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Waiting for the Floods is the first and only studio album by British new wave band The Armoury Show. Although Waiting for the Floods was well received by critics,[citation needed] it was a commercial failure and led to the dissolution of the band, with guitarist John McGeoch and drummer John Doyle separating in 1987, and the definitive end in 1988 when singer Richard Jobson and bass guitarist Russell Webb decided to become solo artists.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

In his retrospective review, Dan LeRoy of AllMusic praised the album, writing "[Richard] Jobson created an album that, though it went largely unnoticed, outdid Big Country – and nearly every other "big-guitar" band of the time, save U2 – in anthemic power."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Castles in Spain" – 4:35
  2. "Kyrie" – 4:01
  3. "A Feeling" – 4:44
  4. "We Can Be Brave Again" – 3:53
  5. "Higher Than the World" – 4:45
  6. "The Glory of Love" – 4:57
  7. "Waiting for the Floods" – 5:34
  8. "A Sense of Freedom" – 4:05
  9. "Sleep City Sleep" – 5:00
  10. "Avalanche" – 5:18

The cassette version inserts the track "Jungle of Cities" between tracks 3 and 4 above.

Personnel

The Armoury Show
Additional personnel
  • Paul Fishman – keyboards, programming
  • Billy Currie – violin on "Higher Than the World"
Technical

See also

References

  1. ^ a b LeRoy, Dan. "Waiting for the Floods – Armoury Show | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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