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Album Review: Church of the Truly Warped

  • Artist: G.B.H.
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1993
  • Total Time: 38:05
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Two years on from the supercharged From Here to Reality, and briefly bolstered by the arrival of Agnostic Front drummer Joe Montanaro, G.B.H.'s seventh album sees the band ease back on the hardcore clutch a little, to produce an album that positively overflows with melodic anthems and searing guitar lines. Closer in intent, then, to the mid-'80s Midnight Madness & Beyond and No Need to Panic, but without those albums' directionless deliberation, Church of the Truly Warped packs some of G.B.H.'s most memorable tunes in years -- and some of their most biting lyrics. "Not Enough Hate," "Leather Coffin," and "Where the Wild Things Are" rank among G.B.H.'s finest creations yet -- which really isn't something you'd expect to say about an early-'80s Oi! band, still kicking it out in the 1990s. The title track, meanwhile, merges with Abrahall's occasionally Stiv Bators-like vocals to reincarnate the Lords of the New Church with almost spooky precision. Of course, it's still all a long way from the days when rats chowed down on city babies, but so were G.B.H. and their audience. Church of the Truly Warped, on the other hand, was exactly what they both deserved. Another excellent album. ~ Dave Thompson, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Pure Greed G.B.H. (3:26)
Not Enough Hate Colin "Jock" Blyth, Colin "Col" Abrahall, Ross Lomas G.B.H. (2:55)
Leather Coffin G.B.H. (3:03)
Candy Man G.B.H. (3:18)
Lords of Discipline G.B.H. (3:50)
Where the Wild Things Are Colin "Jock" Blyth, Colin "Col" Abrahall, Ross Lomas G.B.H. (3:30)
Church of the Truly Warped Colin "Jock" Blyth, Colin "Col" Abrahall, Ross Lomas G.B.H. (2:59)
Back G.B.H. (3:09)
I Need Energy G.B.H. (3:31)
Evil Evar G.B.H. (4:28)
All for the Cause G.B.H. (3:56)

Credits

G.B.H. (Producer), G.B.H. (Main Performer), Colin "Jock" Blyth (Guitar), Tommy Knobkins (Vocals (Background)), Joseph Montanaro (Drums), Colin "Col" Abrahall (Vocals), Tim Turan (Mastering), Paul Johnstone (Engineer), Ian Glasper (Liner Notes), Tim Smith (Artwork)
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Church of the Truly Warped is a studio album by Charged GBH released in 1992.

Church of the Truly Warped
Studio album by Charged GBH
Released 1992
Genre Crossover Thrash
Label Triple X Records

Track listing

  1. "Pure Greed" -
  2. "Not Enough Hate" -
  3. "Leather Coffin" -
  4. "Candy Man" -
  5. "Lords Of Discipline" -
  6. "Where The Wild Things Are" -
  7. "Church Of The Truly Warped" -
  8. "Back" -
  9. "I Need Energy" -
  10. "Evil Evar" -
  11. "All For the Cause" -

 
 

 

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