Songs of Praise (The Adicts album)

Songs of Praise
Studio album by The Adicts
Released	1981
Genre	Punk rock
Label	Dwed Wecords
The Adicts chronology
Lunch with The Adicts (1979) Songs of Praise (1981) Sound of Music (1982)
The cover of the original Dwed Wecords release

Songs of Praise is the debut studio album by The Adicts. It was originally released in 1981 on Dwed Wecords and was rereleased a year later by Fall Out Records. When the album was reissued on CD by Cleopatra Records in 1993, it included two bonus tracks which came from the Bar Room Bop EP. In 2008, the album was rerecorded by the band and released as the 25th Anniversary Edition.

Track listing

All songs written by Keith Warren and Pete Davison.

1. "England"
2. "Hurt"
3. "Just Like Me"
4. "Tango"
5. "Telepathic People"
6. "Mary Whitehouse"
7. "Distortion"
8. "Get Adicted"
9. "Viva la Revolution"
10. "Calling Calling"
11. "In the Background"
12. "Dynasty"
13. "Peculiar Music"
14. "Numbers"
15. "Sensitive"
16. "Songs of Praise"

1993 Cleopatra bonus tracks

17. "Sound of Music"
18. "Who Spilt My Beer?"

Personnel

The Adicts

• Keith "Monkey" Warren - vocals
• Pete "Pete Dee" Davison - guitar
• Mel "Spider" Ellis - bass guitar
• Michael "Kid Dee" Davison - drums

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog	Notes
UK	1981	Dwed Wecords	LP	SMT-008
UK	1982	Fall Out Records	LP	FALL LP 006
UK	1993	Fall Out Records	CD	FALL CD 006
US	1993	Cleopatra Records	CD	CLEO 2481-2	With two bonus tracks
Europe	2008	People Like You Records	CD/LP	Prison 161
Europe	2008	People Like You Records	CD/LP	Prison 162	25th Anniversary Edition (re-recorded)
Europe	2008	People Like You Records	CD	Prison 163	Ultimate Edition, with original and 25th Anniversary Edition versions of the album and a DVD