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Chill Out

The KLF
Year
1990
Genre
Ambient & New Age

Liner Notes

Chill Out is the third studio album by The KLF, released in February 1990. It is one of the earliest ambient house concept albums, portraying a mythical night-time journey throughout the U.S. Gulf Coast states, beginning in Texas and ending in Louisiana. The album was conceived as a continuous piece of music, reportedly recorded in a 44-minute live take, with original KLF music interwoven with samples from songs by Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, Acker Bilk, Van Halen, 808 State, field recordings of Tuvan throat singers, American, British and Russian radio broadcasts and sound effects taken from [[master:440964]]. It incorporates elements or melodies from the "[[label:93711]]" singles 3 A.M. Eternal and Last Train To Trancentral. A revised version, credited to [[artist:21753]] and titled Come Down Dawn was released on streaming platforms on February 4, 2021 ("the day before Chill Out, but 31 years later") as part of the Samplecity Thru Trancentral reissue series. Most notably Come Down Dawn is stripped of the most distinctive samples (Elvis Presley, Fleetwood Mac, etc.) and includes excerpts from What Time Is Love?

A1 — B2

Tracklist

  1. A1 So What 9:22
  2. A2 Freddie Freeloader 9:46
  3. A3 Blue In Green 5:37
  4. B1 All Blues 11:33
  5. B2 Flamenco Sketches 9:26
Personnel

Credits

Trumpet
Miles Davis
Alto Saxophone
Cannonball Adderley
Tenor Saxophone
John Coltrane
Piano
Bill Evans
Producer
Teo Macero
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