Released February 1984 Length 49:47 Artist The Alarm Producer Alan Shacklock | Recorded November 1983 Declaration
(1984) Strength
(1985) Release date February 1984 Label I.R.S. Records | |
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Studio Abbey Road Studios and Good Earth Studios, London, UK Genres Rock music, New wave, Pop music Similar Strength, Eye of the Hurricane, Change, Raw, Electric Folklore Live | ||
The alarm declaration
Declaration is the first official studio album from The Alarm. It was released in 1984 by IRS Records. The album was released initially on vinyl and cassette. A CD version was released on 24 October 1990. An extended re-master version was released, including extra tracks.
Contents
Critical reception
Rolling Stone magazine wrote: "This is one of the best new live bands I heard last year, and they've put a lot of that power into their first album."
Track listing
All songs written by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters, except where noted.
- "Declaration" — 0:45
- "Marching On" — 3:35
- "Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?" — 2:56
- "Third Light" — 3:25
- "Sixty Eight Guns" — 5:49
- "We Are the Light" — 3:16
- "Shout to the Devil" (Macdonald, Peters, David Sharp) — 4:10
- "Blaze of Glory" (Macdonald, Peters, Sharp) — 6:04
- "Tell Me" (Sharp) — 3:14
- "The Deceiver" — 5:05
- "The Stand (Prophecy)" (Macdonald, Peters, Sharp) — 1:15
- "Howling Wind" — 6:44
- "The Peace Train"
- "Reason 41"
- "Second Generation"
- "Unbreak the Promise"
- "The Chant Has Just Begun"
- "Bells of Rhymney"
- "Bound for Glory"
- "Absolute Reality"
Single releases
"Marching On", "The Stand", "Sixty-Eight Guns" and "Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?" had already been released as singles before the album went on sale.
"The Deceiver" was the only single to be released post sale.
Personnel
Songs
1Declaration0:43
2Marching On3:36
3Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?2:57