Discography – Solo Work (2001-2011)

Solo Work (2001-2011)

“Confessions” [LP] (available on CD)

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CD: self-released 2001

  1. Spoken word recording

note – this “home-grown” effort was made in response to overwhelming requests for more spoken word recordings. Only 100 CDs were made, and were sold on the Bells’ 2001 tour. Remaining CDs were sold via this web site. Each CD includes a signed and numbered document (which features an image of Chris as a young boy), as well as a letter explaining the thoughts behind the CD.

Poems read are: Meridian Afterburn, The Opium Glove Puppet, I cover my face with my hands, Borstal, Millionaire, Minder, Untitled #1, The Call Girls, On passing amongst you, You would surge #1, Not through Glass, No Known Wingspan, Untitled #2, Y, The Giddy Horses, Doggy walk/mock, Butcher flowers’ woman, Confessions of the highest bidder, The song, Weightless, The night more I can see, The Butcher is in, Mocking bird/Dog Bird, Nape, Eyetooth.

“Unreleased Radio Session/Swingin’ Junkies Live” [LP] (available on CD)

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CD: self-released 2002

  1. Pray’r
  2. Nobody’s Scared
  3. Model Murmur
  4. Ghost of a Saint
  5. The Early Nighters
  6. London Fields
  7. Intro
  8. Stowaway
  9. Ghost of a Saint
  10. Where Are They Now?
  11. Spoonfed Celeste
  12. The Early Nighters
  13. What’s Left But Solid Gold?
  14. Detestimony III

note – tracks 1-6 recorded at WZRD Chicago, May 2002. Chris does vocals and acoustic guitar. Tracks 7-14 recorded at Cabaret Metro, Chicago, April 1994 by some kind and anonymous soul, probably with a hand-held cassette recorder. Chris does vocals, William Tucker on guitar.

Another web site exclusive, this CD was made available in Summer 2002. It featured a hand-drawn piece of art by Chris (charcoal and pencil on heavy gauge paper), as well as a signed letter describing the release and talking about his experiences with William.

“Private Education” [LP] (available on CD)

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CD: Invisible Records (UI1017) 2002

  1. Harbour Days
  2. Samaratin
  3. You Versus Miracle
  4. About the Beauty of Laura
  5. Fortune Strikes Again
  6. Lipstick in Labyrinth Park
  7. No One is Scared
  8. The Last Hit Man in Heaven

“Initials C.C.” [double LP] (available on CD)

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CD: Invisible Records (UIN1058) 2002

  1. Detestimony – Fini Tribe
  2. Mania – Murder Inc.
  3. At The Top – Revolting Cocks
  4. Stick – Revolting Cocks
  5. I Can Do No Wrong – Pigface
  6. Stainless Steel Providers (Live Version) – Revolting Cocks
  7. Rubber Glove Seduction – PTP
  8. All Fours – Fini Tribe
  9. Ignore The Noise – Damage Manual
  10. My East Is Your West – Chris Connelly/Chris Bruce
  11. To Play A Slow Game – Chris Connelly/Bill Rieflin
  12. The Call Girls – Chris Connelly/Bill Rieflin
  13. A Mutual Friend – Chris Connelly
  1. 2000 Light Years From Home – F/I
  2. Paperself – Fini Tribe
  3. Me And My Shadow – Fini Tribe
  4. Confessions of the Highest Bidder (original demo) – Chris Connelly
  5. No Man’s Land – Chris Connelly/Bill Rieflin
  6. What’s Left but Solid Gold (acoustic version) – Chris Connelly/William Tucker
  7. The Long Weekend – Chris Connelly & the Bells
  8. Twilight Shiner – Chris Connelly/Chris Bruce
  9. Partick Roullette – Chris Connelly/Bill Rieflin
  10. About the Beauty of Laura – Chris Connelly
  11. The Fortune (demo) – Chris Connelly/Bill Rieflin
  12. Niddrie Street Tape Loop Experiment – Chris Connelly/Andy McGregor

Notes: Unable to squeeze all of his comments into the liner notes, Chris created an additional reference for listeners. Download the PDF.

“Night of Your Life” [LP] (available on CD)

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CD: Invisible Records (UI1085) 2004

  1. Too Long in My Mind
  2. Don’t Landslide Away from Me
  3. Night of Your Life
  4. Stella (Stand Up and Take Your Man)
  5. Glass Rose
  6. Nicola 6
  7. Roullettescape
  8. Respond to Beauty
  9. Cartwheel Proposal
  10. Stevie Smith

“Lounge Ax, Bottle, Elsewhere 94/01″ [LP] (available on CD)

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CD: self-released 2005

  1. Fire and Wine
  2. Jubbergait Nurse
  3. Harbour Days
  4. Island Head (w/The Bells)
  5. Saliva Beach
  6. Cartwheel Proposal
  7. Nobody’s Scared
  8. My East Is Your West
  9. The Early Nighters (w/Tucker)
  10. No More Changing of the Guard
  11. Model Murmur (w/Shipwreck band)
  12. Bordell Giest

note – a limited edition compilation of previously unreleased tracks (5 live) which was available directly from Connelly via Reckless Records. The disc is a “real” CD (not CD-R) and the cover art is an homage to the Zappa & The Mothers “Live, Fillmore East June 1st” album.

“Box Set” [LP] (available on CD)

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7CD: Invisible Records (UIN1123) 2006

note – a 7 disc box set that includes the entire solo catalog from Invisible Records: “The Ultimate Seaside Companion [Revisited]“, “Blonde Exodus”, “Private Education”, “Initials C.C.”, “Night of Your Life” – plus a signed “Lounge Ax, Bottle, Elsewhere 94/01″ and a poster containing lyrics from all of the albums. Limited to 500 copies.

“The Episodes” [LP] (available on CD)

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CD: Durtro Jnana (Durtro Jnana 1984) 2007

  1. Mirror Lips
  2. The Son of Empty Sam
  3. Every Ghost Has An Orchestra
  4. Henry Vs Miller
  5. Soul Boys/Hard Legends
  6. The Son of Empty Sam Sequel
  7. Empty Coda

Press Release and Sleeve Notes

“Forgiveness & Exile” [LP] (available on CD)

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CD: Durtro Jnana (Durtro Jnana 1985) 2008

  1. Arran
  2. Forgiveness & Exile
  1. Forgiveness & exile
  2. Clouds without pity
  3. The surgery
  4. The wallet
  5. No myths or stars
  6. Of all seas
  7. The slow motion birds
  8. Days between visions
  9. I know what I’ve seen, and I know what is coming, and some of it will be quite beautiful…

Press Release and Sleeve Notes

“Shipwreck” masters [LP] (available on MP3/FLAC)

self-released 2008

Disc 1

  1. test signal
  2. Drench
  3. Drench
  4. Drench (instrumental)
  5. Meridian Afterburn
  6. Meridian Afterburn
  7. Meridian Afterburn
  8. Meridian Afterburn (instrumental)

Disc 2

  1. Detestimony III
  2. Detestimony III
  3. Detestimony III (instrumental)
  4. Detestimony III
  5. Detestimony III
  6. test signal
  7. Spoonfed Celeste
  8. Spoonfed Celeste
  9. Spoonfed Celeste (instrumental)
  10. Spoonfed Celeste
  11. Spoonfed Celeste

Disc 3

  1. Shipwreck (with fadeout)
  2. Swimming

Disc 4

  1. test signal
  2. Swimming
  3. Swimming
  4. Swimming
  5. Swimming (instrumental)
  6. Swimming (acoustic)
  7. Close Watch (John Cale)

Disc 5

  1. Spoonfed Celeste
  2. Detestimony III
  3. What’s Left But Solid Gold?
  4. Model Murmur
  5. Model Murmur (drums/drum machine)
  6. The Early Nighters
  7. Anyones’ Mistake
  8. Drench
  9. Meridian Afterburn
  10. Meridian Afterburn
  11. Candyman Collapse

Disc 6

  1. test signal
  2. Meridian Afterburn (instrumental)
  3. Candyman Collapse
  4. Candyman Collapse
  5. Candyman Collapse
  6. Candyman Collapse
  7. Candyman Collapse (instrumental)
  8. Candyman Collapse (instrumental with backing vocals)
  9. Shipwreck
  10. Shipwreck
  11. Shipwreck
  12. Shipwreck (instrumental)

note – a 6 CD set comprising the complete DAT master tapes for 1994′s “Shipwrecked” album. Available as a free download from Chris Connelly.com in mp3 and/or FLAC formats. See here for more information.

“Lost Episodes” [EP] (available on CS)

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CS: Plustapes (PT08) 2009 (limited edition of 100)

  1. The Son of Empty Sam
  2. Every Ghost Has An Orchestra
  1. Soul Boys/Hard Legends
  2. Mirror Lips
  3. Henry Vs Miller

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note – a limited edition cassette that features 3 unreleased and 2 live versions of songs from “The Episodes”.

“Pentland Firth Howl” [LP] (available on LP/CD)

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LP: Addenda Records (NDA-001) 2009 (limited edition of 300 with free digital download)

  1. The Fidra Birds
  2. The Felled Wych Elm (Sighting of a Ghost at Bauelaw)
  3. Aberlour Aberlour
  4. An Accident in Scottish Wilderness
  1. Goodbye, Waveland
  2. Half In Light Arisaig Eyes
  3. It Has Not Brought Me Peace
  4. Wide-Eyed and Legless
  5. Ailsa Craig
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CD: Busted Flat Records (Busted 021) 2009

  1. The Fidra Birds
  2. The Felled Wych Elm (Sighting of a Ghost at Bauelaw)
  3. Aberlour Aberlour
  4. An Accident in Scottish Wilderness
  5. Goodbye, Waveland
  6. Half In Light Arisaig Eyes
  7. It Has Not Brought Me Peace
  8. Wide-Eyed and Legless
  9. Ailsa Craig

Press Release

“How This Ends” [LP] (available on CD)

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CD: Lens Records (Lens 0117) 2010

  1. How This Ends (Part One)
  2. How This Ends (Part Two)

Press Release and Sleeve Notes

“Artificial Madness” [LP] (available on CD)

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CD: Relapse Records (RR 7183) 2011

  1. Artificial Madness
  2. Wait for Amateur
  3. Classically Wounded
  4. Cold blood in Present Company
  5. Compatibility
  6. The Modern Swine
  7. Imperfect Star
  8. The Paraffin Hearts
  9. The Subjects
  10. The Goner
  11. A Career in Falsehood
  12. British Drug Lords
  13. Classically Wounded (Fade Kainer Remix)

Press Release and Sleeve Notes

note – “British Drug Lords” and “Classically Wounded (Fade Kainer Remix)” are bonus tracks exclusive to the iTunes “deluxe” edition (they are also available to purchase individually). A track by track breakdown of the album by Connelly is available at Alarm Press here.