Chain Reaction (The Crusaders album)

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Chain Reaction

Studio album by

The Crusaders

Released

1975

Recorded

1975

Studio

Wally Heider Recording, Hollywood, California

Genre

Jazz fusion

Length

40:32

Label

ABC/Blue Thumb

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 Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

The Allmusic review by Jim Newsom says the album "finds the Crusaders at the top of their form" and that it is "one of the tastiest concoctions of the mid-'70s jazz-fusion era".^[1] It concludes that Chain Reaction "helped lure young, rock and soul-oriented listeners over to check out the jazz side".^[1]

Track listing

"Creole" – 3:25
"Chain Reaction" – 5:35
"I Felt The Love" – 2:28
"Mellow Out" – 2:44
"Rainbow Visions" – 6:15
"Hallucinate" – 5:08
"Give It Up" – 2:56
"Hot's It" – 3:50
"Sugar Cane" – 2:31
"Soul Caravan" – 5:30

Personnel

The Crusaders

Wayne Henderson - trombone
Wilton Felder - saxophones, bass
Larry Carlton - guitar
Joe Sample - Fender Rhodes electric piano, clavinet, synthesizer
Stix Hooper - drums, percussion
Rik Pekkonen - engineer

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak position^[3]
Billboard 200	26
US Top R&B Albums	9
US Top Jazz Albums	1

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
Year	Single	US R&B^[3]
1975	"Creole"	84

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Chain Reaction - The Crusaders | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-18.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 53. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ ^a ^b "The Crusaders | Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-03-18.

External links

Crusaders-Chain Reaction at Discogs

v t e The Crusaders
Wilton Felder Joe Sample Wayne Henderson Stix Hooper Larry Carlton Robert Popwell
Studio albums	Southern Comfort Chain Reaction Those Southern Knights Free as the Wind Images Street Life Standing Tall Royal Jam Ghetto Blaster
as the Jazz Crusaders	Freedom Sound Lookin' Ahead The Jazz Crusaders at the Lighthouse Tough Talk Heat Wave Jazz Waltz Stretchin' Out The Thing Chile Con Soul Live at the Lighthouse '66 Talk That Talk The Festival Album Uh Huh Lighthouse '68 Powerhouse Lighthouse '69
Songs	"Street Life"
Related articles	Discography

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