{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{use British English|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox album | name = Why Call It Anything | type = studio | artist = the Chameleons | cover = Whycallitanything.jpg | alt = | released = 1 July 2001 | recorded = September 2000 – May 2001 | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = 56:33 | label = Artful | producer = {{flatlist| * The Chameleons * David M. Allen }} | prev_title = Strip | prev_year = 2000 | next_title = This Never Ending Now | next_year = 2002 }} {{album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/why-call-it-anything-mw0000218358 |title=''Why Call It Anything?'' – The Chameleons UK : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards : AllMusic |last=Raggett |first=Ned |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=15 July 2013}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Q'' | rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ecclestone |first=Danny |date=1 August 2001 |title=Why Call It Anything? |journal=Q |url=http://www.thechameleons.com/press/index.php?article=39 |accessdate=15 July 2013}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
'''''Why Call It Anything''''' is the fourth studio album by English rock band the Chameleons. It was recorded from 2000 to 2001 and released 1 July 2001 on record label Artful. The album marked their first release of all-new material since the 1990 EP ''Tony Fletcher Walked on Water.... La La La La La-La La-La-La''.
== Background == ''Why Call It Anything'' was recorded from September 2000 to May 2001 at Chapel Studios, Arc Studios and Woodbine Studios.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Why Call It Anything |others=The Chameleons |year=2001 |publisher=Artful Records |url=http://www.discogs.com/Chameleons-Why-Call-It-Anything/release/387206 |accessdate=16 July 2013}}</ref>
== Critical reception == ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' wrote, "''Why Call It Anything'' proved to be a stunning reaffirmation of the brilliance of this unsung band".<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Larkin |editor-first=Colin |year=2000 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |page=282 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0195313739}}</ref>
== Track listing ==
{{track listing | all_lyrics = Mark Burgess, with additional lyrics by Kwasi Asante | all_music = the Chameleons (Burgess, Dave Fielding, John Lever and Reg Smithies) | title1 = Shades | length1 = 4:56 | title2 = Anyone Alive? | length2 = 5:36 | title3 = Indiana | length3 = 5:22 | title4 = Lufthansa | length4 = 5:58 | title5 = Truth Isn't Truth Anymore | length5 = 6:20 | title6 = All Around | length6 = 5:33 | title7 = Dangerous Land | length7 = 5:53 | title8 = Music in the Womb | length8 = 4:36 | title9 = Miracles and Wonders | length9 = 9:13 | title10 = Are You Still There? | length10 = 3:06 }}
== Personnel == ; The Chameleons * Mark Burgess – bass, lead vocals * Reg Smithies – rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Dave Fielding – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals * John Lever – drums, backing vocals
; Additional personnel * Kwasi Asante – additional vocals, additional percussion
; Technical * The Chameleons – production * David M. Allen – production, engineering, mixing * John Rivers – engineering, mixing, mastering * Ewan Davies – engineering
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{Discogs master|10448|type=album}}
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Category:2001 albums Category:The Chameleons albums Category:Albums produced by David M. Allen