| Ray | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Frazier Chorus |
| Cover: | Frazier Chorus - Ray.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
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| Genre: | Pop |
| Length: | 36:28 |
| Label: | Virgin / Charisma |
| Producer: | Ian Broudie, Clif Brigden, Frazier Chorus |
| Prev Title: | Sue |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Wide Awake |
| Next Year: | 1995 |
Ray is the second album by the English pop group Frazier Chorus, released in 1991 by Virgin Records.[1] [2] A limited edition version of the LP and CD included The Baby Album, a four track bonus remix disc. The four bonus remixes were also appended to the end of the cassette edition. The songs were written by Tim Freeman.[3]
The St. Petersburg Times opined: "What seems at first play to aspire to be little more than a collection of richly produced but understated songs turns out to be a peculiar, ambitious combination of sweet instrumentation and perversely harsh lyrics."[4] The Boston Globe wrote that "there's mostly, hushed, seductive vocals coasting along lolling, mid-tempo rhythms and consistently ingratiating melodies: wave upon ever-shifting wave"; the paper named it one of the best albums of 1991.[5] [6] The State determined that "Frazier Chorus may specialize in synth pop lite, but there's a certain atmospheric artiness that seduces the listener with its simplicity."[7]