| The Chinese Album | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Spacehog |
| Cover: | The-chinese-album-album-cover.jpg |
| Released: | March 10, 1998 |
| Genre: | Glam rock |
| Length: | 41:40 |
| Label: | Sire Records Warner Bros. Records |
| Producer: | Bryce Goggin & Spacehog |
| Prev Title: | Resident Alien |
| Prev Year: | 1995 |
| Next Title: | The Hogyssey |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
The Chinese Album is the second album from the expatriate British alternative rock band Spacehog.[1] [2] It was released on Sire Records in 1998.
The Chinese Album was considered for a soundtrack and basis of a film called Mungo City (later called The Chinese Movie). It was to be about a band that moves to Hong Kong for success after being rejected by a New York record company. Unsatisfied with the final script, Spacehog dismissed any plans for shooting.
Spacehog wrote and recorded 20 songs for The Chinese Album. Among these are the B-sides "Final Frontier", "Isle of Manhattan" and "Cryogenic Lover", which were released on European singles.
"Carry On" peaked at No. 43 on the UK Singles Chart.[3]
The A.V. Club wrote that "for the most part, The Chinese Album sounds like Aladdin Sane or Roxy Music's early material, stripped of any sense of commitment or adventure."[4] The Orlando Sentinel wrote that "one can only admire a group so unrepentantly unfashionable, especially when it stirs its influences together with such flair and flamboyance."[5] The Austin Chronicle called the album "a pretty, precious confection of pop ditties."[6] The Rough Guide to Rock deemed it "a beautifully crafted masterpiece, intelligent, edgy and eclectic."[7]
All songs by Royston Langdon except when noted.