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This best-of collection gathers 21 tracks by The Alarm and Mike Peters, including "Down The Road," "Breathe," and "New South Wales."
Led by singer-songwriter Mike Peters, Welsh band the Alarm rose to a modest level of success in the 1980s by offering up a slightly more straightforward variation on the U2/Simple Minds "big rock" template. This career-spanning 21-track collection features Alarm classics such as the punky "Sixty Eight Guns" and the poppy "Rain in the Summertime," along with a handful of late-period songs, most notably the propulsive "Superchannel" and "45 R.P.M.," which garnered the group a surprise 2003 hit under the alias "the Poppy Fields." For the uninitiated, this is an excellent introduction to the Alarm, and for old fans, it's a nice one-stop purchase.
20 track compilation featuring 16 of the very best by theScottish new waver's & four solo recordings by their leader.Two of Mike Peter's cuts, 'Down The Road' & 'No Better ThanThis' (1998 Remix), are previously unreleased; 12 of thetracks are versions of hits by the Alarm that haven't beenon CD until this collection! 1998 EMI Records release.
Personnel: Mike Peters (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Dave Sharp (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals); Chris Lewis (electric guitar); John Porter (slide guitar, programming); Chris Stainton, Rupert Black (piano); Mark Taylor (keyboards); Eddie Macdonald (bass guitar, background vocals); Nigel Twist (drums, background vocals); Owen Thomas, Martyn Barker (drums); Chris Porter (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: The Alarm.
Recording information: 02/03/1983-01/13/2001. Best Of The Alarm & Mike Peters Music | List Price | $12.98 (You save $5.99) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop, Alternative, Greatest Hits Collections | | Label | EMI Music Distribution | | Orig Year | 1998 | | All Time Sales Rank |  94945  | | CD Universe Part number | 1268457 | | Catalog number | 493751 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | May 02, 2000 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Chris Porter; John Porter; Mick Glossop; Mike Howlett; Mike Peters; The Alarm; Tony Visconti | | Engineer | Chris Porter; Mick Glossop; Nigel Luby; Tony Platt; Tony Visconti | | Recording Time | 74 minutes | | Personnel | Chris Stainton
John Porter - slide guitar, programming
Mark Taylor - keyboards
Mike Peters - vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
Chris Porter - background vocals
Martyn Barker - drums
Chris Lewis - electric guitar
Dave Sharp - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
Eddie MacDonald - bass guitar, background vocals
Owen Thomas
Rupert Black - piano
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Best Of The Alarm & Mike Peters Songs | 1. | Sixty Eight Guns |
| 2. | Spirit of '76 |
| 3. | Down the Road - (previously unreleased) |
| 4. | Rain in the Summertime |
| 5. | Strength |
| 6. | Breathe |
| 7. | Sold Me Down the River |
| 8. | New South Wales, A |
| 9. | 21st Century |
| 10. | Stand, The |
| 11. | Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke? |
| 12. | Majority |
| 13. | Deceiver, The |
| 14. | Blaze of Glory |
| 15. | Walk Forever by My Side |
| 16. | One Step Closer to Home |
| 17. | No Better Than This - (1998 Remix, previously unreleased) |
| 18. | Presence of Love |
| 19. | Absolute Reality |
| 20. | Rescue Me - (Tearing the Bounds Asunder Mix) |
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