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Script of the Bridge by The Chameleons
Script of the Bridge is an album by The Chameleons, released in 1983. 5 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 9 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Up the Down Escalator”, on 4 lists with a best position of #456.
Script of the Bridge, the Chameleons' debut, arrived on Statik on 8 August 1983, and it announced a Manchester band, formed out in Middleton only two years before, with a sound entirely its own. Mark Burgess sings and plays bass, John Lever drums, and Dave Fielding and Reg Smithies weave their two guitars into great shimmering, echoing sheets that swell and break like weather rolling in. Colin Richardson produced.
It's a moody, widescreen record, gloomy enough to get filed under gothic rock but too full of yearning to wallow. "Up the Down Escalator", "As High as You Can Go" and "A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days" went out as singles. The big money went to other Manchester bands, but the Chameleons earned a cult devotion that has never let go, and What Does Anything Mean? Basically followed in 1985.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Script of the Bridge on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up the Down Escalator | 4 | #456 | – | 1999–2003 | |
| 2 | Second Skin | 2 | #31 | – | 1983–2003 | |
| 3 | Here Today | 1 | #1448 | – | 2003 | |
| 4 | As High as You Can Go | 1 | #1629 | – | 2003 | |
| 5 | Pleasure and Pain | 1 | #1829 | – | 2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.