Sound Files
These CDs are available by credit card at A-Cappella.com or by check or money order directly from the Chromatics.
Wassailicious (2010)
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Festival Deck the Hall
En la Noche
The Day After Christmas (MP3)
Star of Wonder (also available on "The More the Merrier")
Pachelbel's Tantrum (YouTube vid)
Phlegmish Carol
Landlord Fill the Flowing Bowl
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
We like to describe Wassailicious as "an unfiltered piquant melange of full-bodied holiday neo-classics. Pairs well with squid-ink fettuccine and mince pie."
Committed (2007)
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We Must Relax (MP3) (concert video snippet)
Life Cycles (MP3)
La La Land (MP3) (concert video snippet)
Passing Notes (MP3)
Science of Love (MP3)
Bad Hair Day (MP3)
Sunday Morning, Yellow Sky (MP3)
Suburban Dream (MP3) (concert video)
Baby Steps (MP3)
Lonesome Cowboy Chant (MP3)
Lost It (MP3)
Committed has been described by the Recorded A cappella Review Board as "the most creative and interesting a cappella album", "an existential album", and "oddly pleasing". We're pleased to be odd. Read the reviews.
Nominated for a WAMMIE (Washington Area Music Association award) for best a cappella recording.
Mixed Messages (2003)
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Love Shack
Because
Wheel of Time
Star of Wonder
The Day After Christmas (MP3)
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
Dance of the Planets
A Little Bit of Rock
Buns and Muffins
Mamma Mia
The Water is Wide
Primarily A Cappella review says: "The talented Chromatics are always entertaining, either touching us, teaching us or making us laugh."
Nominated for a WAMMIE (Washington Area Music Association award) for best a cappella recording.
AstroCappella 2.0 (2001)
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Nine Planets (MP3)
Sun Song (full MP3)
Habitable Zone
Lunar Love
HST-Bop
Come and Visit Mars
A Little Bit of Rock (MP3) (concert video)
Dance of the Planets (MP3)
Doppler Shifting (full MP3) (concert video)
Wolf 359 (full MP3)
Cosmic Radio Show (full MP3)
High Energy Groove (full MP3)
Swift Song (full MP3)
Sky & Telescope magazine says: "An astronomy class set to music."
The Baltimore Sun writes: "Ear-catching music with an educational twist."
Astronomy Today says: "Lively, entertaining, and educational"
Nominated for a Contemporary A Cappella Recording Award (best children's song: "Little Bit of Rock"), and two Washington Area Music Awards (WAMMIES) for best CD, and best children's recording.
Visit the AstroCappella web site for more info!
Unwrapped (2000)
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Angels We Have Heard on High
White Christmas
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Sing wth Gladness
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Riu Riu Chiu
Frosty/Santa Medley
Winter Madrigal
Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow
A Merry Christmas
Glory Hallelu
The One Horse Open Sleigh (MP3)
Silent Night
Nominated for two Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards
Primarily A Cappella review: "a bright, fresh Christmas CD, featuring standard carols and pop tunes, strikingly arranged"
Mainely A Cappella writes: "With a mixture of traditional holiday tunes done in their own wonderful style the Chromatics have produced a wonderful seasonal CD. The playfulness of the season shines through.... All in all, just like a holiday cookie platter - a little bit of something for everyone!"
AstroCappella (1998)
This was a 6-song EP of astronomy songs recorded under a NASA grant - out of stock - all songs are also on AstroCappella 2.0.First Light (1998)
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Chromatic Organum (MP3)
Sychronicity 1
Web Goddess (MP3)
As I Lay Me Down
I'm Too Sexy
Fast Food
Always Something There to Remind Me
American Tune
Subdivisions
Airplane
Ironic
Buns & Muffins
Mainely A Cappella review: "Laughs, strong arrangements, original tunes - it's all here on this debut"
The Contemporary A Cappella News says this about "Chromatic Organum": "great Gregorian Chant ripoff... authentic-sounding harmonies"