Grapes of Wrath (album)

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Grapes of Wrath
Grapes of Wrath Spear of Destiny.jpeg
Studio album by
Spear of Destiny
Released15 April 1983
RecordedThe Shuttle
Genre Rock, post-punk
Length35:38
Label Epic, Burning Rome Records
Producer Nick Launay
Spear of Destiny chronology
Grapes of Wrath
(1983)		 One Eyed Jacks
(1984)

Grapes of Wrath is the first studio album by Spear of Destiny, released by Epic Records in 1983. The band's first single was "Flying Scotsman" followed by the second single "The Wheel". [1]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Kirk Brandon

Side one

  1. "The Wheel" - 3:10
  2. "Flying Scotsman" - 3:20
  3. "Roof of the World" - 3:02
  4. "Aria" - 4:38
  5. "Solution" - 3:56

Side two

  1. "The Murder of Love" - 3:12
  2. "The Preacher" - 2:34
  3. "Omen of the Times" - 3:15
  4. "The Man Who Tunes the Drums" - 2:47
  5. "Grapes of Wrath" - 4:44

A 'Special Cassette Mix' [2] version of the album was also released. It comprises (in track-listed order):

A1 "The Wheel"
A2 "Flying Scotsman" (12" Version)
A3 "Roof of the World"
A4 "Aria"
A5 "Solution" (preceded by a brief guitar version of The Third Man Theme bridging from A4)
B1 "The Preacher" (including a vocal-only intro of the entire song)
B2 "The Murder of Love" (sans finger-clicking intro)
B3 "Omen of the Times" (preceded by an air raid siren bridging from B2)
B4 "The Man Who Tunes the Drums"
B5 "Grapes of Wrath"

Personnel

Spear of Destiny

with:

Technical

"Thanks to The Sisters. Special Thanks to Trevor Ravenscroft".

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References

  1. ↑ Colin Larkin The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music, 1997, p. 417; "The first single, 'Flying Scotsman', arrived in 1983, and was featured on The Grapes Of Wrath alongside the relentless single 'The Wheel'."
  2. ↑ As stated by the inlay cover: 'One side of this programme is of longer duration than the other to preserve the album continuity'.
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