Pre-Deity

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Pre-Deity
DiedPrettyPre-Deity.jpg
Compilation album by
Released1988
RecordedJanuary 1984—May 1985
StudioHoneyfarm Studios, Trafalgar Studios, Sydney
Genre Rock
Label Citadel Records
Producer Rob Younger
Died Pretty chronology
Free Dirt
(1986)
Pre-Deity
(1988)
Lost
(1988)
Professional ratings
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Pre Deity is a compilation album by Australian rock band Died Pretty. It was released in 1988 in the wake of their debut album Free Dirt and comprised tracks from the band's early singles and their 1985 "Next to Nothing" EP. The album was re-released on CD in 1992 [2] [3] and all the tracks were included on the bonus disc of the 2008 Aztec Music remastered reissue of Free Dirt.

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Contents

Track listing

(All songs by Brett Myers, Ron Peno)

  1. "Out of the Unknown" – 4:06 (single originally released April 1984)
  2. "World Without"– 3:41 (B-side of "Out of the Unknown")
  3. "Mirror Blues" – 10:03 (A and B sides of single originally released October 1984)
  4. "Ambergris" – 4:20 (From "Next to Nothing" EP, July 1985)
  5. "Plaining Days" – 4:11 (From "Next to Nothing" EP, July 1985)
  6. "Desperate Hours" – 8:03 (From "Next to Nothing" EP, July 1985)
  7. "Final Twist" – 4:16 (From "Next to Nothing" EP, July 1985)

Personnel

Ronald "Ron" Stephen Peno, who also performed as Ronnie Pop, is an Australian rock singer, he fronted Died Pretty, from 1984 to 2002, he was a member of early punk band the Hellcats (1976–77), and followed with the 31st and Screaming Tribesmen (1981).

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. McFarlane, Ian (1999). The Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop . Sydney: Allen & Unwin. p. 171. ISBN   1-86448-768-2.
  3. Discogs.com