Chrissie Hammond Discography

This album is probably still available if perhaps a little hard to get hold of . I must admit I struggle to tell Lyndsay or Chrissie apart. My initial response to the album was to think Lyndsay dominated the vocals but someone else thought it was Chrissie. I now tend towards about 50-50! There are ten tracks and I suppose you'd describe it as pop rock. The track that stands out in my mind is the irritatingly catchy opening track "Bang Bang".

Rick composed and performed the soundtrack for a 1990 colur tinted restoration of the 1925 film Phantom Of The Opera. He had Ramon Remedios and Ashley Holt lined up for the two male vocal parts and it seems Ashley recommended Chrissie for the female part. D'zal Martin is on guitar and had toured with Chrissie in Cheetah so there is another link there. Tony Fernandez is on percussion. The stand out track on the album is the beautiful ballad "Heaven". The film was released on video (now out of print) and the original soundtrack is arguably superior to the CD.

On this album Rick is joined by David Paton on guitar and bass and electronic percussion is used. Chrissie handles all the vocal parts. The track "Hymn Of Hope" was originally known as "The Battle Hymn". The highlight is the ballad "After Prayers".

This is one of Rick's Christian albums and includes several narrated passages. Chrissie performs lead vocals on five tracks and a small and uninspired choir features in places. "Hymn Of Hope" is the track from Softsword greatly improved with additional instrumentation and the four other tracks featuring Chrissie are strong. The album is long since out of print but the vocal tracks from this album form part of the later "Can You Hear Me?" release with some instrumental reworking and new choral parts.

Chrissie performs lead vocals on six of the twelve tracks on this album (sharing them with Adam on the title track) and adds backing vocals on another. Guitars, bass and drums backup the keyboards on many tracks. I can't remember any tracks on this album very well so I can't produce any highlights.

Chrissie's distinctive voice can be heard on many of the tracks on a young Adam Wakeman's first solo album.

Chrissie adds vocals on five tracks of the original 1994 release of this album and duets on lead on one bonus track on the 2000 release.

This is a four track CD single with the title track probably being the stand out one.

Rick composed and performed music for the Cirque Surreal circus. It was performed live at some venues (not always with Rick present). When it came to a studio recording vocal parts were added. It includes the incredible rocking opening track "Gnash" with some outstanding keyboards and the beautiful ballad "The Love That I Know". It was this album that introduced me to Chrissie's voice and it was also the first time I had heard Fraser Thorneycroft-Smith on guitar (yes, Fraser T-Smith who now works with Craig David).

Chrissie's five tracks from "Prayers" with new guitar and choir parts are augmented with three new tracks on this powerful crossover album which is arguably *the* album to get if you are interested in hearing Chrissie with Rick.

Chrissie performs the lead vocals on the first and last track of this album, both written by Rick and featuring the English Chamber Choir. These two tracks, "Waiting Alone" and "Just Another Tear", are the highlights of the album and the main reason to buy it.

This was originally released in the U.S. in 1996 (?) and then released in the U.K. with the addition of Rick's superb music for the BBC General Election ("Election '97/Arthur"). Includes Chrissie on "Starship Trooper" which she is said to really enjoy singing.

Rick was commissioned to write the music for the BBC series "Lineker's Golden Boots" but was dropped from the project (to the detriment of the programmes). The unused music was said to have been used on this album though in a more recent comment Rick says it was a number of thematic pieces he had already put together and doesn't mention the TV series. Chrissie features on lead vocals on one or two tracks (I forget which ones or if it is more than one!) including the poppy, anthemic "On Our Way" which sounds like the obvious theme tune and I think might have sold well as a single if it had been used.

The "Live In Buenos Aires" DVD includes a 'free' CD called "The Official Bootleg" (referred to as "Then" on the Classic Pictures Entertainment site) which is a bootleg recording of Chrissie performing with Rick and his band at Ronnie Scott's in Birmingham in 1997. The sound quality is very poor and there is even a glitch from the tape change on the original recording! As it happens I have the original CD bootleg and the sound quality was much better than that ;-)

This is a Yes tribute produced by Adam Wakeman and featuring guest vocalists and himself on keyboards.The "Wonderous" release of this album credits Nikki Squire with the vocals on track two but it is definitely Chrissie. There were several other errors on the sleeve it seems. There is also a version which emphasises the "A Tribute To Yes" title which might well repeat the errors. The actual cover art may have the text a little higher up by the way, I grabbed this one from Adam's website.