order was incorrect, with "Clouds" listed first, instead of "Consider." The liner notes were entirely hand-written by Hindalong, and included occasional song details as well as the original lyrics for "Everybody in the Band." Release Chase the Kangaroo was released in March of 1988. The Choir and friends celebrated with a big party at Neverland, and it was on that night that Robin Spurs was announced as the band’s new bassist. Originally with the popular L.A. cult band the Toasters, Spurs was introduced to the Choir by her then-boyfriend, writer Chris Willman, who would later go on to be a music critic and features editor for Entertainment Weekly and Variety, respectively. Spurs immediately joined the Choir on tour as they played a mixture of L.A. clubs (the Roxy and the Troubador), opening slots for the 77's, and their own shows across the US. The tension and urgency to this new collection of songs, along with its overall sense of foreboding, made the band wonder if Myrrh would ever let them record another album. "What are they going to do with this?" Derri asked. Ironically, it was a significantly edited version of the expansive "Clouds" that was sent out to Christian radio as the album's first single, but it garnered very little airplay. Stations had issues with the lyric, "The blood is still as rich / That poor sinners drink like wine," claiming that reference to the Christian practice of Communion was "too Catholic for Christian radio." Myrrh quickly sent out "Consider" as the follow-up single, and it hit #1 on the Christian rock charts the week of July 4, 1988. Sales of Chase the Kangaroo eventually outpaced that of Diamonds and Rain. The original CD release of Chase the Kangaroo included all five songs from Shades of Gray as bonus tracks. In 2012, to celebrate the album's 25th anniversary, Chase the Kangaroo was reissued as a 2-CD set, with the second CD featuring audio commentary for each song on the album from Hindalong, Daugherty, Chandler and Michaels. The Choir followed this with a short tour, on which they played the entire album in its entirety, along with selected tracks from The Loudest Sound Ever Heard. Critical response and legacy Chase the Kangaroo is listed at No. 50 in the book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music. In that entry, writer Brian Quincy Newcomb stated that "it was