Shades of God

Shades of God
Studio album by Paradise Lost
Released	July 14, 1992
Recorded	Longhome Studios, Northants. March - April 1992
Genre	Death/doom, gothic metal
Length	54:49
Label	Music For Nations, Metal Blade
Producer	Simon Efemey
Paradise Lost chronology
Gothic (1991) Shades of God (1992) Icon (1993)

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Shades of God is the third album by Paradise Lost. It features the use of growling noticeable in the band's previous efforts although shows the beginning of the transition to more 'clean' vocals seen on the album 'Icon'.

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintosh.

1. "Mortals Watch the Day" – 5:12
2. "Crying for Eternity" – 7:05
3. "Embraced" – 4:29
4. "Daylight Torn" – 7:54
5. "Pity the Sadness" – 5:05
6. "No Forgiveness" – 7:37
7. "Your Hand in Mine" – 7:08
8. "The Word Made Flesh" – 4:41
9. "As I Die" – 3:49

Japanese bonus tracks

10. "Rape of Virtue" – 4:48
11. "Death Walks Behind You" – 6:30 (Cover of an Atomic Rooster song)
12. "Eternal" (live) – 4:29

Credits

Produced, engineered and mixed by Simon Efemey.

Guest keyboards by Robert John Godfrey. Additional Female Vocals by Sarah Marrion.

Design and Illustration by Dave McKean. Band Photography by George Chin.

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