Songs of Praise (The Adicts album) explained

Songs of Praise
Type:Studio Album
Artist:The Adicts
Cover:Songsofpraise.jpg
Released:1981
Genre:Punk rock
Label:Dwed Wecords
Prev Title:Lunch with The Adicts
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Sound of Music
Next Year:1982

Songs of Praise is the debut studio album by punk band the Adicts.[1] [2] It was released in 1981 on Dwed Wecords.[3] [4] It was re-released by Fall Out Records.[5] A 1993 CD reissue by Cleopatra Records included two bonus tracks from the Bar Room Bop EP. In 2008, the album was rerecorded by the band and released as the "25th Anniversary Edition."

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "something of a cult classic in punk record-collecting circles."

Track listing

All songs written by Keith Warren and Pete Davison.

  1. "England"
  2. "Hurt"
  3. "Just Like Me"
  4. "Tango"
  5. "Telepathic People"
  6. "Mary Whitehouse"
  7. "Distortion"
  8. "Get Adicted"
  9. "Viva la Revolution"
  10. "Calling Calling"
  11. "In the Background"
  12. "Dynasty"
  13. "Peculiar Music"
  14. "Numbers"
  15. "Sensitive"
  16. "Songs of Praise"

1993 Cleopatra bonus tracks

  1. "Sound of Music"
  2. "Who Spilt My Beer?"

Personnel

The Adicts

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalogNotes
UK1981Dwed WecordsLPSMT-008
UK1981Fall Out RecordsLPFALL LP 006
UK1993Fall Out RecordsCDFALL CD 006
US1993Cleopatra RecordsCDCLEO 2481-2With two bonus tracks
Europe2008People Like You RecordsCD/LPPrison 161
Europe2008People Like You RecordsCD/LPPrison 16225th Anniversary Edition (re-recorded)
Europe2008People Like You RecordsCDPrison 163Ultimate Edition, with original and 25th Anniversary Edition versions of the album and a DVD

Notes and References

  1. Book: Cogan . Brian . Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture . 2006 . Greenwood Press . 2.
  2. Web site: The Adicts. Allison. Wagoner. February 1, 2012. Houston Press.
  3. Web site: The Adicts | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  4. Book: Glasper, Ian. Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk 1980–1984. August 1, 2014. PM Press. 9781604867480. Google Books.
  5. Book: Gimarc, George. Post Punk Diary: 1980-1982. October 15, 1997. Macmillan. 9780312169688. Google Books.