Vengeance (New Model Army album)

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Vengeance
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Studio album by
New Model Army
ReleasedApril 1984 [1]
RecordedAlaska Studios, London
GenreRock, post-punk
Length76:34
Label
ProducerMond Cowie, New Model Army
New Model Army chronology
Vengeance
(1984) 		No Rest for the Wicked
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic3.5/5 stars[1]

Vengeance is the debut album of British rock band New Model Army, originally released in 1984 by the independent label Abstract Records. Following the band playing their second single "Great Expectations" on the Channel 4 programme The Tube, the album entered the UK Indie Chart at #1.[2] The album was later re-released on CD as Vengeance – The Independent Story in 1987 expanded with the band's early singles, as well as the further expanded Vengeance – The Whole Story 1980-84 in 2012 including their radio sessions and early demos on a second CD.

Singles[]

Singles included on the re-issue are the pre-album releases "Bittersweet" (backed with "Betcha" and "Tension") and "Great Expectations" (backed with "Waiting"), and the post-album single "The Price" (backed with "1984" and "No Man's Land").

Versions[]

The album was originally released in the UK in 1984 as a mini-LP.

The album was re-issued as an LP in 1987 with the added tracks "Great Expectations" and "Waiting", and as a renamed CD (Vengeance – The Independent Story) with the added tracks "Bittersweet", "Betcha", "Tension", "Great Expectations", "Waiting", "The Price", "1984", "No Man's Land" and Peel session versions of "Great Expectations" and "Notice Me". The song "Running" on the original album was also renamed to "Running In The Rain" for this and subsequent re-issues.

In 1997 the CD version was packaged together with Radio Sessions '83-'84 (1988) as a limited edition double CD with a picture disc and titled Small Town England.

In 2002 the album was again re-issued with the three different remixes of "Vengeance" as bonus tracks.

Track listing[]

Side 1[]

  1. "Christian Militia" (Justin Sullivan, Stuart Morrow) – 3:25
  2. "Notice Me" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 2:36
  3. "Small Town England" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 3:19
  4. "A Liberal Education" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 5:27

Side 2[]

  2. "Vengeance" (Sullivan) – 4:06
  3. "Sex (The Black Angel)" (Sullivan, Morrow, Robert Heaton) – 3:25
  4. "Running in the Rain" (Sullivan) – 3:52
  5. "Spirit of the Falklands" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 3:43

Vengeance – The Independent Story[]

  1. "Bittersweet" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 3:06
  2. "Betcha" (Sullivan, Morrow, Phil Tompkins) – 2:30
  3. "Tension" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 2:11
  4. "Great Expectations" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 3:12
  5. "Waiting" (Sullivan) – 3:27
  6. "Christian Militia" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 3:25
  7. "Notice Me" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 2:36
  8. "Small Town England" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 3:19
  9. "A Liberal Education" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 5:27
  10. "Vengeance" (Sullivan) – 4:06
  11. "Sex (The Black Angel)" (Sullivan, Morrow, Heaton) – 3:25
  12. "Running in the Rain" (Sullivan) – 3:52
  13. "Spirit of the Falklands" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 3:43
  14. "The Price" (Sullivan, Morrow) – 3:25
  15. "1984" (Sullivan) – 3:16
  16. "No Man's Land" (Sullivan) – 3:31
  17. "Great Expectations" (The Peel Session) – 3:02
  18. "Notice Me" (The Peel Session) – 2:38

2002 bonus tracks[]

  2. "Vengeance" [Right to Silence Remix] – 3:58
  3. "Vengeance" [Rough Justice Remix] – 7:04
  4. "Vengeance" [Right to Protest Remix] – 5:21

Personnel[]

  • Production:

References[]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ New Model Army. "Vengeance - The Independent Story 1984". newmodelarmy.org. Archived from the original on 2007-07-02. Retrieved 2007-08-01.

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