 02:48 | Show lyrics |
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| 6. | Red Socks and the Smell of Trees | 10:48 | instrumental |
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| 7. | Ain't Got Nothin' Better | 04:38 | Show lyrics |
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| 8. | Windmill (Demo) | 05:13 | Show lyrics |
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| 40:57 | |||
| Original line-up | |
| Band members | |
| Michael Kiske | Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 2, 8, 11, 12), Guitars (rhythm) (tracks 2, 8, 11), Lyrics (tracks 2, 8, 11, 12), Guitars (acoustic) (track 12) |
| Ingo Schwichtenberg (R.I.P. 1995) | Drums |
| Roland Grapow | Lyrics (tracks 3, 4, 9, 10), Vocals (backing) (track 4), Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 3, 4, 9, 10), Guitars (acoustic) (tracks 3, 8) |
| Michael Weikath | Songwriting (tracks 1, 5-7), Guitars, Lyrics (tracks 1, 5-7), Vocals (backing) (track 4) |
| Markus Grosskopf | Bass |
| Guest/Session | |
| Axel Bergstedt | Church Organ (track 11) |
| Stefan Pintev | Violin |
| Tim Sanders | Saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 9) |
| Simon C. Clarke | Saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 9) |
| M. Drechsler | Tam Tam Gong (track 5) |
| Lenny Wolf | Vocals (backing) (track 4) |
| Paul Spong | Kick Horns (tracks 2, 4, 9) |
| Roddy Lorimer | Kick Horns (tracks 2, 4, 9) |
| Tommy Hansen | Keyboards |
| Corinna Wolke | Vocals (backing) (track 4) |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Michael Weikath | Logo |
| Michael Tibes | Producer (assistant) |
| Michael Kiske | Cover art, Strings arrangement (11, 12) |
| Michael Wagener | Mixing |
| Tommy Hansen | Producer |
| Frederick Moulaert | Pumpkin designs |
| Craig Boubet | Mixing (assistant) |
| Stephen Marcussen | Mastering |
| Additional line-up | |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Sascha Bühren | Remastering |
| Cürt "37" Evans | Design |
| Original line-up | |
| Michael Kiske | Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 2, 8, 11, 12), Guitars (rhythm) (tracks 2, 8, 11), Lyrics (tracks 2, 8, 11, 12), Guitars (acoustic) (track 12) |
| Ingo Schwichtenberg (R.I.P. 1995) | Drums |
| Roland Grapow | Lyrics (tracks 3, 4, 9, 10), Vocals (backing) (track 4), Guitars, Songwriting (tracks 3, 4, 9, 10), Guitars (acoustic) (tracks 3, 8) |
| Michael Weikath | Songwriting (tracks 1, 5-7), Guitars, Lyrics (tracks 1, 5-7), Vocals (backing) (track 4) |
| Markus Grosskopf | Bass |
| Original line-up | |
| Axel Bergstedt | Church Organ (track 11) |
| Stefan Pintev | Violin |
| Tim Sanders | Saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 9) |
| Simon C. Clarke | Saxophone (tracks 2, 4, 9) |
| M. Drechsler | Tam Tam Gong (track 5) |
| Lenny Wolf | Vocals (backing) (track 4) |
| Paul Spong | Kick Horns (tracks 2, 4, 9) |
| Roddy Lorimer | Kick Horns (tracks 2, 4, 9) |
| Tommy Hansen | Keyboards |
| Corinna Wolke | Vocals (backing) (track 4) |
| Original line-up | |
| Michael Weikath | Logo |
| Michael Tibes | Producer (assistant) |
| Michael Kiske | Cover art, Strings arrangement (11, 12) |
| Michael Wagener | Mixing |
| Tommy Hansen | Producer |
| Frederick Moulaert | Pumpkin designs |
| Craig Boubet | Mixing (assistant) |
| Stephen Marcussen | Mastering |
| Additional line-up | |
| Sascha Bühren | Remastering |
| Cürt "37" Evans | Design |
| It had to happen | 5% | Crossover | March 20th, 2024 | |
| Camouflaging Red During a... | 50% | TheHumanChair | April 18th, 2023 | |
| A zeitgeist for a band... | 35% | MaidenMartin | September 17th, 2022 | |
| Seems inconceivable | 63% | autothrall | May 15th, 2021 | |
| The Windmill Don Quixote... | 37% | bayern | May 24th, 2018 | |
| Strong and Invincible | 96% | Sekrys | January 30th, 2018 | |
| Enjoyably Misunderstood | 84% | simonitro | October 23rd, 2017 | |
| Can "Chameleon" be my... | 95% | Verd | October 28th, 2011 | |
| HA HA HA, OH WOW | 9% | RageW | August 10th, 2009 | |
| Highly varied and... | 85% | Empyreal | August 14th, 2008 | |
| Their worst with Kiske | 33% | morbert | April 21st, 2008 | |
| Dr. Stein's oddest experiment. | 80% | hells_unicorn | March 2nd, 2008 | |
| Not Underrated, Just Bad | 25% | Crazy_Voodoo_Magic | October 10th, 2007 | |
| Many hate it, but I like it! | 80% | Bahamut7 | March 22nd, 2007 | |
| Unfairly treated by the... | 92% | Doomrock | March 26th, 2006 | |
| Not a typical Helloween album | 67% | Tharos_sama | January 22nd, 2006 | |
| Not really as godawful as... | 64% | Lord_Jotun | January 13th, 2005 | |
| Forget about the 'Keepers' | 70% | aplws | January 3rd, 2005 |
Chameleon is the last album featuring Michael Kiske on vocals and Ingo Schwichtenberg on drums. It marks an even greater departure from the band's earlier sound. In an interview, founder Michael Weikath said that they "tried to make a [The Beatles'] "White Album" and failed".
On track 11, "I Believe", conductor Axel Bergstedt directed the children's choir of the Johann Sebastian Bach orchestra of Hamburg, Germany.
Tracks 1, 5, 6, 7 by Weikath
Tracks 2, 8, 11, 12 by Kiske
Tracks 3, 4, 9, 10 by Grapow
Of the four tracks written by Roland Grapow, "Music" was a song he wrote for Rampage and "Step Out of Hell" was actually a re-recording of his previous band Rampage's "Victims of Rock" with different lyrics, dedicated to drummer Schwichtenberg's problems with drugs. "I Don't Wanna Cry No More" is on the other side dedicated to Grapow's passed away brother, Rainer.
Official music video:
- When the Sinner
Disc 2:
Tracks 1 and 2 taken from the "When the Sinner" single.
Tracks 3, 4, and 5 taken from the "Windmill" single.
Tracks 6 and 7 taken from the "I Don't Wanna Cry No More" single
Track 8 is a demo version.
Recording information:
1992 Recorded at Chateau du Pape, Hamburg, Germany.
1993 Mixed at Scream Studios, Los Angeles, USA.
Mastered at Precision Mastering, Hollywood, USA.
Remastered at TrueBusyness Music Productions, Berlin , Germany.
Identifiers:
Barcode: 4099964054101