The Chills
Brave Words
Label:  Homestead Records 
Date:  1988
Length:  0:00
Format:  CD
Genre:  Rock; Indie
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      Push    
      2.  
      Rain    
      3.  
      Speak for Yourself    
      4.  
      Look for the Good in Others and They'll See the Good in You    
      5.  
      Wet Blanket    
      6.  
      Ghosts    
      7.  
      House With 100 Rooms    
      8.  
      Party in My Heart    
      9.  
      Living in the Jungle    
      10.  
      Dan Destiny and the Silver Dawn    
      11.  
      Night of Chill Blue    
      12.  
      16 Heart-Throbs    
      13.  
      Brave Words    
      14.  
      Dark Carnival    
      15.  
      Creep    
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      Martin Phillipps, already on his 8th or 9th or 30th lineup of the Chills, made a near masterpiece with Brave Words. Keyboards, guitars and the New Zealander's reedy voice drive brilliant songs that make something new of concepts like "Rain" and "Ghosts" while also giving forth with deceptively cheery formulations like "Look for the Good in Others and They'll See the Good in You." Phillipps constantly surprises here, putting pressure on his tidily constructed tunes by blurting out dark fantasies about death and romance and the death of romance. The CD adds three bonus tracks. --Rickey Wright