Photo: The Alarm,7/12/2003

These Welsh chaps are making a name for themselves in America, and it�s not hard to see why. They practice a stirring, if rather obvious, brand of rock, rather cliched but doubtless very exciting live. Not a bad record, but their debt to The Clash threatens to bankrupt them at times. Publication:: Author::

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Standards is your standard issue pre-Christmas “best of” compilation from The Alarm, a band that is far from standard issue. Here, all your favorites are lifted to the audio excellence of digital sound -“The Stand”, “Strength”, “Spirit Of ’76”, “Rescue Me”, “Marching On”, “Blaze Of Glory” – and the sound is great. This ia an excellent collection to own, especially if, like me, you have all of The Alarm’s earliest [read more]