Vigilantes of Love was formed in the late 80’s by Bill Mallonee featuring other members from the local Athens, Georgia area. The band actually started as a side project of Bill’s band Cone Ponies. Their name was inspired by the New Order song “Love Vigilantes” which is one of my favourite songs. This is their first album and they actually first self released it in 1990. In 1992 Mark Heard’s label Fingerprint Records picked up the album and they also did a re-release in 1993. The album is a folk acoustic heavy album but is very good for that style. It’s not a style that was prevalent in the Christian market so I’m sure many found it to a refreshing sound at the time. I also give the band credit for packing 15 tracks on the album. I have noticed that most if not all of their albums had well over the usual 10 tracks. Kudos to them for giving their fans great value for their money. As I said I think it a pretty good album and I enjoyed listening to it. My one comment is that the name is horrible. I understand the band was trying to achieve some secular success but the name is horrible for a Christian album. I’m quite surprised that Mark Heard did not rename the album when he took it into his label. Oh well it’s all history now.
Tracklist
1 – Weak One Now – 3:23
2 – Songs On The Radio – 4:02
3 – Something To Hold On To – 4:12
4 – As Big As Christ – 4:43
5 – Love Cocoon – 3:46
6 – In The Morning – 6:32
7 – Thorn In Your Flesh – 2:13
8 – Take No Prisoners – 4:16
9 – Watching The Moonlight – 3:52
10 – Flames Of Hell – 4:29
11 – America – 5:57
12 – Drunk On The Tears – 5:31
13 – Losin’ It – 4:43
14 – Words Of Love Spoken – 3:59
15 – Who Knows When The Sunrise Will Be – 4:50
Credits
Accordion – Mark Hall
Backing Vocals – Oglethorpe County Tree Frog Chorus
Drums – Slap Happy
Engineer – Cam Mullally
Executive-Producer – Chuck Long, Dan Russell
Guitar, Vocals, Drums – Bill “Malice” Mallonee
Harmonica – Jonny “Dog-Mess” Evans
Mandolin, Bass, Backing Vocals – Billy Holmes
Producer – Peter Buck, V.O.L.
Producer, Engineer – Mark Heard
Companies, etc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Fingerprint Records
Recorded At – Saturn Recording Studio
Recorded At – Maxwell Sound Recording Studio
Mixed At – Fingerprint Recorders
Remastered At – Fingerprint Recorders
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