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... Rage Before Beauty

... Rage Before Beauty
Studio album by
Pretty Things
Released9 March 1999
Recorded1998–99
Studio145 Wardour Street, Soho, London
GenreRock
Length64:27
LabelSnapper Music[1]
ProducerMark St. John, Dave Garland
Pretty Things chronology
Resurrection
(1999) 		... Rage Before Beauty
(1999) 		Balboa Island
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The San Diego Union-Tribune[5]

... Rage Before Beauty is a studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things, released in 1999.[6]

Production

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Ronnie Spector provided backing vocals on the band's cover of "Mony Mony".[1] David Gilmour guested on "Love Keeps Hanging On".[7] The album was produced by Mark St. John and Dave Garland.[8] ... Rage Before Beauty was recorded by the 1966 lineup of the band.[9]

Critical reception

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Perfect Sound Forever called the album "a testament to the brand of sweaty, guitar-driven, R&B garage rock which never really seems to go out of fashion."[10] The Boston Globe wrote that "vocalist Phil May's gravelly voice is stupefying on the Pretty's cover of 'Play With Fire', virtually besting Mick Jagger's own icy interpretation."[7] The Orange County Register thought that "from the rollicking 'Passion of Love' to anthemic, reflective ballads like 'Love Keeps Hanging On' ... the album is a summation of almost every style the Pretties ever attempted, while still retaining some middle-age maturity."[11]

Record Collector deemed it one of the band's "best ever recordings."[12]

Track listing

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  1. "Passion of Love" (Phil May, Mark St. John) – 3:22
  2. "Vivian Prince" (May, Frank Holland, Jon Povey) – 5:15
  3. "Everlasting Flame" (May, Holland, St. John) – 3:46
  4. "Love Keeps Hanging On" (May) – 8:55
  5. "Eve of Destruction" (P. F. Sloan) – 3:03
  6. "Not Givin' In" (May) – 4:02
  7. "Pure Cold Stone" (May, Dick Taylor) – 5:47
  8. "Blue Turns to Red" (May, Holland) – 4:01
  9. "Goodbye, Goodbye" (May, Povey) – 2:45
  10. "Goin' Downhill" (May, Pete Tolson) – 4:12
  11. "Play with Fire" (Nanker Phelge) – 4:07
  12. "Fly Away" (May) – 4:30
  13. "Mony, Mony" (Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, Bobby Bloom) – 4:45
  14. "God, Give Me the Strength (To Carry On)" (May, St. John) – 6:03

Personnel

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Pretty Things

  • Phil May – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Dick Taylor – lead guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Frank Holland – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Wally Waller – bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Jon Povey – keyboards, vocals
  • Skip Alan – drums, percussion

Studio musicians

  • Mark St. John – drums
  • Nick Brockway – Hammond organ
  • Steve Browning
  • Robert Webb – keyboards
  • Nigel Ross-Scott – bass
  • David Gilmour – lead guitar on "Love Keeps Hangin' On"
  • Ronnie Spector – vocals on "Mony Mony"

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