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Electric Folklore: Live - The Alarm

 

Description: Genre: Rock - Pop Rock / Artist: The Alarm / Import / Audio CD released 1990-10-25 at Mca / Disc #1 Tracklisting 1 Re ... more
Electric Folklore: Live - The Alarm ... Rescue Me
2 Strength
3 Rain in the Summertime
4 Spirit of '76
5 Permanence in Change
6 Blaze of Glory

Newest Review: ... product, but hopefully the review will still give you a feel for which ever version you manage to get hold of. Rescue Me ... more

 ... kicks off in standard live album style, the crowd, a drumbeat and a rythymn guitar build ito the song, Mike Peters asks "are you going to rescue me?" and you`re off, the big anthemic sound of the band is up and running, a stadium rock leviathan in the very best sense of the words. The song stops and rebuilds a few times, teasing the crowd and pianos drift through the quiet moments allowing Peters to talk to his audience giving them an insight into his attitude on music, politics, life and Woody Guthrie. Even b...more

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Premium Review Electric Folklore: Live - The Alarm: The Spirit of '76 (864 words)
by steerpyke - written on 04.06.06 (Very useful, 229 readings)
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By 1988 the Alarms fortunes were changing, after many years riding the rollercoaster uphill to fame and record sale success they were finding it hard to maintain the status, the rollercoaster was about to head down the other side of the hill. This album was meant in many ways to thrust them back into the public eye and reverse their fortunes on a purely commercial level it was not a success, achieving only limited chart positions on both sides of the Atlantic. As a record of their performance ability it does however get the message home that they were truely a great live act. Irrespective of the record company and its relience on record sales, this album captures a great ...

 
 
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