Whirlpool is the debut studio album by English shoegaze band Chapterhouse. It was released on 29 April 1991 by Dedicated Records.
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Studio album by Chapterhouse | ||||
Released | 29 April 1991 (1991-04-29) | |||
Recorded | 1990 | |||
Genre | Shoegaze | |||
Length | 39:17 | |||
Label | Dedicated | |||
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Whirlpool was released on 29 April 1991 by Dedicated Records.[1] It spent three weeks on the UK Albums Chart, peaking at number 23.[2] "Pearl" was issued as the album's only single on 18 March 1991,[3] reaching number 67 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]
Cherry Red Records reissued Whirlpool in 2006 with several bonus tracks taken from Chapterhouse's EPs Freefall and Sunburst, both released in 1990, and the "Pearl" single.[4] It also included, for the first time, printed lyrics for all of the album's songs.[4]
The initial and subsequent runs of the Cherry Red CD reissue were pressed using a lossy master source for tracks 1 to 9, 13 and 14. The corrected version has the reference TC2159 printed on the inner CD ring.[5] As of 2015, this was still the case, with Cherry Red reported as continuing to send out versions of the CD – now bearing the reference CDMRED304V2 – which were sourced from the lossy master, rather than the DAT, for tracks 1 to 9, 13 and 14.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Select | 4/5[7] |
Stylus Magazine | B+[8] |
In 2016, Pitchfork ranked Whirlpool at number 17 on its list of the 50 best shoegaze albums of all time.[9]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Breather" | Andrew Sherriff | Ralph Jezzard | 4:20 |
2. | "Pearl" | Sherriff | Jezzard | 4:52 |
3. | "Autosleeper" | Stephen Patman |
| 4:50 |
4. | "Treasure" | Patman | Chapterhouse | 6:22 |
5. | "Falling Down" | Sherriff |
| 3:58 |
6. | "April" | Sherriff | Chapterhouse | 4:39 |
7. | "Guilt" |
| Chapterhouse | 4:15 |
8. | "If You Want Me" |
| Chapterhouse | 2:41 |
9. | "Something More" | Sherriff | Guthrie | 3:20 |
Total length: | 39:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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10. | "Need (Somebody)" | Sherriff | Chapterhouse | 3:07 |
11. | "Inside of Me" |
| Chapterhouse | 4:40 |
12. | "Sixteen Years" |
| Chapterhouse | 4:41 |
13. | "Satin Safe" |
| Chapterhouse | 5:42 |
14. | "Feel the Same" |
| Chapterhouse | 4:15 |
15. | "Come Heaven" | Patman |
| 5:32 |
16. | "In My Arms" | Sherriff |
| 4:39 |
Total length: | 71:53 |
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[10]
Chapterhouse
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Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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UK Albums (OCC)[11] | 23 |
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[12] | 2 |
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