Chris Boudreaux – Beside Myself 2024

Metallic Blue Records, jewelcase, 17 tracks, US IMPORT! Chris Boudreaux is a multi-talented vocalist/musician that started his musical career as a drummer. Chris helped form the band “The Take” where they released a few demo cassettes before the band got a management deal contingent on them making Chris the lead singer.

Chris became the frontman for the band, and they released the EP “Get Taken”. Chris departed “The Take” and formed the band “Soldier” where he released the album “My Window”. Chris moved on and formed his band “Boudreaux” where they recorded the song “Hunters In The Night”. In 1990 Chris got the opportunity to record with Donnie Iris and B.E. Taylor where he recorded the songs “Who Made Who” and “Turn Away Eyes”. In 1993, Chris re-formed the band “Boudreaux” with a new lineup where they recorded the album “Fallen Angel” which wouldn’t be released until 2021 on Metallic Blue Records and it quickly became the label’s highest grossing album. Both of Chris’ solo albums span from 1985 to 2023. The “Who Made Who” album has several catchy hair metal songs such as “Boys Will Be Boys”, “Love Me In Leather”, “Time To Be Young” and “Turn Away Eyes”, as well as some soft ballads including “Still Think About You”, “Strange Fascination” and the song “3 Words” featuring Fates Warning guitarist Frank Aresti. The album “Beside Myself” is a little more edgier than the album “Who Made Who” where is has the slightly King Diamond style heavy metal song “Two Fisted Night” that was recorded in the early 1990’s, but was not completed with the guitar solo until 2022, which was laid down by “Vektor” guitarist Erik Nelson. The album also features the guitar driven rockers “Hunters In The Night”, “My Window” and “Pretend You Cry”. This album has its softer side with songs like “Missing You” and the bluesy song “One Eyed Jack”.

01. Hunters In The Night
02. My Window
03. Missing You
04. One Eyed Jack
05. So Far Away
06. Time Never Knew
07. Two Fisted Night
08. All In
09. Pretend You Cry
10. Talk Of The Town
11. Over And Over Again
12. No Easy Way Out
13. Can’t Stand Still
14. Baby Don’t Leave (Dueling Guitar Version)
15. Without Love (Demo)
16. Why Did Our Love Go Away (Demo)
17. Chris Message Of Hope (Guitar Version)