''Silence Screams'' is the eighth studio album, by American

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(known at this point as REZ), released in 1988.

Recording history

After the longest break between studio albums, REZ returned with a blues-based hard rock/metal sound (closer to their 1978 release '' Awaiting Your Reply'') that would set the pattern for all future releases, and was also indicative of the musical direction lead singer

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would take in his solo career. The album is highlighted by a cover of

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's "Presence of the Lord," which was the first in a string of cover tunes that REZ would include on almost every successive release. As indicated by the unsettling album cover art, the lyrics deal with some very dark themes by focusing on the plight of the disenfranchised, whether they be victims of war ("Someone Sleeps"), greed ("Waitin' on Sundown") or

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("Three Seconds"). "Light/Light" is another of the album's highlights, and proved a popular live track throughout the 1990s. This is the first album the band released on their own record label, Grrr Records, and the first with new bassist Roy Montroy, since Jim Denton left the band in 1987 to enter

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Track listing

All songs written by

and Roy Montroy unless otherwise noted # "Silence Screams" – 4:13 # "You Got Me Rockin'" (Stu Heiss, Kaiser) – 3:15 # "Someone Sleeps" (Kaiser, Montroy, Jon Trott) – 5:21 originally titled "I See Red", and more specifically concerned Native Americansbr>
# "Waitin' on Sundown" (Jim Denton, Kaiser, Trott) – 4:06 # "Presence of the Lord" (Eric Clapton) – 4:35 # "Light/Light" – 3:44 # "Rain Dance" (Montroy, Trott) – 5:06 # "Every Waking Hour" (Kaiser) – 4:06 # "Three Seconds" (Kaiser, Montroy, Trott) – 4:37 # "You Get What You Choose" – 4:29

Personnel

REZ is: *

- Vocals, guitars *

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- Vocals *

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- Lead guitar, keyboards * Roy Montroy - Bass guitar, keyboards *

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- Drums Additional Musicians: * Percy Bady - Keyboards on "Silence Screams," "You Got Me Rockin'," "Someone Sleeps," "Presence of the Lord," and "Light/Light"

Production

* Producers - REZ, Tom Cameron and "a few close friends" * Engineers - Roy Montroy, Ed Bialach and Roger Heiss * Mastering - Steve Hall at Future Disc * Cover design and photo - Cornerstone Graphics * Cover art - Dick Randall

References

{{Authority control 1988 albums Resurrection Band albums