Dancing on the Head of the Serpent

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Dancing on the Head of the Serpent
Jerusalem Serpent 1987.jpg
Studio album by Jerusalem
Released 1987
Recorded Jerusalem Studio, Uppsala, Sweden
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock
Length40:38
Label JM
Producer Ulf Christiansson
Jerusalem chronology
In His Majesty's Service – Live in USA
(1985)		Dancing on the Head of the Serpent
(1987)		 10 Years After
(1988)
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Jerusalem Serpent 1988.jpg

US cover
Professional ratings
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Dancing on the Head of the Serpent is the fifth studio album, and the sixth album overall, by the Swedish hard rock band Jerusalem. Unlike their first four studio albums, it was recorded only in English, although there are two different versions. The original version was released in Scandinavia in 1987 on JM Records. [1] In 1988, Refuge Records released a re-recorded and remixed version in the United States, with slightly different artwork. [2] This was the first Jerusalem album to be released on CD. A 30th-anniversary remastered release included both versions of the album on two CDs. [3]

Hard rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid-1960s, with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals, distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, drums, and often accompanied with keyboards.

Jerusalem is a Swedish Christian rock band, founded in 1975 by Ulf Christiansson. It was one of the first bands to combine Christian lyrics with a hard rock and heavy metal sound.

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988.

Contents

The general lyrical theme of the album is "war against Satan", but songs such as "Still" focus on forgiveness and restoration. [4]

Album cover controversy

The record sleeve, painted by Rolf Jansson of Norway, depicts the leg of a person wearing jeans and boots—the standard attire among rockers—jumping on the head of a "demonic creature". This radical image proved too shocking for Swedish Christians and was banned by some resellers. [4] [5]

Track listing

All songs by Ulf Christiansson.

  1. "Dancing on the Head of the Serpent"
  2. "Plunder Hell and Populate Heaven"
  3. "Rebels of Jesus Christ"
  4. "Listen to Me"
  5. "Woe, Woe... The Great Fall"
  6. "We're Gonna Take Europe"
  7. "Come Higher"
  8. "Catch the Devil, Catch the Thief"
  9. "The Night When Revelation Came into My Life"
  10. "Still"

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Firestream Music Vault". Firestreamvault.com. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Firestream Music Vault". Firestreamvault.com. 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
  3. ↑ "JERUSALEM - DANCING ON THE HEAD OF THE SERPENT (Legends Remastered) 30th Anniversary Edition". Boone's Overstock. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
  4. 1 2 Van Pelt, Doug (November 1988). "Metal Reviews: Dancing on the Head of the Serpent". CCM Magazine . 11 (5): 33,35.
  5. ↑ Powell, Mark Allan (2002). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. Peabody, Massachusetts: Hendrickson Publishers. p. 449. ISBN   1-56563-679-1.
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