“The Chant Has Just Begun” is released as a single. It reaches #48, only 3 places higher than “The Deceiver”. The Alarm’s attempt to model the sound of the times instead of their own true passions proves to be a failed experiment.
Photos
Photo: The Alarm,9/1/1985
Description: Credits:Photo Provided by Shaun Finnie
Blogs
Blog: Mike Peters ‘Under Attack’ Recording Diary Entry #17
Day Seventeen: Tuesday 14 June 2005 James Stevenson arrives back with his son Oscar in tow. We decide to tackle the guitars on ‘Cease And Desist’. Out comes the cherry red 12 string Gibson 335. This is the guitar that gave such a distinctive sound to ’45 R.P.M.’. The intro riff sounds great even though it takes an age for James to get used to the correct way of playing [read more]
Songs
‘Absolute Reality (Impromptu acoustic)’ [3:20] (MacDonald/Peters), The Alarm
‘Absolute Reality (Impromptu acoustic)’ [3:20] (MacDonald/Peters), The AlarmLead Vocals:Mike PetersLyrics: Ooh yeah, yeah Hey now now Hey hey hey You may be rich You may be poor You may have nothing in this world at all You may be black,you maybe white You may be a prisioner in your own times You may be lost. You may be found You may have been beaten up and knocked to the ground [read more]