Give Us Barabbas

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Give Us Barabbas
Give Us Barabbas Cover.jpg
Studio album by
Masters of Reality
ReleasedJune 15, 2004
Recordedc. mid-1990s
Genre Hard rock, stoner rock
Length41:27
Label Brownhouse
Producer Chris Goss
Masters of Reality chronology
Flak 'n' Flight
(2003)
Give Us Barabbas
(2004)
Pine/Cross Dover
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Give Us Barabbas is the fifth studio album of the American rock band Masters of Reality, released in 2004.

Contents

Material for the album comes from sessions for a planned release on Epic Records in the mid 1990s entitled The Ballad of Jody Frosty, which was shelved at the time, hence the change in line-up. The recording coincides with the live album How High the Moon , released in 1997.

Track listing

  1. "The Ballad of Jody Frosty" - 7:30
  2. "Voice and the Vision" - 3:38
  3. "I Walk Beside Your Love" (Chris Goss, Chris Palmer, Brendon McNichol) - 2:55
  4. "Bela Alef Rose" - 3:28
  5. "Brown House on the Green Road" - 3:35
  6. "Hey Diana" (Goss, Palmer, McNichol) - 3:07
  7. "Still on the Hill" - 1:16
  8. "The Desert Song" (Goss, Ginger Baker, Daniel Rey, Googe) - 3:34
  9. "Off to Tiki Ti" (Goss, Palmer, McNichol) - 2:31
  10. "It's So Hard" (John Lennon) - 2:29
  11. "Jindalee Jindalie" - 4:27
  12. "Don't Get Caught by the Huntsman's Bow" - 2:57

Credits

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References

  1. "Give Us Barabbas - Masters of Reality". Allmusic.