Chris Reed and the Anime Raiders

 

Chris Reed: Vocals, Keyboards, Guitars, bass, percussion, flute, saxophone, production, songwriting

Jim Christopher: Guitars, Vocals

Jason Edwards: Bass, Pedal Bass, Vocals

Lee Emanuel: Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals

Fujii Kyousuke: Drums, percussion, samples

 

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Okay, these are the albums:

 

The Long Goodbye, first released under the name Jim Christopher in 1990.

  1. Favorite Partner

  2. Razor's Edge

  3. Patience

  4. Lover On A Rainy Day

  5. Negotiation

  6. Steel Blue

  7. Run To Me

  8. Defending Luther

  9. Cross-Examination

  10. Back Pocket

Chris Reed & the Anime Raiders - My World - Welcome to It (Jim Christopher)

 

 

 

 

Fiction, first released under the name Jim Christopher in 1997

  1. Darwin's Proof

  2. Piece of My Soul

  3. Tuesday Morning

  4. Screw Dying

  5. Re-creation (written by Kevin Donville)

  6. Man Inside The Shell

  7. Strength

  8. 30

  9. Fiction

  10. Soapbox, Briefly

  11. Same Three Chords

  12. V.I.D.E.O.

Chris Reed & the Anime Raiders - Fiction - Jim Christopher

 

 

 

The Long Goodbye, the famed double album released in 2004 (and re-released in 2007 as a single disc) after Chris took his own name back. The single disc version available on iTunes contains the following tracks:

  1. Baby Goes Boom

  2. Little Black Book

  3. Success Story

  4. Kauro-chan

  5. Reunion

  6. Marilyn Monroe and the April Fool

  7. Discount Ties

  8. Sunset Beach

  9. Dance of Death/SOMA

  10. The War Suite

  11. Terror of Love

  12. Night Escape

  13. Runaway/Thought/Ehime Maru no Kangae e

Chris Reed & the Anime Raiders - The Long Goodbye

 

The two-disc version is only available through this site. You can follow this link to find out more (takes you to the original site for the double album).

No Hits, released in 2006 and featuring 2 never before released tracks which are only available through this site. This album is not available on iTunes (I mean, why bother? Every tune but two is already available over there and we just don't feel like ripping you off). But you can buy the entire 15-track album here for only $2.00 U.S. Click here or on the picture to see how.

  1. Favorite Partner

  2. Cross-examination

  3. Back Pocket

  4. Run To Me

  5. Piece of My Soul

  6. Tuesday Morning

  7. Screw Dying

  8. Same Three Chords

  9. Soapbox, Briefly

  10. High Flight (previously unreleased)

  11. Kauro-chan

  12. Dance of Death/SOMA

  13. The War Suite

  14. Terror of Love

  15. Dave and Nica (previously unreleased)

 

 

New album due out 9/23/08. Check back here on the main page for updates as the album gets close to release!

  1. Throwing Three Rocks

  2. Hole in the World

  3. Jennifer

  4. MFBS

  5. Priorities

  6. Third Barstool to the Right

  7. Short Time Love

  8. Dave and Nica

  9. Cartoon

  10. Close Your Eyes

  11. Armistice Day

 

 

Other Releases:

The demo that got Chris his first record deal, which featured the following tracks:

  1. Favorite Partner

  2. Lover on a Rainy Day

  3. Run To Me (original version)

 

Chris had to edit 16 bars out of Run to Me for the full album release in order to satisfy Bob Dylan's lawyers.

 

This is the original cover art from the single version of "Favorite Partner", the big single from "My World - Welcome To It". Yeah, we said it was a picture of Jim on the bio page but you should know if you've been there already that Chris and Jim like to fool with people.

 

 

 

 

 

This picture is of Chris and his son Michael and was featured on a fan-club only release of the song "Fiction" from the album of the same name. Mike has since become a formidable musician in his own right, and still looks at his dad with the same skepticism.

 

 

 

 

 

And here is the artwork for the single release of "Kauro-chan" from "The Long Goodbye".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Missing from here is the "Jack Acid Society", The major label album Chris was working on before he walked away from his deal. Someday perhaps the lawyers will untangle everything and the album will be finished and released. It's been a long time though, so we're not holding our breath.