title: Chain (Pylon album)
text: # Chain (Pylon album)
  
  Chain is the third studio album by the American rock band Pylon, released in 1990. It was released after a seven-year hiatus. R.E.M. had lobbied the band to record again, suggesting that Pylon could use R.E.M.'s practice space.
  
  ## Critical reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | Robert Christgau | A− |
  | The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
  | The Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
  
  Robert Christgau thought that Pylon's "low registers, deliberate silences, and inexorably unmechanical beat all feed a muscular musical solidity with no real parallels—10 years after, the only band that sounds remotely similar is the Gang of Four." Trouser Press wrote: "While retaining the band’s traditional bite, Chain gets more melody and texture from [Vanessa] Briscoe-Hay's singing and Randy Bewley's sharp guitar jabs." Newsday noted the "monomaniacal infatuation with thick bass notes and a steady, pneumatic beat." The Washington Post determined that "there's still plenty of bounce in the band's sleek, steel-springed sound."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  * All songs written and arranged by Pylon.
  * "Look Alive" – 4:19
  * "Catch" – 3:37
  * "B-Complex" – 2:25
  * "Sugarpop" – 3:25
  * "There It Is" – 3:32
  * "Springtime" – 3:38
  * "This / That" – 3:02
  * "Go" – 3:57
  * "Crunch" – 3:39
  * "Very Right" – 3:49
  * "Metal" – 2:50
  * "Outside" – 2:47
  * "Sloganistic" – 2:36
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Vanessa Ellison – vocals
  * Randy Bewley – guitars
  * Michael Lachowski – bass
  * Curtis Crowe – drums
  