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'''''... Rage Before Beauty''''' is a studio [[album]] by the English rock band [[Pretty Things]], released in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-pretty-things-mn0000489676/biography|title=The Pretty Things Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref>
'''''... Rage Before Beauty''''' is a studio [[album]] by the English rock band [[Pretty Things]], released in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-pretty-things-mn0000489676/biography|title=The Pretty Things Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref>


==Production==
==Production==
[[Ronnie Spector]] provided backing vocals on the band's cover of "[[Mony Mony]]".<ref name="WP">{{cite web |title=THE PRETTY THINGS 'Rage Before Beauty' Snapper |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/09/17/the-pretty-things-rage-before-beauty-snapper/e379a9af-7e61-4f57-a3da-e4ef36fffa30/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> [[David Gilmour]] guested on "Love Keeps Hanging On".<ref name=BG/> The album was produced by Mark St. John and Dave Garland.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Christman |first1=Ed |title=Pretty Things rage on in new set |journal=Billboard |date=Mar 13, 1999 |volume=111 |issue=11 |page=15}}</ref> ''... Rage Before Beauty'' was recorded with the 1966 lineup of the band.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Riegel |first1=Richard |title=Die old stay pretty |journal=The Village Voice |date=6 Apr 1999 |volume=44 |issue=13 |pages=72–73}}</ref>
[[Ronnie Spector]] provided backing vocals on the band's cover of "[[Mony Mony]]".<ref name="WP">{{cite web |title=THE PRETTY THINGS 'Rage Before Beauty' Snapper |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/09/17/the-pretty-things-rage-before-beauty-snapper/e379a9af-7e61-4f57-a3da-e4ef36fffa30/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> [[David Gilmour]] guested on "Love Keeps Hanging On".<ref name=BG/> The album was produced by Mark St. John and Dave Garland.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Christman |first1=Ed |title=Pretty Things rage on in new set |journal=Billboard |date=Mar 13, 1999 |volume=111 |issue=11 |page=15}}</ref> ''... Rage Before Beauty'' was recorded by the 1966 lineup of the band.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Riegel |first1=Richard |title=Die old stay pretty |journal=The Village Voice |date=6 Apr 1999 |volume=44 |issue=13 |pages=72–73}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==

Revision as of 19:42, 17 September 2021

... Rage Before Beauty
Studio album by
Pretty Things
Released9 March 1999
Recorded1998-99
Studio145 Wardour Street, Soho, London
GenreRock and roll, art rock
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

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

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

  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

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 Broadway - 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"

References

  1. ^ a b "THE PRETTY THINGS 'Rage Before Beauty' Snapper". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Rage...Before Beauty - The Pretty Things | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Omnibus Press – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Fricke, David (Apr 1, 1999). "Favorite Things". Rolling Stone (809): 100.
  5. ^ Coddon, David L. (April 1, 1999). "RAGE BEFORE BEAUTY THE PRETTY THINGS Snapper Music". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 22.
  6. ^ "The Pretty Things Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  7. ^ a b Reed, John (16 Sep 1999). "Pretty Things RAGE BEFORE BEAUTY". The Boston Globe. Calendar. p. 8.
  8. ^ Christman, Ed (Mar 13, 1999). "Pretty Things rage on in new set". Billboard. 111 (11): 15.
  9. ^ Riegel, Richard (6 Apr 1999). "Die old stay pretty". The Village Voice. 44 (13): 72–73.
  10. ^ "Pretty Things interview". Perfect Sound Forever.
  11. ^ Wener, Ben (September 3, 1999). "POP LIFE - The best band you've never heard". Orange County Register. p. F51.
  12. ^ "OH YOU PRETTY THINGS - Record Collector Magazine".
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