Alarma!

• Artist: Daniel Amos (DA)
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• Release Date: 1981
• Genre: Gospel

Review

Shortly after the release of Horrendous Disc, longtime DA fans were shocked to find the band suddenly metamorphosed from a country & western outfit into a quirky, occasionally disturbing new wave band on this freaky-looking album featuring the band members with their eyes airbrushed out. Off-beat harmonies reminiscent of Rick Ocasek or David Byrne are mixed with lyrics full of literary and topical references. This was hardly what anyone had expected. Punk-influenced two-beat rhythms abound here. Packaged with a surreal text called The ¡Alarma! Chronicles that compliments the songs, this record hit a mark way ahead of its time. Recording quality is a little shoddy in places, but what it loses in hiss and noise it more than makes up for in ingenuity. ~ Mark W. B. Allender, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Central Theme	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(3:18)
¡Alarma!	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(3:21)
Big Time / Big Deal	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(3:04)
Props	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(1:58)
My Room	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(3:25)
Faces to the Window	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:31)
Cloak and Dagger	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:16)
Colored By	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:58)
Candd Reprise	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(:43)
Through the Speakers	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:42)
Hit Them	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:28)
Baby Game	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:43)
Shedding the Mortal Coil	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:10)
Endless Summer	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:52)
Walls of Doubt	Terry Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(3:57)
Ghost of the Heart	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:36)
No Spaceship	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:30)
Out of Town	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(2:36)
My Room [Demo Version]	Terry Scott Taylor	Daniel Amos (DA)	(3:44)

Credits

Terry Scott Taylor (Guitar), Terry Scott Taylor (Guitar (Rhythm)), Terry Scott Taylor (Vocals), Terry Scott Taylor (Vocals (Background)), Daniel Amos (DA) (Main Performer), Alex MacDougall (Percussion), Alex MacDougall (Marimba), Ed McTaggart (Percussion), Ed McTaggart (Drums), Ed McTaggart (Vocals (Background)), Jerry Chamberlain (Guitar), Jerry Chamberlain (Percussion), Jerry Chamberlain (Vocals), Jerry Chamberlain (Vocals (Background)), Mark Cook (Bass), Mark Cook (Vocals), Marty Dieckmeyer (Percussion), Marty Dieckmeyer (Bass (Electric)), Marty Dieckmeyer (Keyboards), Marty Dieckmeyer (Vocals)