Give Us Barabbas Explained

Give Us Barabbas
Type:	studio
Artist:	Masters of Reality
Cover:	Give Us Barabbas Cover.jpg
Released:	June 15, 2004
Recorded:	c. mid-1990s
Length:	41:27
Label:	Brownhouse
Producer:	Chris Goss
Prev Title:	Flak 'n' Flight
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	Pine/Cross Dover
Next Year:	2009

Give Us Barabbas is the fifth studio album of the American rock band Masters of Reality, released in 2004.

Material for the album comes from sessions for a planned release on Epic Records in the mid 1990s entitled The Ballad of Jody Frosty, which was shelved at the time, hence the change in line-up. The recording coincides with the live album How High the Moon, released in 1997.

Track listing

• All songs by Chris Goss, except where noted.

1. "The Ballad of Jody Frosty" - 7:30
2. "Voice and the Vision" - 3:38
3. "I Walk Beside Your Love" (Chris Goss, Chris Palmer, Brendon McNichol) - 2:55
4. "Bela Alef Rose" - 3:28
5. "Brown House on the Green Road" - 3:35
6. "Hey Diana" (Goss, Palmer, McNichol) - 3:07
7. "Still on the Hill" - 1:16
8. "The Desert Song" (Goss, Ginger Baker, Daniel Rey, Googe) - 3:34
9. "Off to Tiki Ti" (Goss, Palmer, McNichol) - 2:31
10. "It's So Hard" (John Lennon) - 2:29
11. "Jindalee Jindalie" - 4:27
12. "Don't Get Caught by the Huntsman's Bow" - 2:57

Credits

• Chris Goss - vocals, guitar, keyboard
• Googe - bass guitar
• Victor Indrizzo - drums

Additional personnel

• Chris Palmer - drums - ("It's So Hard")
• Ginger Baker - drums - ("The Desert Song")
• Scott Weiland - guest vocals - ("Jindalee Jindalie")
• Lily Haydn - violin - ("Brown House on the Green Road")
• Andy Kaulkin - electric piano - ("Brown House on the Green Road")
• Brendon McNichol - mandolin and balalaika guitar - ("Off To Tiki Ti"), ("Hey Diana") and ("I Walk Beside Your Love")