Three years on from the dismal
Dance
album,
Arthur Brown
resurfaced with what, from all advance warning suggested, was going to prove his long-awaited return to fame -- and a reunion with former
Crazy World
ally
Vincent Crane
.
Chisholm in My Bosom
, however, emerged as little more than a
gospel
-tinged retread of its disappointing predecessor, while
Crane
himself was evident on just one track. The full reunion was still another two years ahead, and an altogether different album away. Hopefully, one scoured
in search of excitement, and found it in a terrific version of
"I Put a Spell on You."
But, of course,
Brown
had already executed the definitive reading of that number a decade earlier, on
the Crazy World
's debut and, while
"Monkey Walk"
and
"Chisholm in My Bosom"
themselves would both reward further listens, still the album itself is one that not only lays unplayed in almost every record collection that harbors it, it lies forgotten as well. ~ Dave Thompson