‘In The Poppy Fields (itpf bond)’ [??:??] (Mike Peters), The Alarm

Day Fifty Seven : Monday 29th July 2005 I get a call from James Stevenson, he has been listening to the album non-stop all weekend and morning. He is not too happy with some of the mixes. I haven’t been listening since the sessions finished but my instinct is that he may be right. We are only talking about a couple of songs. He has spoken to Pete Walsh who [read more]

The Alarm bring alan Shacklock back to try to record some songs for Strength. Shacklock was already working with roger Daltry, but he asked Miek and Eddie to record a song for the Daltry album. They recorded “In The Cold Light Of Day”, which would one day become “Only Love Can Set Me Free”

‘Reason 41 (Live KBFH)’ [2:52] (Sharp), The AlarmLead Vocals:Dave SharpLyrics: “OK This is a song called reason 41. One two three four” Well I used to wonder why that When it’s black there is no white And why that when it’s day There is never any night I got talking to a soldier and he tried to set things right He said, “If you want peace them you will always [read more]