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
Cover - Chaos And More Live At The Royal Festival Hall.png
Cover photograph by ?
Released 28 October 2022
Produced Chris Braide
Label Strike Force Entertainment
Genre pop, acoustic
Format 2xCD, 3xLP
Previous At The Barcelona Apollo 2007
Related Chaos And All The Hits: Live At The Royal Festival Hall
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, while this physical release followed later: first on CD in October 2022, and then on vinyl in February 2023.

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]

Track listing[edit | edit source]

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

CD version[edit | edit source]

CD version was released on two discs as bonus content to CD version of Almond's mini-album Things We Lost.

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[edit | edit source]

Vinyl version followed later as release on its own, on three discs.

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 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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