The Blurred Crusade

Infobox Album
Name = The Blurred Crusade
Type = Album
Artist = The Church


Released = March 25, 1982
Recorded = 301 Studios, Sydney 1981
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 44:48
Label = EMI Parlophone
Producer = Bob Clearmountain
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5x62mpb39fco link]
Last album = "Of Skins and Heart"
(1981)
This album = "The Blurred Crusade"
(1982)
Next album = "Sing-songs e.p."
(1982)

The Church's second album, The Blurred Crusade shows a marked change of direction from the new-wave leanings of the band's debut. While still dominated primarily by Kilbey's songwriting, the music shows more of a resurgent 1960s psychedelia and the beginnings of guitarists Koppes' and Willson-Piper's trademark interplay. The album's first single, "Almost With You," is often considered one of the group's most characteristic songs. Two band compositions, "An Interlude" and "You Took," have seen frequent inclusion in setlists throughout the band's career. Both the band itself and a large section of the fanbase cite the album as one of the Church's finest.

Track listing

# "Almost With You" (Kilbey)
# "When You Were Mine" (Kilbey)
# "Field of Mars" (Kilbey/Willson-Piper)
# "An Interlude" (Kilbey/Koppes/Willson-Piper/Ploog)
# "Secret Corners" (Kilbey)
# "Just for You" (Kilbey)
# "A Fire Burns" (Kilbey)
# "To Be in Your Eyes" (Kilbey)
# "You Took" (Kilbey/Koppes/Willson-Piper/Ploog)
# "Don't Look Back" (Kilbey)

Personnel

*Steve Kilbey: Lead Vocals,Bass,All Keyboards,Slide Guitar
*Peter Koppes: Lead Guitar,Backing Vocals,Percussion,Tubular Bells,Piano on "You Took"
*Marty Willson-Piper: Electric and Acoustic 12 and 6 String Guitars, Lead Vocal on "Field of Mars"
*Richard Ploog: Drums, Percussion