''Prince of the Poverty Line'' is the fourth full-length studio album by

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band Skyclad. It is a loose concept album about urban decay in post-

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Britain. According to Kevin Ridley, producer and, from 1997, a full band-member, this album remains their biggest seller. Many people consider it to be the band's masterwork.

Track listing

# "Civil War Dance" – 5:03 # "Cardboard City" – 5:05 # "Sins of Emission" – 3:33 # "Land of the Rising Slum" – 4:28 # "The One Piece Puzzle" – 5:52 # "A Bellyful of Emptiness" – 4:57 # "A Dog in the Manger" – 6:10 # "Gammadion Seed" – 5:26 # "Womb of the Worm" – 6:56 # "The Truth Famine" – 4:30 # "Brothers Beneath the Skin" (Limited edition bonus track) – 3:45 The US edition of the album contains the studio tracks from the Skyclad EP Tracks from the Wilderness as alternate bonus tracks, including the

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cover, "Emerald": #

"Emerald" – 3:34 (Gorham/Downey/Robertson/Lynott) # "A Room Next Door" – 4:51 # "When All Else Fails" – 4:19 *All Songs Written By Ramsey/Walkyier unless otherwise noted

Production

*Produced by Kevin Ridley & Skyclad *Engineered & Mixed by Kevin Ridley

Personnel

*Martin Walkyier: Lead Vocals *Steve Ramsey: Six & Twelve String Guitars, Backing Vocals *Dave Pugh: Electric & Acoustic Guitars *Cath Howell: Keyboards, Violin, Backing Vocals *Graeme English: Bass, Backing Vocals *Keith Baxter: Drums *With-Tony Bray, Steve Chahley, Graig Dodds, Mark Dodds, Alex Martin: Additional Backing Vocals 1994 albums Skyclad (band) albums Noise Records albums Concept albums Albums produced by Kevin Ridley {{1990s-metal-album-stub