Raw Melody Men Explained

Raw Melody Men
Type:Live album
Artist:New Model Army
Cover:NMA_raw_melody.jpg
Released:1991
Recorded:Brixton Academy, London Town & Country Club, Berlin Eissporthalle, Hamburg Sporthalle
Genre:Rock, post-punk, folk rock
Label:EMI
Producer:John Cornfield, New Model Army
Prev Title:Impurity
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:History - The Singles 85-91
Next Year:1992

Raw Melody Men was released in 1991[1] and is the first official live album release by British rock band New Model Army.

The album was recorded during the 1990 Impurity tour at the Brixton Academy, The Town & Country Club in London, the Berlin Eissporthalle and the Hamburg Sporthalle. The album was mixed at the Sawmills Studio in Cornwall.

The title of the track "A Liberal Education" has been abbreviated as "Lib Ed".

The title of the album, Raw Melody Men, is an anagram of "New Model Army". NMA did a short tour playing in small clubs "incognito" under this name prior to the big tour during which the live album was recorded.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Whirlwind" (Justin Sullivan, Robert Heaton)
  2. "The Charge" (Sullivan, Heaton)
  3. "Space" (Sullivan, Heaton, Nelson)
  4. "Purity" (Sullivan)
  5. "White Coats" (Sullivan, Heaton, Jason Harris)
  6. "Vagabonds" (Sullivan)
  7. "Get Me Out" (Sullivan, Heaton)
  8. "Lib Ed" (Sullivan, Stuart Morrow)
  9. "Better Than Them" (Sullivan)
  10. "Innocence" (Sullivan, Heaton)
  11. "Love Songs" (Sullivan, Heaton)
  12. "Lurhstaap" (Sullivan, Heaton)
  13. "Archway Towers" (Sullivan, Heaton)
  14. "Smalltown England" (Sullivan, Morrow)
  15. "Green and Grey" (Sullivan, Heaton)
  16. "I Love the World" (Sullivan, Heaton)

Personnel

Production

Musicians

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Model Army - Raw Melody Men (1991).
  2. Web site: Raw Melody Men* - New Model Army Live Hamburg Logo 23.3.91 (Vinyl) . Discogs.com . 28 January 2020.