Flowers in the Rain is the second album by Christian rock

Christian rock

Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 band Mad at the World

Mad at the World

Mad at the World was a Christian rock band active from 1987 to 1998 in Southern California. It originally consisted of brothers Roger and Randy Rose with Mike Pendleton, later joined by Brent Gordon. Pendleton and Gordon left the band in 1992 and were replaced by Mike Link and Ben Jacobs...

. Released in 1988, it was their first album to chart and their second-highest charting album.

History

Released in 1988, Flowers in the Rain, their second disc, was still "techno-rock" but "the guitars are much more aggressive and the songs provide more variation". It was their first to chart and the second-highest charting album they produced. The songs dealt with issues like self-image ("Fearfully and Wonderfully"), putting trust in God instead of other people or Satan ("Holding the Puppet Strings"), and people's use of excuses to hold on to bad habits ("This Lie").

One of the things that stood out for many people about the first two albums was Roger's faux British

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This album was reissued in 1999 by KMG

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 records on a "two-for-one" disc with Boomerang

Boomerang (Mad at the World album)

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Track listing

All songs written by Roger Rose.

1. "Fearfully And Wonderfully" – 3:51
2. "Flowers In The Rain" – 4:16
3. "Why" – 4:40
4. "Puppet Strings" – 4:18
5. "No Mistakes" – 3:20
6. "Wait" – 3:34
7. "I Don't Wanna Go There" – 3:11
8. "Faith Is A Perfect Road" – 3:40
9. "In My Dream" – 3:56
10. "Lovelight In The Midnight" – 5:12
11. "This Lie" – 3:32
12. "Dancing On Your Grave" – 5:57

Personnel

• Roger Rose - Vocals, keyboards, guitars and drum programming
• Randy Rose - Vocals, drum programmin and electric bass on "No Mistakes"
• Mike Pendleton - Keyboards and electric guitar on "I Don't Wanna Go There"
• Ray Rose - Acoustic guitar and electric bass on "I Don't Wanna Go There"

Ray Rose, Roger and Randy's older brother, was not an actual member of the band but did play on one song.

Charts

This album reached number 38 on the Billboard

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