... Rage Before Beauty
Studio album by
Pretty Things
Released9 March 1999
Recorded1998-99
Studio145 Wardour Street, Soho, London
GenreRock
Length64:27
LabelSnapper Music[1]
ProducerMark St. John, Dave Garland
Pretty Things chronology
Resurrection
(1999)		 ... Rage Before Beauty
(1999)		 Balboa Island
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Rolling Stone[4]
The San Diego Union-Tribune[5]

... Rage Before Beauty is a studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things, released in 1999.[6]

Production

Ronnie Spector provided backing vocals on the band's cover of "Mony Mony".[1] David Gilmour guested on "Love Keeps Hanging On".[7] The album was produced by Mark St. John and Dave Garland.[8] ... Rage Before Beauty was recorded by the 1966 lineup of the band.[9]

Critical reception

Perfect Sound Forever called the album "a testament to the brand of sweaty, guitar-driven, R&B garage rock which never really seems to go out of fashion."[10] The Boston Globe wrote that "vocalist Phil May's gravelly voice is stupefying on the Pretty's cover of 'Play With Fire', virtually besting Mick Jagger's own icy interpretation."[7] The Orange County Register thought that "from the rollicking 'Passion of Love' to anthemic, reflective ballads like 'Love Keeps Hanging On' ... the album is a summation of almost every style the Pretties ever attempted, while still retaining some middle-age maturity."[11]

Record Collector deemed it one of the band's "best ever recordings."[12]

Track listing

  1. "Passion of Love" (Phil May, Mark St. John) – 3:22
  2. "Vivian Prince" (May, Frank Holland, Jon Povey) – 5:15
  3. "Everlasting Flame" (May, Holland, St. John) – 3:46
  4. "Love Keeps Hanging On" (May) – 8:55
  5. "Eve of Destruction" (P. F. Sloan) – 3:03
  6. "Not Givin' In" (May) – 4:02
  7. "Pure Cold Stone" (May, Dick Taylor) – 5:47
  8. "Blue Turns to Red" (May, Holland) – 4:01
  9. "Goodbye, Goodbye" (May, Povey) – 2:45
  10. "Goin' Downhill" (May, Pete Tolson) – 4:12
  11. "Play with Fire" (Nanker Phelge) – 4:07
  12. "Fly Away" (May) – 4:30
  13. "Mony, Mony" (Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, Bobby Bloom) – 4:45
  14. "God, Give Me the Strength (To Carry On)" (May, St. John) – 6:03

Personnel

Pretty Things

  • Phil May – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Dick Taylor – lead guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Frank Holland – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Wally Waller – bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Jon Povey – keyboards, vocals
  • Skip Alan – drums, percussion

Studio musicians

  • Mark St. John – drums
  • Nick Brockway – Hammond organ
  • Steve Browning
  • Robert Webb – keyboards
  • Nigel Ross-Scott – bass
  • David Gilmour – lead guitar on "Love Keeps Hangin' On"
  • Ronnie Spector – vocals on "Mony Mony"

References

  1. 1 2 "THE PRETTY THINGS 'Rage Before Beauty' Snapper". The Washington Post. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "Rage...Before Beauty – The Pretty Things | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Fricke, David (1 April 1999). "Favorite Things". Rolling Stone. No. 809. p. 100.
  5. ↑ Coddon, David L. (1 April 1999). "RAGE BEFORE BEAUTY THE PRETTY THINGS Snapper Music". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 22.
  6. ↑ "The Pretty Things Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  7. 1 2 Reed, John (16 September 1999). "Pretty Things RAGE BEFORE BEAUTY". The Boston Globe. Calendar. p. 8.
  8. ↑ Christman, Ed (13 March 1999). "Pretty Things rage on in new set". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 11. p. 15.
  9. ↑ Riegel, Richard (6 April 1999). "Die old stay pretty". The Village Voice. 44 (13): 72–73.
  10. ↑ "Pretty Things interview". Perfect Sound Forever.
  11. ↑ Wener, Ben (3 September 1999). "POP LIFE – The best band you've never heard". Orange County Register. p. F51.
  12. ↑ "OH YOU PRETTY THINGS – Record Collector Magazine".
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