Whirlpool (Chapterhouse album)

Whirlpool is the debut studio album by English shoegaze band Chapterhouse. It was released on 29 April 1991 by Dedicated Records.

Whirlpool
Studio album by
Chapterhouse
Released29 April 1991 (1991-04-29)
Recorded1990
GenreShoegaze
Length39:17
LabelDedicated
Producer
Chapterhouse chronology
Sunburst
(1990)		 Whirlpool
(1991)		 Blood Music
(1993)
Singles from Whirlpool
  1. "Pearl"
    Released: 18 March 1991

Release

Whirlpool was released on 29 April 1991 by Dedicated Records.[1] It spent three weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 23.[2] "Pearl" was issued as the album's only single on 18 March 1991,[3] reaching number 67 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

Cherry Red Records reissued Whirlpool in 2006 with several bonus tracks taken from Chapterhouse's EPs Freefall and Sunburst, both released in 1990, and the "Pearl" single.[4] It also included, for the first time, printed lyrics for all of the album's songs.[4]

The initial and subsequent runs of the Cherry Red CD reissue were pressed using a lossy master source for tracks 1 to 9, 13 and 14. The corrected version has the reference TC2159 printed on the inner CD ring.[5] As of 2015, this was still the case, with Cherry Red reported as continuing to send out versions of the CD – now bearing the reference CDMRED304V2 – which were sourced from the lossy master, rather than the DAT, for tracks 1 to 9, 13 and 14.

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
NME8/10[7]
Select4/5[8]
Stylus MagazineB+[9]

In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Whirlpool at number 17 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.[10]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Breather"Andrew SherriffRalph Jezzard4:20
2."Pearl"SherriffJezzard4:52
3."Autosleeper"Stephen Patman
4:50
4."Treasure"PatmanChapterhouse6:22
5."Falling Down"Sherriff
3:58
6."April"SherriffChapterhouse4:39
7."Guilt"
  • Patman
  • Sherriff
Chapterhouse4:15
8."If You Want Me"
  • Russell Barrett
  • Sherriff
Chapterhouse2:41
9."Something More"SherriffGuthrie3:20
Total length:39:17
2006 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
10."Need (Somebody)"SherriffChapterhouse3:07
11."Inside of Me"
  • Ashley Bates
  • Patman
  • Simon Rowe
Chapterhouse4:40
12."Sixteen Years"
  • Barrett
  • Sherriff
Chapterhouse4:41
13."Satin Safe"
  • Patman
  • Sherriff
Chapterhouse5:42
14."Feel the Same"
  • Patman
  • Rowe
Chapterhouse4:15
15."Come Heaven"Patman
  • Chapterhouse
  • Jim Warren
5:32
16."In My Arms"Sherriff
  • Chapterhouse
  • Warren
4:39
Total length:71:53

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[11]

Chapterhouse

  • Russell Barrett – bass
  • Ashley Bates – drums
  • Stephen Patman – vocals, guitar
  • Simon Rowe – guitar
  • Andrew Sherriff – vocals, guitar

Additional musicians

Production

Design

  • Albert Tupelo – design

Charts
Chart (1991) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 23
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[13] 2

References
  1. Whirlpool (press advertisement). Dedicated Records. 1991. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Chapterhouse". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  3. Pearl (press advertisement). Dedicated Records. 1991. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "New Releases". Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original on 18 April 2006. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  5. "Shoegaze • View topic - the Whirlpool Remaster is FAKE". Archived from the original on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
  6. Raggett, Ned. "Whirlpool – Chapterhouse". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  7. Williams, Simon (27 April 1991). "When Whirls Collide". NME. p. 35.
  8. Perry, Andrew (May 1991). "Whirl Domination". Select. No. 11. p. 66.
  9. Parrish, Peter (1 May 2006). "Chapterhouse – Whirlpool – Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
  10. "The 50 Best Shoegaze Albums of All Time". Pitchfork. 24 October 2016. p. 4. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  11. Whirlpool (liner notes). Chapterhouse. Dedicated Records. 1991. DEDCD 001.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  12. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  13. "Distribution: Indie Albums" (PDF). Music Week. 18 May 1991. p. 20. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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