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| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[alternative metal]]
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| label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aF6JDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA247|title=Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side|first=Rayya|last=Elias|date=March 25, 2014|publisher=Penguin|isbn=978-0-14-312505-1 |via=Google Books}}</ref>
| label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]]
| producer = Kory Clarke and [[Don Fury]]
| producer = Kory Clarke, [[Don Fury]]
| prev_title = [[Salutations from the Ghetto Nation]]
| prev_title = [[Salutations from the Ghetto Nation]]
| prev_year = 1992
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'''''Chill Pill''''' is the fourth album by the American metal band [[Warrior Soul]], released in 1993.<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/artist/warrior-soul-mn0000243197/biography</ref> It was remastered and re-released with bonus tracks on CD and [[MP3]] in 2009 by Escapi Music. [[Michael Monroe]] of [[Hanoi Rocks]] played harmonica on the track "High Road".
'''''Chill Pill''''' is the fourth album by the American hard rock band [[Warrior Soul]], released in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/warrior-soul-mn0000243197/biography|title=Warrior Soul Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rK7CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA334|title=New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB|first=Steven|last=Blush|date=October 4, 2016|publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-250-08362-3 |via=Google Books}}</ref> It was remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2006 by Escapi Music.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bernardy |first1=Cathy |title=Warrior Soul Reissues Still Relevant More Than a Decade Later |journal=Goldmine |date=Jul 21, 2006 |volume=32 |issue=15 |pages=48–49}}</ref> [[Michael Monroe]] of [[Hanoi Rocks]] played harmonica on "High Road".


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
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|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/chill-pill-mw0000103121</ref>
|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/chill-pill-mw0000103121|title=Warrior Soul - Chill Pill Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Calgary Herald]]''
|rev2score = B<ref name="CH">{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Shari |title=Warrior Soul: Chill Pill |work=Calgary Herald |date=24 Oct 1993 |page=C2}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
|rev3 = ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]''
|rev3score = 7.5/10<ref>https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/warrior-soul-chill-pill_238941.html</ref>
|rev3score = 7.5/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/warrior-soul-chill-pill_238941.html|title=WARRIOR SOUL - Chill Pill|website=ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin}}</ref>
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The ''[[Calgary Herald]]'' noted the "high intensity mile-a-minute guitars, bottom string bass chords and drums like hammers hitting nail heads."<ref name=CH/>
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[[AllMusic]] wrote that "its entire first half (kicked off in typical Warrior Soul fashion by an angry psycho-babble rant set to music entitled 'Mars') rolls by without a single memorable moment."<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/chill-pill-mw0000103121</ref>

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[[AllMusic]] wrote that "its entire first half (kicked off in typical Warrior Soul fashion by an angry psycho-babble rant set to music entitled 'Mars') rolls by without a single memorable moment."<ref name="auto"/>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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* Pete McClanahan – bass
* Pete McClanahan – bass
* Mark Evans – drums
* Mark Evans – drums

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* [[Michael Monroe]] – harmonica
;Additional musician
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* [[Michael Monroe]] – harmonica on “High Road”


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 23:48, 23 February 2024

Chill Pill
Studio album by
Warrior Soul
Released1993
GenreHard rock, alternative metal
LabelGeffen[1]
ProducerKory Clarke, Don Fury
Warrior Soul chronology
Salutations from the Ghetto Nation
(1992) 		Chill Pill
(1993) 		The Space Age Playboys
(1994)

Chill Pill is the fourth album by the American hard rock band Warrior Soul, released in 1993.[2][3] It was remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in 2006 by Escapi Music.[4] Michael Monroe of Hanoi Rocks played harmonica on "High Road".

Critical reception

[edit]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Calgary HeraldB[6]
Rock Hard7.5/10[7]

The Calgary Herald noted the "high intensity mile-a-minute guitars, bottom string bass chords and drums like hammers hitting nail heads."[6]

AllMusic wrote that "its entire first half (kicked off in typical Warrior Soul fashion by an angry psycho-babble rant set to music entitled 'Mars') rolls by without a single memorable moment."[5]

Track listing

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  1. "Mars" – 2:21
  2. "Cargos of Doom" – 3:55
  3. "Song in Your Mind" – 4:52
  4. "Shock Um Down" – 3:06
  5. "Let Me Go" – 4:45
  6. "Ha Ha Ha" – 5:01
  7. "Concrete Frontier" – 7:21
  8. "I Want Some" – 3:11
  9. "Soft" – 6:25
  10. "High Road" – 6:37
  11. "Mars (Live)" – 2:45 [2006 Escapi bonus track]
  12. "Cargos of doom (Live)" – 3:48 [2009 Escapi bonus rack]
  13. "Song in your mind (Live)" – 4:43 [2009 Escapi bonus track]
  14. "Shock um down (Live)" – 2:53 [2009 Escapi bonus track]
  15. "Mark & Kory Interview / New drummer Pete (The Tempest)" – 3:16 [2009 Escapi bonus track]

Personnel

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  • Kory Clarke – lead vocals
  • John Ricco – guitar
  • Pete McClanahan – bass
  • Mark Evans – drums
Additional musician

References

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  1. ^ Elias, Rayya (March 25, 2014). Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-312505-1 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Warrior Soul Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-250-08362-3 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Bernardy, Cathy (July 21, 2006). "Warrior Soul Reissues Still Relevant More Than a Decade Later". Goldmine. 32 (15): 48–49.
  5. ^ a b "Warrior Soul - Chill Pill Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  6. ^ a b Phillips, Shari (October 24, 1993). "Warrior Soul: Chill Pill". Calgary Herald. p. C2.
  7. ^ "WARRIOR SOUL - Chill Pill". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin.
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