In His Majesty's Service – Live in USA

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In His Majesty's Service - Live in USA
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Live album by Jerusalem
Released 1985
Recorded Shreveport, LA and Dallas, TX
Genre Hard rock
Rock
Length42:38
Label Royal Music/World Record Music
Producer Dave Perkins and Jerusalem
Jerusalem chronology
Vi Kan Inte Stoppas (Can't Stop Us Now)
(1983) Vi Kan Inte Stoppas (Can't Stop Us Now)1983
In His Majesty's Service - Live in USA
(1985)
Dancing on the Head of the Serpent
(1987) Dancing on the Head of the Serpent1987

In His Majesty's Service – Live in USA is the first live album, and the fifth album overall, by the Swedish hard rock band Jerusalem. It was released simultaneously in Scandinavia by Royal Music/World Record Music and worldwide by Refuge Records. There is no Swedish version.

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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.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Ulf Christiansson.

  1. "In His Majesty's Service"
  2. "From the Bottom of Our Heart"
  3. "I'm Waiting For You"
    previously titled "The Waiting"
  4. "Read Between The Lines"
  5. "The Tide"
  6. "Ashes in Our Hands"
  7. "Can't Stop Us Now"
  8. "Time"
  9. "Man of the World"

Tracks 1, 2, 5 & 8 previously unreleased
Tracks 3, 4 & 7 from Can't Stop Us Now
Tracks 6 & 9 from Warrior

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