¡Alarma!

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¡Alarma!

Studio album by Daniel Amos
Released	April 1981
Recorded	Whitefield Studios (Santa Ana, California)
Genre	Rock / New Wave
Label	NewPax Records
Producer(s)	Daniel Amos
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Daniel Amos chronology
Horrendous Disc (1978/1981)	¡Alarma! (1981)	Doppelgänger (1983)

¡Alarma! is a 1981 album by rock band Daniel Amos, released on Newpax Records.

¡Alarma!, released weeks after the band's Beatles/Beach Boys influenced Horrendous Disc, took a decidedly New Wave direction along the lines of Elvis Costello or Talking Heads.

¡Alarma! was the first of a four part series of albums by DA entitled The ¡Alarma! Chronicles, which also included the albums Doppelgänger, Vox Humana, and Fearful Symmetry. The band raised eyebrows on the tour that followed each release, by presenting a full multimedia event complete with video screens synchronized to the music, something that was unusual in the early 1980s for any band. This album, along with the other three albums from the Alarma! Chronicles, was rereleased as part of the Alarma! Chronicles Book set in 2000. The Book Set included 3 CDs, over 200 pages of lyrics, photos, liner notes, essays, interviews and other information in a hardcover book.

Dieckmeyer left the band before the ¡Alarma! Tour, and was replaced with bassist, Tim Chandler.

This album was listed at #62 in the book CCM Presents: The 100 Greatest Albums in Christian Music (Harvest House Publishers, 2001).

1 Track listing
- 1.1 Side one
- 1.2 Side two
2 Personnel
3 Additional musicians
4 Production notes

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

"Central Theme" (Taylor)
"¡Alarma!" (Taylor)
"Big Time/Big Deal" (Taylor)
"Props" (Taylor)
"My Room" (Taylor)
"Faces To The Window" (Taylor)
"Cloak & Dagger" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
"Colored By" (Taylor)

[edit] Side two

"C & D Reprise" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
"Through The Speakers" (Taylor)
"Hit Them" (Taylor)
"Baby Game" (Taylor)
"Shedding The Mortal Coil" (Taylor/Cook/Chamberlain)
"Endless Summer" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
"Walls Of Doubt" (Taylor)
"Ghost Of The Heart" (Taylor)

[edit] Personnel

Terry Scott Taylor on rhythm Guitars and lead vocals.
Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars and vocals.
Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, lead vocals on "Props."
Ed McTaggart on drums.

[edit] Additional musicians

Alex MacDougall added percussion
Karen Benson sang background vocals on "Ghost of the Heart".

[edit] Production notes

Recorded and Mixed at Whitefield Studios, Santa Ana, California.
Engineered by Thom Roy.
Mastered at MCA Whitney by Steve Hall.
Rehearsals and Arrangements Recorded at Rebel Base Studio, Santa Ana, California.
Live Sound and Road Coordination: Wes Leathers.
Cover Concept: Daniel Amos.
Photography by Scott Lockwood, Newport Beach, California.
Graphic Design: Karen Knecht.
Airbrushing: Stephen Nichol Price
Alarma! Chronicles Book Text Written by Terry Taylor, with special thanks to Viann, Phillip, and "Doc" Thomas for your suggestions. Thanks to Bob MacKenzie and Pelle Karlsson for the Lifesavors.
Mixed by Doug Doyle and Terry Taylor at Cap'n Doug's Minute Mix (Digital Brothers), Costa Mesa, California.
Digitally Remastered by Doug Doyle.
CD Reissue Coordination and CD Repackaging: Tom Gulotta

Production
Daniel Amos
Terry Scott Taylor \| Ed McTaggart \| Greg Flesch \| Tim Chandler
Marty Dieckmeyer \| Mark Cook \| Steve Baxter \| Jerry Chamberlain \| Rob Watson \| Alex MacDougall
Al Perkins \| Jonathan David Brown \| Mike Stone \| Gene Eugene Ojo Taylor \| Tom Gulotta \| Eric Townsend \| Jason Townsend \| The Green Room
Discography
Studio albums: Daniel Amos \| Shotgun Angel \| Horrendous Disc \| ¡Alarma! Doppelgänger \| Vox Humana \| Fearful Symmetry \| Darn Floor - Big Bite Kalhöun \| MotorCycle \| BibleLand \| Songs of the Heart \| Mr. Buechner's Dream
Live Albums: Live Bootleg '82 \| Preachers From Outer Space!
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