Irrational Anthems
Irrational Anthems | ||||
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Studio album by Skyclad | ||||
Released | January 1996 | |||
Genre | Folk metal | |||
Length | 53:09 | |||
Label | Massacre Records | |||
Producer | Kevin Ridley | |||
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Irrational Anthems is an album by British folk metal band, Skyclad, released in 1996; their sixth album in as many years. It was their first album without founding member Keith Baxter on drums and longtime guitar player Dave Pugh. The group remained a quartet, with Steve Ramsey overdubbing all guitars, and with the hiring of Paul Smith as session drummer.
The album marked the band's turn to a more folkier sound, moving away from the early years' thrash metal style.
The album title appears as a reference in the closing track "Quantity Time": Each moment in your company was of more quantity than quality. My hopes and dreams - transparent phantoms, this wayward son's irrational anthems.
It was released as a digipak and standard CD release.
Track listing
- "Inequality Street" – 4:05
- "The Wrong Song" – 3:56
- "Snake Charming" – 4:04
- "Penny Dreadful" – 3:08
- "The Sinful Ensemble" – 5:21
- "My Mother in Darkness" – 4:00
- "The Spiral Starecase" – 2:23
- "No Deposit, No Return" – 4:30
- "Sabre Dance" – 3:07
- "I Dubious" – 3:12
- "Science Never Sleeps" – 5:05
- "History Lessens" – 3:38
- "Quantity Time" – 5:14
References
- Encyclopaedia Metalum
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- Steve Ramsey
- Graeme "Bean" English
- Georgina Biddle
- Kevin Ridley
- Arron Walton
- Dave Pugh
- Martin Walkyier
- Keith Baxter
- The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth (1991)
- A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol (1992)
- Jonah's Ark (1993)
- Prince of the Poverty Line (1994)
- The Silent Whales of Lunar Sea (1995)
- Irrational Anthems (1996)
- Oui Avant-Garde á Chance (1996)
- The Answer Machine? (1997)
- Vintage Whine (1999)
- Folkémon (2000)
- A Semblance of Normality (2004)
- In the... All Together (2009)
- Old Rope (1996)
- Poetic Wisdom (2001)
- History Lessens (2002)
- No Daylights... Nor Heel Taps (2002)
- Another Fine Mess (2001)
- Live at the Dynamo (2002)
- Tracks from the Wilderness (1992)
- Outrageous Fourtunes (1998)
- Classix Shape (1999)
- Jig-a-Jig (2006)