Responding to the double chart failure of “The Deceiver” and “The Chant”, the Alarm attempt to quickly regain momentum by recording a new song at Good Earth with Alan Shacklock. “Absolute Reality” end-up sounding much like the best songs from Declaration. The song came from demos for their next album.
Songs
‘Eye Of The Hurricane’ [3:38] (MacDonald/Peters), The Alarm
‘Eye Of The Hurricane’ [3:38] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Mission bells ring out from kingdom hall A lone voice cries on the hillside The winds from the north blow the sea to the shore I walk away in the fateful moonlight Love forsaken man, love forsaken land For God’s sake don’t look back Into the crucifix night The storm of a cross I live to love again and again [read more]
Archive
Strength single is released.
Strength single is released. Reaches #40 in the UK, #61 on the USA Hto 100 chart, #12 on the Mainstream rock chart. The Alarm finally havea bigger hit in the USA than in the UK.
Review: Alarm E.P.***1/2
This is the kind of record that could only come from a young band. Determined, committed and naive, the five songs on this EP have all the hallmarks of idealistic youth: simple, forceful music, rambling strings of earnestly poetic images and the conviction that speaking out just might change a few things. And like Bob Dylan, U2 or the Clash, these four young Welshmen pull it off. The Alarm don’t [read more]