Lords Of The New Church – The Method To Our Madness (1984/2024) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Lords Of The New Church – The Method To Our Madness (1984/2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 43:36 minutes | 922 MB | Genre: Rock
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“… hits a fair compromise, modulating both the volume and the velocity to lighten the mood and cut the stylishness … resembles a cross between Iggy’s Raw Power and Idol’s Rebel Yell.”
– Trouser Press

The third and final album from the original lineup of punk supergroup Lords Of The New Church, The Method To Our Madness was released in 1984 and was produced by Grammy nominee Chris Tsangerides (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy). Critics have compared the raw energy and excitement of these songs to the band’s highly-acclaimed debut.Although it was the Lords’ third release, The Method to Our Madness sounds more like a debut. The band is bursting with energy and the production, by Chris Tsangerides, is much rawer than that on The Lords of the New Church or Is Nothing Sacred? The opening salvo is “Method to My Madness,” a four-on-the-floor rocker with a vocal contribution by I.R.S. Records impresario Miles Copeland, who admonishes Stiv Bators, “Now don’t go tellin’ secrets/This record’s gotta sell!” After that, the aggression level stays pretty high, dipping only for a couple of ballads, “I Never Believed” and “When Blood Runs Cold” (the latter of which uses a string section; Stiv Bators and strings — who would have thought it?) The Method to Our Madness contains some of the Lords’ best non-hits: the sinister, sexy, bass-driven “Murder Style” and “The Seducer,” the tale of a figure who might be a messiah, might be an antichrist, probably not too far off from how Bators saw himself. The closer, “My Kingdom Come,” sounds like an ending, and it was; the Lords would never again record at full power before their split in 1988. – Bill Cassel

Tracklist:

1-1. Lords Of The New Church – Method To My Madness (03:18)
1-2. Lords Of The New Church – I Never Believed (03:40)
1-3. Lords Of The New Church – Pretty Baby Scream (05:03)
1-4. Lords Of The New Church – S.F. & T. (03:35)
1-5. Lords Of The New Church – When The Blood Runs Cold (03:55)
1-6. Lords Of The New Church – Fresh Flesh (03:35)
1-7. Lords Of The New Church – Murder Style (04:11)
1-8. Lords Of The New Church – The Seducer (Alternate Fade Ending) (04:13)
1-9. Lords Of The New Church – Kiss Of Death (03:36)
1-10. Lords Of The New Church – Do What Thou Wilt (04:13)
1-11. Lords Of The New Church – My Kingdom Come (04:12)

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