World History (album)

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Released1998
RecordedMATW Studios
Length50:36
World History
Compilation album by
Released1998
RecordedMATW Studios
GenreChristian rock, synthpop, goth rock, hard rock, alternative rock
Length50:36
LanguageEnglish
LabelKMG Records
ProducerRoger Rose
Mad at the World chronology
The Dreamland Café
(1993)
World History
(1998)
Hope
(2017)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Phantom Tollbooth(?)[1]
HM Magazine(?)[2]

World History is a compilation album by Christian rock band Mad at the World. It highlighted songs from their first six studio albums. It did not include any songs from their 1995 album (The Dreamland Café).

Back of disc.

In 1998, KMG Records released World History, a collection of songs from the first six albums, but not The Dreamland Café. It "downplayed the heavy guitars" and "brought to the forefront the picturesque vocal flair of Roger Rose."[3] In the liner notes it states: "The unifying thread is the Rose brothers' great writing, vocals, arrangements and spiritual challenges to take control of your life by following God's plan."[4] Writing for Phantom Tollbooth, Sam Hagadorn listed it as one of his ten best albums of 1998.[5]

Both the Phantom Tollbooth and HM Magazine have referenced the disc as having re-recorded songs, but this is denied on the band's website.[3][4]

Track listing

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

  1. "That Lonesome Road" - 4:30 (Through the Forest)
  2. "It's Not a Joke" - 3:29 (Seasons of Love)
  3. "Fearfully and Wonderfully" - 3:51 (Flowers in the Rain)
  4. "Dry Your Tears" - 4:14 (Mad at the World)
  5. "Not the Same" - 3:36 (The Ferris Wheel)
  6. "Back to You" - 3:22 (Boomerang)
  7. "This Lie" - 3:32 (Flowers in the Rain)
  8. "Living Dead" - 3:30 (Mad at the World)
  9. "Marshmallow Land" - 2:59 (Seasons of Love)
  10. "I've Got a Heaven" - 4:27 (Through The Forest)
  11. "No More Innocence" - 5:01 (Mad at the World)
  12. "Eyes of Heaven" - 3:15 (The Ferris Wheel)
  13. "Ballad of Adam and Eve" - 3:34 (Boomerang)
  14. "In My Dream" - 3:56 (Flowers in the Rain)

Personnel

From The Liner Notes

References

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