Brave Words

Brave Words is an album by New Zealand band the Chills, released in 1987.[1][2] It was produced by Mayo Thompson.[3]

For the heavy metal magazine, see Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles.

Brave Words
Studio album by
The Chills
Released1987
GenreJangle pop
LabelFlying Nun FN090
The Chills chronology
Kaleidoscope World
(1986)		 Brave Words
(1987)		 Submarine Bells
(1990)

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Robert ChristgauA−[5]
The Philadelphia Inquirer[6]

The Toronto Star wrote that "songs such as 'Push' and 'Wet Blanket' derive most of their power from the clever spins that [Martin] Phillips puts on typical romantic dilemmas."[7]

Track listing (LP version)

All songs written by Martin Phillips, except for where noted.

Side 1:

  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"

Side 2:

  1. "Dan Destiny and the Silver Dawn"
  2. "Night of Chill Blue"
  3. "16 Heart-Throbs"
  4. "Brave Words"
  5. "Dark Carnival"
  6. "Creep" (Phillips, Idaho)

Track listing (CD version)
  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 A 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"

References
  1. "Chills".
  2. Buckley, Peter (9 June 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  3. Thompson, Dave (9 June 2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879306076 – via Google Books.
  4. Brave Words at AllMusic
  5. "The Chills". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. Tucker, Ken (14 April 1988). "Roundup of area rockers; string quartets; a sax man's latest". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 5-D – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. MacInnis, Craig (21 October 1988). "The Chills have been around as long...". Toronto Star. p. E9.


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