Time Tells No Lies

by Praying Mantis

Time Tells No Lies cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 20 March 1981
  • Label: Arista
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 40:12
  • Community rating: 3.2/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Praying Mantis' debut 'Time Tells No Lies' represents the more melodic wing of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The album emphasizes harmony guitars, clean choruses, and hard rock structure rather than the rougher aggression of many contemporaries.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. Cheated (3:52)
  2. All Day And All Of The Night (3:58)
  3. Running For Tomorrow (3:40)
  4. Rich City Kids (3:47)
  5. Lovers To The Grave (4:52)
  6. Panic In The Streets (3:42)
  7. Beads Of Ebony (5:34)
  8. Flirting With Suicide (5:04)
  9. Children Of The Earth (5:43)

Credits

  • Praying Mantis - primary artist
  • Freddy Silva - artwork [insert]
  • Chris Troy - bass guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Dave Potts - drums, percussion [all], written-by
  • Steve Carroll - guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Tino Troy - guitar, vocals, written-by
  • Ray Davies - written-by
  • Sandra Vermeulen - written-by

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