The Elms - The Chess Hotel (2006)
Tracklist front / back album covers
I Am the World
Who Puts Rock & Roll in Your Blood?
Nothin' to Do with Love
Makes Good Sense
I Left My Body and Never Came Back
She's Cold!
The Chess Hotel
Bring Me Your Tea
The Way I Will
The Downtown King
Black Peach
The Towers & the Trains
I've Been Wrong
Recording
The Chess Hotel was recorded in Franklin, Tennessee at Dark Horse Studios. The album was mixed at Scream Studios in Los Angeles, California
The Elms Band Members / Musicians
Owen Thomas - lead vocals, guitar, percussion, songwriting
Christopher Thomas - drums, percussion
Thomas Daugherty - lead guitar, vocals
Nathan W. Bennett - bass guitar, vocals
David Bianco - co-producer, engineer, mix engineer
Eddie Schreyer - mastering engineer
The Chess Hotel is the 3rd full-length album from American rock band The Elms. The album was released May 2, 2006, on Universal South Records.
The album was co-produced by The Elms and David Bianco and marked a stylistic shift in the band's sound towards a heavier, sparse blues-infused sound. Reviews of the album were favorable, and critics likened the album's sound to The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and The White Stripes.
