Chaos And More: Live At The Royal Festival Hall

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Chaos And More:
Live At The
Royal Festival Hall
live album by Marc Almond
and Chris Braide
Released 10 February 2021
28 October 2022
Produced Chris Braide
Label Strike Force Entertainment
Genre pop, acoustic
Format 2xCD, 3xLP
Previous At The Barcelona Apollo 2007
Related Things We Lost
Chaos And More: Live At The Royal Festival Hall is a live album by Marc Almond and Chris Braide with recording of their one-off concert from February 2020. It was initially released digitally on streaming platforms in 2021, under the name Chaos And All The Hits: Live At The Royal Festival Hall.

Concert[edit | edit source]

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Marc Almond and Chris Braide performed a concert in Royal Festival Hall, London, in 10th February 2020, as one-off promotional show for their recently released studio album Chaos and a Dancing Star. Along with new songs, they performed songs from other projects with Almond and Braide involvement, such as Soft Cell, and several covers. The special guest of the show was Ian Anderson, of Jethro Tull fame, who also appeared on aforementioned new album.

Release[edit | edit source]

Audio recording of this concert first appeared as digital album Chaos And All The Hits: Live At The Royal Festival Hall in 10 February 2021, exclusively on Spotify.[1] Physical editions followed later in 2022, first as bonus CD for Almond's mini-album Things We Lost, released in 28 October 2022. Vinyl in February 2023

Track listing[edit | edit source]

All songs written and composed by Marc Almond and Chris Braide, except where noted. 

Digital version
 
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1. “Intro”    2:23
2. “Black Sunride”    5:44
3. “When The Stars Are Gone”    3:25
4. “Dust”    4:31
5. “Dreaming Of Sea”    4:03
6. “Hollywood Forever”    6:36
7. “Chevrolet Corvette Stingray”    3:52
8. “Cherry Tree”    5:06
9. “Chaos”    4:04
10. “Fighting A War”    4:12
11. “Giallo”    5:19
12. “Lord Of Misrule” (feat Ian Anderson)  7:00
13. “Witch’s Promise” (feat Ian Anderson)Anderson 4:22
14. “Bedsitter”  Ball, Almond 4:04
15. “Slow Burn Love”    4:01
16. “The Crow’s Eyes Have Turned Blue”    7:32
17. “Flames”  Braide, Guetta, Wattum, Furler 4:10
18. “Skin Deep”  Braide, Downes 4:49
19. “The Pain Of Never”    3:55
20. “Scar”    3:37
21. “Kill And Run” (Chris Braide solo)Braide, Furler 3:46
22. “Unstoppable” (Chris Braide solo)Braide, Furler 3:09
23. “Torch”  Ball, Almond 3:18
24. “Black Heart”  Hogan, Almond 2:30
25. “Little Rough Rhinestone”  Ball, Almond 2:41
26. “Flowered Goodbye”    2:20
27. “Winter Sun”    2:18
28. “Change”  Bolan 2:24
29. “Where The Heart Is”  Ball, Almond 2:49
30. “Embers”    4:15
31. “Minotaur”    4:56
32. “Zipped Black Leather Jacket”    4:18
33. “A Kind Of Love”    4:28
34. “Dandy In The Underworld”  Bolan 1:17
35. “Children Of The Revolution”  Bolan 2:31
36. “Tainted Love” (feat Ian Anderson)Cobb 3:35
37. “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” (feat Ian Anderson)Ball, Almond 6:07
CD version
CD Two 
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1. “Intro”    2:23
2. “Black Sunrise”    5:44
3. “When The Stars Are Gone”    3:25
4. “Dust”    4:31
5. “Dreaming Of Sea”    4:03
6. “Hollywood Forever”    6:36
7. “Chevrolet Corvette Stingray”    3:52
8. “Cherry Tree”    5:06
9. “Chaos”    4:04
10. “Fighting A War”    4:12
11. “Giallo”    5:19
12. “Lord Of Misrule” (feat Ian Anderson)  7:00
13. “Witch’s Promise” (feat Ian Anderson)Anderson 4:22
14. “Bedsitter”  Ball, Almond 4:04
15. “Slow Burn Love”    4:01
16. “The Crow’s Eyes Have Turned Blue”    7:32
CD Three 
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1. “Flames”  Braide, Guetta, Wattum, Furler 4:10
2. “Skin Deep”  Braide, Downes 4:49
3. “The Pain Of Never”    3:55
4. “Scar”    3:37
5. “Kill And Run” (Chris Braide solo)Braide, Furler 3:46
6. “Unstoppable” (Chris Braide solo)Braide, Furler 3:09
7. “Torch”  Ball, Almond 3:18
8. “Black Heart”  Hogan, Almond 2:30
9. “Little Rough Rhinestone”  Ball, Almond 2:41
10. “Flowered Goodbye”    2:20
11. “Winter Sun”    2:18
12. “Change”  Bolan 2:24
13. “Where The Heart Is”  Ball, Almond 2:49
14. “Embers”    4:15
15. “Minotaur”    4:56
16. “Zipped Black Leather Jacket”    4:18
17. “A Kind Of Love”    4:28
18. “Dandy In The Underworld”  Bolan 1:17
19. “Children Of The Revolution”  Bolan 2:31
20. “Tainted Love” (feat Ian Anderson)Cobb 3:35
21. “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” (feat Ian Anderson)Ball, Almond 6:07
Vinyl version
Side one 
No.TitleLength
1. “Black Sunrise”   5:44
2. “When The Stars Are Gone”   3:25
3. “Dust”   4:31
4. “Dreaming Of Sea”   4:03
5. “Hollywood Forever”   6:36
Side two 
No.TitleLength
1. “Chevrolet Corvette Stingray”   3:52
2. “Cherry Tree”   5:06
3. “Chaos”   4:04
4. “Fighting A War”   4:12
5. “Giallo”   5:19
Side three 
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1. “Lord Of Misrule” (feat Ian Anderson)  7:00
2. “Witch’s Promise” (feat Ian Anderson)Anderson 4:22
3. “Bedsitter”  Ball, Almond 4:04
4. “Slow Burn Love”    4:01
5. “The Crow’s Eyes Have Turned Blue”    7:32
Side four 
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1. “Flames”  Braide, Guetta, Wattum, Furler 4:10
2. “Skin Deep”  Braide, Downes 4:49
3. “The Pain Of Never”    3:55
4. “Scar”    3:37
5. “Kill And Run” (Chris Braide solo)Braide, Furler 3:46
6. “Unstoppable” (Chris Braide solo)Braide, Furler 3:09
7. “Torch”  Ball, Almond 3:18
Side five 
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1. “Black Heart”  Hogan, Almond 2:30
2. “Little Rough Rhinestone”  Ball, Almond 2:41
3. “Flowered Goodbye”    2:20
4. “Winter Sun”    2:18
5. “Change”  Bolan 2:24
6. “Where The Heart Is”  Ball, Almond 2:49
7. “Embers”    4:15
8. “Minotaur”    4:56
Side six 
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1. “Zipped Black Leather Jacket”    4:18
2. “A Kind Of Love”    4:28
3. “Dandy In The Underworld”  Bolan 1:17
4. “Children Of The Revolution”  Bolan 2:31
5. “Tainted Love” (feat Ian Anderson)Cobb 3:35
6. “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye” (feat Ian Anderson)Ball, Almond 6:07

Personnel[edit | edit source]

  • Lead vocals – Marc Almond
  • Backing vocals – Bryan Chambers, Kelly Barnes, Louise Marshall, Simon King
  • Vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, production, mixing, – Chris Braide
  • Guitar – Neal X
  • Bass Guitar – Andy Hodge
  • Drums – Ash Soan
  • Flute – Ian Anderson
  • Engineering – Jonny Solway
  • Mastering – Oli Hemingway

Artwork[edit | edit source]

Design of CD and vinyl artworks by Meriel Waissman.

Reception[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ MARC ALMOND| ‘Chaos And The Hits’ the new live album from Marc Almond & Chris Braide is available to stream now! - Cherry Red Records. Jack Clough. 10 February 2021. (www.cherryred.co.uk)  archived
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