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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record Label
Festival Records (Australia)
UPC
9399603109427
eBay Product ID (ePID)
16050178441
Product Key Features
Format
CD
Release Year
1998
Genre
Rock
Style
New Wave
Artist
Mental As Anything
Release Title
Chemical Travel
Additional Product Features
Distribution
MSI Music Distribution
Number of Discs
1
Country/Region of Manufacture
USA
Additional information
CHEMICAL TRAVEL is an album from Australian rock band Mental As Anything. This Australian reissue has 23 tracks. While the band was on indefinite sabbatical while pursuing side projects, there had been no new Mentals product for nearly four years. Knowing that too much time away could hurt any band no matter how big or small, the Mentals new management company and their label decided to issue this collection of B-sides and album tracks as a companion to their greatest hits package released seven years earlier. Beginning with "C.Y.O. Dance," a track from their debut EP (released prior to their first full-length, Get Wet), this collection features all the classic Mentals trademarks: expert musicianship, top notch songs, and unbridled energy. Though there is not a hit single in the bunch, Chemical Travel is every bit as fun and enjoyable as any of their albums. Rarities like "Assault and Flattery," "L'Amour No More," and "Wouldn't Try to Explain" sound great next to key album tracks like "Fiona," "Some Feelings," "Talk to Baby Jesus," and "Not Enough." ~ Steve Schnee