This Is the Voice

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This Is the Voice
This Is the Voice cover.jpeg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 27, 1986
Genre Punk rock, post punk
Length34:23
Label Enigma Records
Agent Orange chronology
Living in Darkness
(1981)
This Is the Voice
(1986)
Virtually Indestructible
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Los Angeles Times unfavourable [2]
Trouser Press favourable [3]

This Is the Voice is the second studio album by American punk rock band Agent Orange, released in 1986 by Enigma Records. [4]

Contents

A retrospective AllMusic review said, "The long-delayed second Agent Orange album isn't quite Living in Darkness part two, though it's little different from that album in many ways -- same nuclear-strength attack that's equal parts surf and punk intensity, catchy and threatening all at once". [5]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Voices (In the Night)"Agent Orange2:23
2."It's in Your Head"Agent Orange2:59
3."Say It Isn't True"Agent Orange2:49
4."Fire in the Rain"Agent Orange3:19
5."In Your Dreams Tonight"Agent Orange5:02
6."Tearing Me Apart"Agent Orange3:09
7."...So Strange"Agent Orange2:19
8."Bite the Hand That Feeds (Part 1)"Agent Orange5:30
9."I Kill Spies"Agent Orange2:45
10."This Is Not the End"Agent Orange4:08

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References

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  2. Greenstein, Jane (July 20, 1986). "Orange Peals". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved May 16, 2016.
  3. Payes, Robert; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Agent Orange". TrouserPress.com . Retrieved May 16, 2016.
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