Irrational Anthems
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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
[edit]- "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