| Chain | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Pylon |
| Cover: | Chain (Pylon album).jpg |
| Released: | 1990 |
| Recorded: | Tracks 1–3 and 5–13 recorded July 1990; "Sugarpop" recorded February 1990 |
| Studio: | Reflection Sound Studios, John Keane Studios |
| Genre: | Dance-punk, jangle rock |
| Label: | Sky Records[1] 7-2020-1 |
| Producer: | Gary Smith, Scott Litt |
| Prev Title: | Chomp |
| Prev Year: | 1983 |
| Next Title: | Pylon Live |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
Chain is the third studio album by the American rock band Pylon, released in 1990.[2] [3] It was released after a seven-year hiatus.[4] R.E.M. had lobbied the band to record again, suggesting that Pylon could use R.E.M.'s practice space.[5]
Robert Christgau thought that Pylon's "low registers, deliberate silences, and inexorably unmechanical beat all feed a muscular musical solidity with no real parallels—10 years after, the only band that sounds remotely similar is the Gang of Four." Trouser Press wrote: "While retaining the band’s traditional bite, Chain gets more melody and texture from [Vanessa] Briscoe-Hay's singing and Randy Bewley's sharp guitar jabs."[2] Newsday noted the "monomaniacal infatuation with thick bass notes and a steady, pneumatic beat."[6] The Washington Post determined that "there's still plenty of bounce in the band's sleek, steel-springed sound."[7]