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Irrational Anthems

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Irrational Anthems
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1996
GenreFolk metal
Length53:09
LabelMassacre Records
ProducerKevin Ridley
Skyclad chronology
The Silent Whales of Lunar Sea
(1995)
Irrational Anthems
(1996)
Oui Avant-Garde á Chance
(1996)
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Irrational Anthems is an album by British folk metal band, Skyclad, released in 1996; their sixth album in as many years. It was their first album without founding member Keith Baxter on drums and longtime guitar player Dave Pugh. The group remained a quartet, with Steve Ramsey overdubbing all guitars, and with the hiring of Paul Smith as session drummer.

The album marked the band's turn to a more folkier sound, moving away from the early years' thrash metal style.

The album title appears as a reference in the closing track "Quantity Time": Each moment in your company was of more quantity than quality. My hopes and dreams - transparent phantoms, this wayward son's irrational anthems.

It was released as a digipak and standard CD release.

Track listing

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  1. "Inequality Street" – 4:05
  2. "The Wrong Song" – 3:56
  3. "Snake Charming" – 4:04
  4. "Penny Dreadful" – 3:08
  5. "The Sinful Ensemble" – 5:21
  6. "My Mother in Darkness" – 4:00
  7. "The Spiral Starecase" – 2:23
  8. "No Deposit, No Return" – 4:30
  9. "Sabre Dance" – 3:07
  10. "I Dubious" – 3:12
  11. "Science Never Sleeps" – 5:05
  12. "History Lessens" – 3:38
  13. "Quantity Time" – 5:14

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