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Waiting for the Floods

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Released
  
1985

Artist
  
The Armoury Show

Producer
  
Nick Launay

Genres
  
New wave, Post-punk

Length
  
45:32

Release date
  
1985

Label
  
EMI America Records

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The armoury show waiting for the floods full album


Waiting for the Floods is the first and only studio album by British new wave band The Armoury Show.

Contents

Reception

In his retrospective review, Dan LeRoy of AllMusic praised the album, writing "[Richard] Jobson created an album that, though it went largely unnoticed, outdid Big Country – and nearly every other "big-guitar" band of the time, save U2 – in anthemic power."

Jeffrey X. Martin of Popshifter gave the album a glowing review when it was reissued as a two-disc set in 2013, writing, "Theatrical without being pompous, Waiting For The Floods is Arthurian nationalism at its bravest and most stentorian. You half expect the songs to rise up from the lake, bearing Excalibur."

Personnel

The Armoury Show
  • Richard Jobson – vocals, guitar
  • John McGeoch – guitar, vocals
  • Russell Webb – bass guitar, vocals
  • John Doyle – drums
  • Additional personnel
  • Paul Fishman – keyboards, programming
  • Billy Currie – violin on "Higher Than the World"
  • Technical
  • Nick Launay – production
  • Songs

    1Castles in Spain4:36
    2Kyrie4:01
    3A Feeling4:44

    References

    Waiting for the Floods Wikipedia