Gig: 5/4/1985, The Alarm, Barrowlands, Glasgow

Still on a roll from a year of Bob Dylan supports, The Alarm make up for lost time this side of the Atlantic with a Tony Visconti-produced concept LP that bemoans the fate of their ailing Welsh homeland. Simultaneously released with Welsh language vocals as Change, this is a stadium-sized pub-rock set that lacks the gusto and rampant commerciality of their 68 Guns secondhand The Clash without ever really living [read more]

‘Hell Or Highwater’ [3:45] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: A union made in the heavens Untouched by an outside world Driven by the needs of lovers To the beauty of the One unearthed Sanctify, mystify A vision of the light Sacrifice the gift of life Above the sky there�s no higher A love that scales mountains (Hell or high water) A love that is oceans deep A love to set [read more]

“Change” album is released. Reached #13 in the UK, #75 In the USA. The album was too long for a single vinyl album so in the UK LP was packaged with a 7″ single that included “Scarlet” and “Black Sun”