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The Alarm

The Alarm albums

The Alarm are a Welsh rock band that formed in Rhyl in 1981. Initially formed as a punk band, the Toilets, in 1977 under lead vocalist Mike Peters, the group soon embraced arena rock and included marked influences from Welsh language and culture. By opening for acts such as U2 and Bob Dylan, they became a popular new wave pop band of the 1980s. The Alarm's highest-charting single in Britain is 1983's "Sixty Eight Guns", which reached number 17 on... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Rain in the Summertime - #2: Sold Me Down the River - #3: Sixty Eight Guns - #4: Spirit of '76 - #5: Strength

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1983-1984	Declaration	119		MP3
	1.	04/1983	The Stand	6	UK 86	MP3	written by Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters
	2.	09/1983	Sixty Eight Guns	57	US 106 • US rock 39 • UK 17	MP3	[I.R.S. 9924] written by Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters
	3.	01/1984	Where Were You Hiding When the Storm Broke	40	UK 22	MP3	written by Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters, David Kitchingman & Nigel Twist
	4.	03/1984	The Deceiver	16	US 104 • UK 51	MP3	[I.R.S. 9929] written by Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters, David Kitchingman & Nigel Twist

	2.	1985-1986	Strength	129		MP3
	1.	03/1985	Absolute Reality	23	UK 35	MP3	written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
	2.	09/1985	Strength	40	US 61 • US rock 12 • UK 40	MP3	[I.R.S. 52736] written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist
	3.	01/1986	Spirit of '76	48	US rock 29 • UK 22	MP3	written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
	4.	04/1986	Knife Edge	18	UK 43	MP3	written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald

	3.	1987-1988	Eye of the Hurricane	130		MP3
	1.	10/1987	Rain in the Summertime	77	US 71 • US dance 27 • US rock 6 • UK 18	MP3	[I.R.S. 53219] written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist
	2.	12/1987	Rescue Me	17	US rock 35 • UK 48	MP3	live written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
	3.	02/1988	Presence of Love	36	US 77 • US rock 16 • UK 44	MP3	[I.R.S. 53259] written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald

	4.	1989-1990	Change	143		MP3
	1.	09/1989	Sold Me Down the River	76	US 50 • US rock 2 • US alt. 3 • UK 43	MP3	charted as Sold Me Down The Ruver/Yn Cymraeg in the UK [I.R.S. 73002] written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
	2.	11/1989	A New South Wales / The Rock	26	UK 31	MP3	featuring The Morriston Orpheus Male Voice Choir written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist
	3.	11/1989	Devolution Workin Man Blues	22	US rock 9 • US alt. 11	MP3	written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
	4.	02/1990	Love Don't Come Easy	19	US rock 33 • UK 48	MP3	written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald

	5.	1990	Standards	36		MP3
	1.	10/1990	Unsafe Building 1990	13	UK 54	MP3	written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
	2.	11/1990	The Road	23	US rock 16 • US alt. 7	MP3	written by Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters

	6.	1991	Raw	28		MP3
	1.	04/1991	Raw	28	US rock 29 • US alt. 15 • UK 51	MP3	written by Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters, Nigel Twist & Dave Sharp

	7.	2004	In the Poppyfields	51		MP3
	1.	02/2004	45 RPM	34	UK 28	MP3	as The Poppyfields written by Mike Peters & Steve Grantley
	2.	07/2004	New Home New Life	17	UK 45	MP3	written by Mike Peters

	8.	2006	Under Attack	40		MP3
	1.	02/2006	Superchannel	40	UK 24	MP3	as The Alarm MMVI written by Craig Adams, James Stevenson, Mike Peters & Steve Grantley

See also...

Dave Sharp • Eddie MacDonald • Mike Peters • Nigel Twist

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