Seasons of Love is the third 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 1990, it was their highest charting album.

History

Beginning with their third disc, Seasons of Love, and in order to have a sound more amiable for live performances, the band's musical style shifted away from synthpop

Synthpop

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 toward hard rock

Hard rock

Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

. Seasons of Love, released in 1990 and the first disc to feature Brent Gordon on guitar, was the band's highest charting album. The band's switch to hard rock

Hard rock

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 was jarring for some people. It features some very aggressive and energetic songs, including "Promised Land" and "So Insane", both of which deal with drug abuse. The album in general had the band being compared to The Cult

The Cult

The Cult are a British rock band that was formed in 1983. They gained a dedicated following in Britain in the mid 1980s as a post-punk band with singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary", before breaking mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s as a hard rock band with singles such as "Love...

, Danzig

Danzig (band)

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 and The Cure

The Cure

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.

This album was reissued by KMG

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 records in 1999 on a "two-for-one" disc with Mad at the World.

Track listing

All songs written by Roger Rose, except "Marshmallow Land" written by Randy Rose.

1. "The Narrow Road" – 3:88
2. "Seasons of Love" – 4:51
3. "City of Anger" – 5:34
4. "When the Wind Blows" – 5:38
5. "Marshmallow Land" – 2:58
6. "Summer's Gone" – 3:06
7. "Promised Land (The Deception of Drugs)" – 5:24
8. "So Insane" – 3:22
9. "It's Not a Joke" – 3:27
10. "The Love That Never Fades" – 4:05
11. "Seasons of Love (Reprise)" – 5:04

Personnel

• Roger Rose – vocals, guitars, keyboards, drums, tambourine
• Randy Rose – vocals, drums
• Mike Pendleton – electric bass, guitar
• Brent Gordon – lead and rhythm guitar

Chart Position

This album reached #18 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Top Contemporary Christian chart.

Video

No videos were filmed for this album, although a live performance of "Marshmallow Land" from 1995 is available on the band's website. This performance was filmed after Mike Pendleton and Brent Gordon left the band, and features Mike Link and Ben Jacobs.