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: Sold Me Down the River - #2: Rain in the Summertime - #3: The Road - #4: Devolution Workin Man Blues - #5: Raw

		Date	Title	Points	Charts Peaks	Links	Comment

	1.	1983	Declaration	66		MP3
	1.	09/1983	Sixty Eight Guns	66	US 106 • US rock 39 • UK 17	MP3	[I.R.S. 9924] written by Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters

	2.	1985-1986	Strength	175		MP3
	1.	09/1985	Strength	109	US 61 • US rock 12 • UK 40	MP3	[I.R.S. 52736] written by Mike Peters, Eddie MacDonald, Dave Sharp & Nigel Twist
	2.	01/1986	Spirit of '76	66	US rock 29 • UK 22	MP3	written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald

	3.	1987-1988	Eye of the Hurricane	331		MP3
	1.	10/1987	Rain in the Summertime	200	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	43	US rock 35 • UK 48	MP3	live written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
	3.	02/1988	Presence of Love	89	US 77 • US rock 16 • UK 44	MP3	[I.R.S. 53259] written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald

	4.	1989-1990	Change	600		MP3
	1.	09/1989	Sold Me Down the River	379	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	Devolution Workin Man Blues	182	US rock 9 • US alt. 11	MP3	written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald
	3.	02/1990	Love Don't Come Easy	39	US rock 33 • UK 48	MP3	written by Mike Peters & Eddie MacDonald

	5.	1990	Standards	188		MP3
	1.	11/1990	The Road	188	US rock 16 • US alt. 7	MP3	written by Eddie MacDonald & Mike Peters

	6.	1991	Raw	114		MP3
	1.	04/1991	Raw	114	US rock 29 • US alt. 15 • UK 51	MP3	written by Eddie MacDonald, Mike Peters, Nigel Twist & Dave Sharp

See also...

Dave Sharp • Eddie MacDonald • Mike Peters • Nigel Twist

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