Raw Melody Men

Infobox Album |
Name = Raw Melody Men
Type = Live album
Artist = New Model Army


Released = 1991
Recorded = Brixton Academy, London Town & Country Club, Berlin Eissporthalle, Hamburg Sportshalle
Genre = Rock, Post-punk, Folk rock
Length =
Label = EMI
Producer = John Cornfield, New Model Army
Compiled by =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifixqehldke link]
Last album = "Impurity"
(1990)
This album = "Raw Melody Men"
(1991)
Next album = "History - The Singles 85-91"
(1992)

"Raw Melody Men" was released in 1991 and is the first official live album release by British rock band New Model Army.

The album was recorded during the 1990 Impurity tour at the Brixton Academy, The Town & Country Club in London, the Berlin Eissporthalle and the Hamburg Sportshalle. The album was mixed at the Sawmills Studio in Cornwall.

On the album the track "Liberal Education" has been abbreviated on "Lib Ed".

The title of the album, "Raw Melody Men", is an anagram of "New Model Army". NMA did a short tour playing in small clubs "incognito" under this name prior to the big tour during which the live album was recorded.Fact|date=August 2007

Track listing

#"Whirlwind" (Justin Sullivan, Robert Heaton)
#"The Charge" (Sullivan, Heaton)
#"Space" (Sullivan, Heaton, Nelson)
#"Purity" (Sullivan)
#"White Coats" (Sullivan, Heaton, Jason Harris)
#"Vagabonds" (Sullivan)
#"Get Me Out" (Sullivan, Heaton)
#"Lib Ed" (Sullivan, Stuart Morrow)
#"Better Than Them" (Sullivan)
#"Innocence" (Sullivan, Heaton)
#"Love Songs" (Sullivan, Heaton)
#"Lurhstaap" (Sullivan, Heaton)
#"Archway Towers" (Sullivan, Heaton)
#"Smalltown England" (Sullivan, Morrow)
#"Green and Grey" (Sullivan, Heaton)
#"I Love the World" (Sullivan, Heaton)

Personnel

Production

*John Cornfield – producer, mixed by
*New Model Army – producer, mixed by

Musicians

*Justin Sullivan – vocals, guitar
*Robert Heaton – drums, vocals
*Nelson – bass, keyboards, vocals
*Ed Alleyne-Johnson – violin, keyboards, mandolin
*Adrian Portas – guitar

References

* [http://www.newmodelarmy.org Official NMA website]
* [http://www.discogs.com Discogs.com]
* [http://www.idiot-dog.com/music/new.model.army/indexa.html John Relph's New Model Army discography]