Been going through some of Brides older stuff recently (including Matrix) and the power of Dales vocals is incredible. Some of the tracks are really catchy too. Missing Children is a great track.

I added lots of their songs into one playlist at work and then put some of the really old stuff (1986/7/8/9) with Skin For Skin. You can really notice a difference in vocals, in that Dale has dropped to a lower register - but his power is still there by the bucket load!

Silence Is Madness is still my favourite Bride album, but Show No Mercy is getting alot of playtime on my computer at present!

Ok, here's the charts.........

01 - 10.0/10 Silence Is Madness
02 - 09.5/10 Live To Die
03 - 09.5/10 Snakes In The Playground
04 - 09.0/10 Show No Mercy
05 - 08.5/10 Oddities
06 - 08.5/10 Skin For Skin
07 - 08.5/10 Scarecrow Messiah
08 - 08.0/10 This Is It
09 - 08.0/10 Kinetic Faith
10 - 07.5/10 Fistful Of Bees
11 - 07.0/10 Drop
12 - 06.0/10 The Jesus Experience

BEST MUSIC - Silence Is Madness
BEST LYRICS - Oddities
BEST CONSITENCY - Live To Die
BEST WORLD WIDE APPEAL - Snakes In The Playground


Fundy

If I were to rank them, these would be my #1 and #2 choices:


1. Snakes In The Playground
2. Scarecrow Messiah

1. Snakes
2. Kinetic Faith

(the only two I own)

1. Snakes In The Playground
2. Scaregrow Messiah
3. Kinetic Faith

These are my favorite Brides.

I just played Show No Mercy the other day, and you're right about Missing Children. In fact, I'd say the bonus tracks that were included in that re-release are better than most of the actual released album. The whole collection rocks, though!

I think Dale's vocals hit their peak on Snakes, however. That's not my favorite Bride album, but I think its his best vocally.

#1 Snakes
#2 Fist Full Of Bees

(I know, how about that? I'll bet no one else ranks Fist Full that highly.)

I'd rank it a lot higher than some of their others, DH. I am in the minority, but I did not much care for their first 2 CDs. I have them mostly for the collectibility. Someday, I might part with them to make space for something I'll actually listen to.

"Fistfull of Bees" is a keeper!

It really is, I like that album.

It's a good album. What's up with the artwork though?

Skin For Skin is much better (imo) than anything they've done since Snakes (with the possible exception of Oddities - being excellent in the lyric department)

Fundy

Fist Full Of Bees is a memory trap for me, too. My brother-in-law and I drove to and from California to hit a couple amusement parks, and on the way back we stopped for food somewhere off the freeway. I noticed a Christian bookstore outlet, a small little shop, stopped in and found a bunch of clearance CDs. Picked up that disc for about $3. Funny thing is I didn't play it for about a year, it just sat there. Not even sure why. When I finally played it the thing just jumped out at me. Been a favorite ever since.

Oh, and Fundy, I agree about the art.

You are lucky Disposible HERO, no one will sit with me in the car when I'm playing my favorite music.

See, out spouses don't appreciate our cool rock music.

Oh, no one will sit there and listen to it with me. My wife doesn't like metal at all. But that's okay. I love solitude.

Same with me!

Fundy

My wife has learned over the years that I will turn down my music for her, but I won't turn it off unless she has a headache. I do, though, try to take some stuff to listen to that she likes or will at least tolerate. I never get to listen to Disciple with Holly in the car.

Most of the time I listen to my cool rock music when I'm home alone.
Then no one can turn the button of the CD player off, or give my cordless headphone.
The problem is the car my husband loves it to listen to sport on the radio, while I love it to listen to a cool Cd.
The solution is the way there I can listen to a CD and the way back I have to listen to sport.

That's what I often do take stuff with me my husband likes too.


Sometimes I'm a teaser and play the most hard music I have.
yep, that are the Disciple CDs I have.