Entertainment Weekly (8/6/93, p.58) - "...anyone who thinks British 'dream-pop' bands can't write decent tunes should get a load of these guys..." Rating: B+
Q (9/93, p.80) - 3 Stars - Good - "...[Catherine Wheel] have taken two years and the first half of [CHROME] to leave 1991 behind..."
Melody Maker (7/24/93, p.34) - "...CHROME is a tighter, more robust affair than FERMENT...the nods Catherine Wheel have made to marketability have left them sounding more assured....this is perhaps the ultimate Catherine Wheel album..."
NME (Magazine) (7/17/93, p.31) - 7 - Very Good - "...A triumph..."
Catherine Wheel: Rob Dickinson (vocals, guitar); Brian Futter (vocals, guitar); Dave Hawes (bass); Neil Sims (percussion).
Additional personnel: Tim Friese-Greene (Hammond organ).
Recorded at Britannia Row Studios, London, England.