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Roger Chapman and the Shortlist released A Turn Unstoned? in Germany and Europe on 14 April 1998. Chapman's twelfth solo studio album returned to a focused band sound, with “Riot on the Western Front” and “Glory Ride” among its central songs.
Album Reviews1
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A Turn Unstoned? — Polish review
Contemporary review. Rafał Motriuk begins with Chapman’s voice, describing its mixture of rasp, vibrato and expression as something without a real equivalent. The album opens decisively with “Riot on the Western Front”: harmonica, organ and rhythm section arrive with a hard but melodic impact.
Motriuk considers the music direct rather than revolutionary—rock played for pleasure by a veteran who knows the form intimately. The distinction is important: simple, but never simplistic. He praises the nine-piece cast, the flow of the record and its well-chosen covers, closing with particular approval for Chapman’s reading of the Cars’ “Drive.”
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