''Grapes of Wrath'' is the first studio

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, released by Epic Records in 1983. The band's first single was "Flying Scotsman" followed by the second single "The Wheel".

Track listing

All songs written by Kirk Brandon Side one # "The Wheel" - 3:10 # "Flying Scotsman" - 3:20 # "Roof of the World" - 3:02 # "Aria" - 4:38 # "Solution" - 3:56 Side two # "The Murder of Love" - 3:12 # "The Preacher" - 2:34 # "Omen of the Times" - 3:15 # "The Man Who Tunes the Drums" - 2:47 # "Grapes of Wrath" - 4:44 A 'Special Cassette Mix'As stated by the inlay cover: 'One side of this programme is of longer duration than the other to preserve the album continuity'. version of the album was also released. It comprises (in track-listed order): :A1 "The Wheel" :A2 "Flying Scotsman" (12" Version) :A3 "Roof of the World" :A4 "Aria" :A5 "Solution" (preceded by a brief guitar version of

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bridging from A4) :B1 "The Preacher" (including a vocal-only intro of the entire song) :B2 "The Murder of Love" (sans finger-clicking intro) :B3 "Omen of the Times" (preceded by an air raid siren bridging from B2) :B4 "The Man Who Tunes the Drums" :B5 "Grapes of Wrath"

Personnel

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Kirk Brandon Kirk Brandon (born 3 August 1956) is an English musician best known as the leader of the bands Theatre of Hate and Spear of Destiny and a former lover of Boy George. Musical career Brandon's music career started in 1978, in Clapham, south Lo ...

- vocals, guitar * Stan Stammers - bass guitar *Lascelles James - saxophone, flute *Chris Bell - drums with: *The Sisters - backing vocals on "Flying Scotsman" and "Roof of the World" ;Technical *Nick Launay - engineer, mixing *Gavin MacKillop - assistant engineer *Pierre Boucher - front cover photography "Thanks to The Sisters. Special Thanks to Trevor Ravenscroft".

References

{{Authority control 1983 debut albums Spear of Destiny (band) albums Albums produced by Nick Launay Epic Records albums