Declaration (The Alarm album)

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Declaration
The Alarm Declaration.jpg
Studio album by
The Alarm
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1984
RecordedNovember 1983
Studio Abbey Road Studios and Good Earth Studios, London, UK
Genre Rock, new wave
Length49:47
Label I.R.S. Records (USA, UK & Europe)
Illegal Records (New Zealand)
Producer Alan Shacklock
The Alarm chronology
The Alarm (EP)
(1983)		Declaration
(1984)		 Strength
(1985)

Declaration is the debut studio album from The Alarm. It was released on February 13, 1984 by IRS Records. The album was released initially on vinyl and cassette. A CD version was released in the U.S. by June 1984. [1] An extended re-master version was released in 2000, including extra tracks.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Village Voice C+ [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]

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." [4] William Ruhlmann wrote in a mixed to favorable review in AllMusic "the Alarm seemed to play every song as if it was the climax of their set. In the short term, that excited listeners, however; Declaration was a number six hit in England and broke through to the Top 50 in the U.S. In retrospect, it's more smoke than fire." [5]

Track listing

All songs written by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters, except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Declaration" – 0:45
  2. "Marching On" – 3:35
  3. "Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke?" – 2:56
  4. "Third Light" – 3:25
  5. "Sixty Eight Guns" – 5:49
  6. "We Are the Light" – 3:16

Side two

  2. "Shout to the Devil" (Macdonald, Peters, David Sharp) – 4:10
  3. "Blaze of Glory" (Macdonald, Peters, Sharp) – 6:04
  4. "Tell Me" (Sharp) – 3:14
  5. "The Deceiver" – 5:05
  6. "The Stand (Prophecy)" (Macdonald, Peters, Sharp) – 1:15
  7. "Howling Wind" – 6:44

2000 Remastered CD edition bonus tracks

  1. "The Peace Train"
  2. "Reason 41"
  3. "Second Generation"
  4. "Unbreak the Promise"
  5. "The Chant Has Just Begun"
  6. "Bells of Rhymney"
  7. "Bound for Glory"
  8. "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 from the album after this time.

Personnel

The Alarm

Production

Notes

  1. ↑ "Compact Discs: Popular". The New Schwann. 36 (6): 39. June 1984.
  2. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "The Alarm - Declaration review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (12 June 1984). "Christgau's Consumer Guide: Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice . New York. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  4. 1 2 Miller, Debby (29 March 1984). "Album Reviews: The Alarm - Declaration". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 29 March 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Declaration - The Alarm | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

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