Chase the Kangaroo

Chase the Kangaroo is the fourth release, and third full-length album, from Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released in 1988. If listeners were hoping for the same upbeat, alternative pop sounds of the band's previous album, then Chase the Kangaroo was a sore disappointment. Instead, what listeners got was arguably the band's finest release, although long-time fans and music critics still disagree over whether Circle Slide deserves tha... more

Chase the Kangaroo is the fourth release, and third full-length album, from Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released in 1988. If listeners were hoping for the same upbeat, alternative pop sounds of the band's previous album, then Chase the Kangaroo was a sore disappointment. Instead, what listeners got was arguably the band's finest release, although long-time fans and music critics still disagree over whether Circle Slide deserves that honor. Regardless, Chase the Kangaroo is a groundbreaking work, not only for the band, but for Contemporary Christian music in general. Numerous Christian alternative rock bands point to this album as a strong musical influence, and it singlehandedly pushed Christian music into lyrical and musical terrain it had never before explored. Unlike Diamonds and Rain, which was recorded in a scant 12 weeks, Chase the Kangaroo took six months of experimentation in the studio to complete, and even then, it was still being recorded and mixed up to the... less