No Rest for the Wicked (New Model Army album)
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| Studio album by New Model Army | ||||
| Released | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Rock, Post-punk | |||
| Length | 78:36 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
| Producer | Mark Freegard, John Cornfield, New Model Army, Dr Volkmar Kramarz | |||
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| Robert Christgau | B |
No Rest for the Wicked (1985) is the second album release of British rock band New Model Army, Vengeance (1984) being their first. It was the band's first release on major record label EMI, and their last featuring founding member Stuart Morrow. The album reached #22 in the UK albums chart.
A key element on its cover is a quotation from the Magna Carta, "To no man will we sell, or deny, or delay right or justice".
Singles released from the album are "No Rest" and Better Than Them (The Acoustic EP).
The album was originally released in the UK in 1985 as an LP. A CD version was subsequently released in 1989.
In 2005 the album was remastered and reissued containing a bonus disc comprising rarities, B-sides and live tracks. Of the live tracks, "Vengeance" was recorded at the Brixton Academy, London on 16 June 1990, "Smalltown England" and "Liberal Education" were recorded during the Impurity Tour in 1990, "Waiting" was recorded at Rock City, Nottingham on 20 April 1987 and "Betcha" was recorded at the Biskuithall, Bonn on 25 October 1988.
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