Comments on: Michael Chapman “Fully Qualified Survivor”

By: Yair Yona

Yair Yona — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:50:28 +0000

I totally agree. Survivor is one of the best folk-rock I’ve ever heard and it’s by far Chapman’s best release, though his other 70′s albums (like Milestone, Windows, and the 3 albums released in the “Dogs Got More Sense” boxset) are fantatsic as well.

By: Peewit

Peewit — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:52:54 +0000

One of my top ten favourite ever albums. It never ceases to amaze me that what I think is obscure still seems to be loved by others

By: Brendan

Brendan — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:39:47 +0000

The first and 3rd albums are really good. The first is just as good as Fully Qualified but it’s more acoustic; he shows off his skills more so on the first. If you get the 2fer CD linked above, you get Rainmaker along with it, so it’s a good start.

By: mark

mark — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:45:41 +0000

Brendan–
You have offered me yet another sublime and visionary musician!
The album is every bit as excellent as you mention… only a single “weaker” song (“march rain”).
The material is well woven together and seems to present a picture of the narrator (no doubt Chapman himself) — a survivor of an emotional tempest! Oddly enough, even the lead guitar, which at times becomes somewhat more than predictable, doesn’t date the release. It stands up well all of these years later… and the lyrics, as with the music, verge on the haunting. Certainly, it conveys the scars…
Can you recommend my second step on this journey? Which should be the next album of his that I should acquire?

By: dk

dk — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:45:46 +0000

I have to confess that I have never heard of Michael Chapman before. But he’s now on my LP hunting list.

This has turned into my standard comment, but I have to raise my hand every so often and say thanks for the reccos…