¡Alarma! (album)
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| ¡Alarma! | |||||
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| Studio album by Daniel Amos | |||||
| Released | April 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | Whitefield Studios (Santa Ana, California) |
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| Genre | Rock / New Wave | ||||
| Label | NewPax Records | ||||
| Producer | Daniel Amos | ||||
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¡Alarma! is a 1981 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Newpax Records.
¡Alarma!, released weeks after the band's Beatles/Beach Boys influenced Horrendous Disc, took a decidedly New Wave direction along the lines of Elvis Costello or Talking Heads.
¡Alarma! was the first of a four part series of albums by DA entitled The ¡Alarma! Chronicles, which also included the albums Doppelgänger, Vox Humana, and Fearful Symmetry. The band raised eyebrows[clarify] on the tour that followed each release, by presenting a full multimedia event complete with video screens synchronized to the music, something that was unusual in the early 1980s for any band.[citation needed] This album, along with the other three albums from the Alarma! Chronicles, was rereleased as part of the Alarma! Chronicles Book set in 2000. The Book Set included 3 CDs, over 200 pages of lyrics, photos, liner notes, essays, interviews and other information in a hardcover book.
Dieckmeyer left the band before the ¡Alarma! Tour, and was replaced with bassist, Tim Chandler.
This album was listed at #62 in the book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music (Harvest House Publishers, 2001).
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
[edit] Side one
- "Central Theme" (Taylor)
- "¡Alarma!" (Taylor)
- "Big Time/Big Deal" (Taylor)
- "Props" (Taylor)
- "My Room" (Taylor)
- "Faces To The Window" (Taylor)
- "Cloak & Dagger" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
- "Colored By" (Taylor)
[edit] Side two
- "C & D Reprise" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
- "Through The Speakers" (Taylor)
- "Hit Them" (Taylor)
- "Baby Game" (Taylor)
- "Shedding The Mortal Coil" (Taylor/Cook/Chamberlain)
- "Endless Summer" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
- "Walls Of Doubt" (Taylor)
- "Ghost Of The Heart" (Taylor)
[edit] Personnel
- Terry Scott Taylor on rhythm Guitars and lead vocals.
- Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars and vocals.
- Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, lead vocals on "Props."
- Ed McTaggart on drums.
[edit] Additional musicians
- Alex MacDougall added percussion
- Karen Benson sang background vocals on "Ghost of the Heart".
[edit] Production notes
- Recorded and Mixed at Whitefield Studios, Santa Ana, California.
- Engineered by Thom Roy.
- Mastered at MCA Whitney by Steve Hall.
- Rehearsals and Arrangements Recorded at Rebel Base Studio, Santa Ana, California.
- Live Sound and Road Coordination: Wes Leathers.
- Cover Concept: Daniel Amos.
- Photography by Scott Lockwood, Newport Beach, California.
- Graphic Design: Karen Knecht.
- Airbrushing: Stephen Nichol Price
- Alarma! Chronicles Book Text Written by Terry Taylor, with special thanks to Viann, Phillip, and "Doc" Thomas for your suggestions. Thanks to Bob MacKenzie and Pelle Karlsson for the Lifesavors.
- Mixed by Doug Doyle and Terry Taylor at Cap'n Doug's Minute Mix (Digital Brothers), Costa Mesa, California.
- Digitally Remastered by Doug Doyle.
- CD Reissue Coordination and CD Repackaging: Tom Gulotta
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