| Blood Music | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Chapterhouse |
| Cover: | Bloodmusic-cover.jpg |
| Released: | 6 September 1993 |
| Genre: | Neo-psychedelia, alternative dance, shoegaze |
| Length: | 54:43 |
| Label: | Dedicated Records |
| Producer: | Ralph Jezzard, Pascal Gabriel, Simon Postford, Paul Rabinger |
| Prev Title: | Whirlpool |
| Prev Year: | 1991 |
| Next Title: | The Best of Chapterhouse |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
Blood Music is the second and final studio album by British shoegaze band Chapterhouse.[1] [2] Early copies of this album, as well as North American and Japanese editions, include the bonus remix CD Pentamerous Metamorphosis by Global Communication. Cherry Red re-issued the album in 2008, prefaced by songs from the "Mesmerise" and "We Are The Beautiful" CD singles.
The album has a more pronounced electronic sound than its predecessor. Many producers contributed to the album.[3] According to guitarist Simon Rowe, while the band's first album, Whirlpool, "originally had a very raw feel" and was made as an attempt by the band to sound like The Stooges live, Blood Music was "a different concept altogether". It has a lot more dance music influences that mainly came into play from vocalist/guitarist Andrew Sherrif.[4]
Ira Robbins, in Trouser Press, wrote: "Another tuneful delight in a different kitchen, Blood Music hustles and bustles, putting emphatic rhythms into songs that could have been cut from the first album’s sparkling pop cloth."[5]
The US Limited Edition includes a bonus disc containing two remixes of We Are The Beautiful, Frost and Picnic.