''Devil's Answer'' is a song by British rock band

Atomic Rooster Atomic Rooster are a British rock band originally formed by members of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown, organist Vincent Crane and drummer Carl Palmer. Throughout their history, keyboardist Vincent Crane was the only constant member and wrote ...

from their album, '' In Hearing of Atomic Rooster'' (1971). It is also a compilation of their live recordings, released in 1998 by Hux Records. The compilation includes every extant in-studio session the band recorded for BBC Radio, as well as three live in-concert tracks. All of its contents, except for the three tracks recorded for the Friday Rock Show in 1981, have since been included on Castle Communications' 2004 reissues of Atomic Rooster's first four studio albums. The 1981 tracks remain exclusive to this disc. The mastering of all in-studio tracks on this disc renders them slower-sounding. The same problem exists on the selections that were used on the 2004 Castle Communications reissues. In addition, the original lineup of the band, with Nick Graham on bass guitar and vocals, recorded their first BBC session on Alexis Korner's World Service ''Rhythm & Blues'' show in December 1969. They performed three tracks from their upcoming first album: "Friday the 13th", "S.L.Y." and "Decline and Fall". Unfortunately, this session is now lost.

Track listing

# "Friday the 13th" (Crane) 4:28 – Mike Harding Show 26.5.70, 1st tx 2.6.70 # "Seven Lonely Streets" (Du Cann) 6:15 - as above # "Tomorrow Night" (Crane) 5:27 -

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14.1.71 # "Shabooloo" aka "Before Tomorrow" (Crane) 6:10 – Mike Harding Show 22.3.71, 1st tx 30.3.71 # "Death Walks Behind You" (Du Cann, Crane) 6:04 - as above # "Stand by Me" (Crane) 3:23 – Johnnie Walker Show 12.6.72, 1st tx 26.6.72 # "Breakthrough" (Crane, Pat Darnell) 3:06 – as above # "Save Me" (Crane) 3:40 – retitled, rearranged "Friday the 13th; "Johnnie Walker Show 7.12.72 # "Close Your Eyes" (Crane) 2:48 - as above # "Play it Again" (Du Cann, Crane) 4:04 – Friday Rock Show 16.10.81, tx 6.11.81 # "In the Shadows" (Du Cann) 10:01 - as above # "Devil's Answer" (Du Cann) 3:46 - as above # "People You Can't Trust" (Crane) 4.41 - Live in Concert 27.7.72 # "A Spoonful of Bromide Helps the Pulse Rate Go Down" (Crane) 4:46 - as above # "All in Satan's Name" (Parnell) 4:03 - as above

Personnel

;Atomic Rooster * Vincent Crane -

Hammond organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert and first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, Hammond organs generated s ...

, piano, backing vocals - all tracks * Carl Palmer -

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

s, percussion - #1, 2 * John Du Cann -

guitars The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

, vocals - #1-5, 10-12 * Paul Hammond - drums, percussion - #3-5, 10-12 * Chris Farlowe - vocals - #6-9, 13-15 *

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- guitars - #6-9, 13-15 * Ric Parnell - drums, percussion - #6-9, 13-15

References

Atomic Rooster compilation albums 1998 compilation albums {{1990s-compilation-album-stub