New Model Army - Vengeance (1984) (Full Album)

lovingly created from my cherished vinyl
00:00 1. Christian Militia
03:22 2. Notice Me
05:57 3. Smalltown England
09:13 4. A Liberal Education
14:37 5. Vengeance
18:44 6. Sex (The Black Angel)
22:05 7. Running
25:50 8. Spirit of the Falklands

[@jessicaberrhill5362]

This bass on this album is unmatched!! Love it. The energy. The passion is very moving! Live these guys!! 😄💚

[@littleyebrows]

Please do check out Morgan Nicholls, as I vividly remember being stood with NMAs manager at a festival, and him being so blown away that he was way better than Morrow. x

[@baraksteady1341]

Seriously. Learning other people's basslines has its challenges. Some of these songs I wouldn't even try.

[@andyfullwood1530]

Agree its great, but unmatched??? Not sure.

[@mariatoledo4762]

Love the bass!

[@oldmanwinter63]

I was first introduced to NMA the same year I started playing bass- so yeah, Stuart Mortow is definitely an idol of mine!!

[@juanpablonunez2310]

All of us here I think.

[@carlamcknight3148]

I was fourteen when I watched one of my Dad's mate's videos taped off tv music shows. He wrote the names of the songs and artists and timings as well. Except for a question mark in the middle. I had to know what it was so i fast-forwarded to it out of curiosity and New Model Army played a 3 song set of Christian Militia, Smalltown England and one other song. I was hooked from that day and bought Vengeance immediately and No Rest For The Wicked soon after. They changed my life.

[@stefanvollmer3973]

Masterpiece!!! The bass is amazing!!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@robertcorden1620]

This album blew me away when i first heard it . still sounds fresh today

[@Rudimcd63]

Stuart Morrow you're a legend in my eyes

[@zombiella25]

The lyrics are still so relevant.We need bands like this again.with a message rather than just a ton of autotune

[@salasportela7840]

+zombiella25 try guerra de cerdos

[@HobosCrafting]

If you haven't already, check out Killing Joke. Stylistically similar and with a similarly honest perspective on the world

[@georghieronymus9935]

The entire underground punk/post-punk/deathrock movement is blooming with material like this.

[@flotteluft]

@@HobosCrafting Killing Joke stylistically similar? I don't think so. If somebody wants to listen to similar NMA music they should look for Midnight Oil. And maybe U2, but only the years 1980 - 1987. Because Killing Joke never made long, narrative lyrics and their music sounded rather dark/goth. The songs of Midnight Oil and New Model Army can be played in everyday radio programme, Killing Joke songs not. [By the way, if you've never heard them and click trough their music on youtube: Midnight Oil changed their style very often: from 1978 - 1981 it was punk-rock (Album Head injuries, Midnight Oil, Place without a postcard), from 1982 - 1984 it was pop-rock with 80ies synthsounds (albums 10,9,8 and Red sails in the sunset), from 1987 - 1996 it was clean pop-rock without synthsounds (Diesel & Dust, Blue Sky Mining, Breathe, Earth& Sun), in 1998 with typical 90ies synthsounds (Redneck Wonderland) and in 2002 back to typical Midnight Oil tunes with Capricornia ]

[@krytenfivetwothreep2485]

@@flotteluft There are KJ songs that are radio friendly, Love Like Blood for example, though that is the only one you're likely to hear, unless you listen to BBC Radio 6 Music, which is actually the only place I've heard NMA on the radio, whereas I've heard KJ on a coupla different stations. And KJ is another band that changed their sound down the years, compare Brighter Than a Thousand Suns to Extremities, Dirt and Various Repressed Emotions(they like long album names btw), they barely sound like the same band. I do agree with you though that they're not really that similar, except the somewhat cynical lyrics.

[@thebass1972]

was 12 when this Album came out but vividly remember my older sisters playing it.. loved it then and still love it now.. And being a Bass Player appreciate it more, driving Bass thrashing and nice acoustic breaks too plus fabulous lyrics that are still as relative today.. NMA rock! enjoy it as often as possible..

[@Jason_Quinn]

This is my era--how did I miss this? How is it that I'm only hearing it now, almost thirty years later? Amazing album.

[@phuketbungalowinfo2757]

may be you havent, may be you was just to stoned to remember it...like most of us in the gooood old times 😎🤣🤣

[@baraksteady1341]

Ha ha. I don't think i was drawn to the name. What a dope. First album I've heard in a long time that had me glued to every note.

[@paulboughey4464]

I had so many good times at their gigs went everywhere on my own and never failed to find a safe place to stay that's what fam's all about, still got my cloggs too

[@punkdub737]

Thank you sepultura for making track this down in 93 when you covered"the hunt" on your chaos a.d. album. I had no idea they existed and you opened up a ton of metal heads to a great fuckin band ✌️

[@paolocito]

Your comment reminded me that my introduction to NMA was also through Sepultura. In 1992 MTV Brasil had a program where artists would choose and show their favorite videos, and one of videos Max and Igor chose was 51st State of America.

[@DuncYo]

What an atmosphere of an album! Then each album has it's own time/memories!

[@hoppinonabronzeleg]

I used to listen to this all the time in 1984. Sound so good!!! - Saw them perform in the anti poll tax protest in Leeds 1986? when there was a riot they didn't play the track Vengeance again til 1989. Great band!!

[@andrewpr1965]

cool dude, i was there in leeds that day, loved this album since 84. seen them a few times since, king georges hall, Blackburn, there from Bradford anyway

[@seabasssimpson4547]

Thanks for uploading....still sounds brilliant in this day and age.

[@MsJp467]

notice me

[@andythomas4398]

Brought this when it was first released and its still one of my all time favourite. Fucking awesome Justin is a lyricist genius.

[@0hFFSmyeyes]

What's called a true hidden gem. It crackled and popped back in the day and still does now. Still depressingly on point lyrically.

[@RebeccaJones-eu9sb]

It is and that's so sad

[@juveale29]

NMA at their best. A true classic. Their best songs and the bass lines are incredible

[@AdrianAshurst]

on Running its amazing well this entire album in effect

[@JohnSmith-tj5po]

Thanks for putting this up. I have the vinyl still, but too precious to play. Nice to spend half an hour going back 30ish years to my teens and those great nights. Amazing how a series of lyrics that were just rebellious back then are so relevant to where the world is today.

[@MrShepperson]

I think this was permanently in my walkman in the late 80's...

[@hufclufc]

Ditto!

[@mlester72]

Thank you so mich for posting this. My cousin Jon who turned me on to this album just passed away. I play this in his memory. RIP

[@mattthetoadlicker]

Smalltown England is one of the greatest songs ever written and Justin Sullivan is a GENIUS

[@daz.6112]

He is a genius.

[@begonaalbaladejosaez4563]

Are they English?

[@the318pop]

@@begonaalbaladejosaez4563 yes

[@TheMercury-13]

@@begonaalbaladejosaez4563 Very

[@abdallateefschannel6206]

His dad was from canada. And sullivan/soulihan is irish

[@23dark]

This album is defo my favourite running in the rain what a track miss old days good times oh well that's life.

[@nicolasmallo4130]

so fucking relevant it's ridiculous

[@catchi515]

Always

[@clivesnell]

Still is Nov 2020...

[@MsJp467]

2021@@clivesnell

[@pokemontradingcardgamecoll5934]

@@michaelbarrett3416 Quality people and diversity in culture is devolving and unraveling at too fast of a pace.

[@gabbyghoulish3574]

still is :(

[@DJSolonMag]

masterpiece

[@aveeva79]

I got to discover these guys in the early 90s because in my country the punk scene was dire but it was still a thrilling time to get into them. Lots to think about when listening to the lyrics. Great memories!

[@zxyzxyzxym]

This is the best punk album I've ever heard -- dark, fervent, sharp & rhythmic

[@TheArrow1987]

not punk, post-punk. I love that often in post-punk the bass guitar plays almost the most important role.

[@patkelly3966]

@@TheArrow1987 Oh so only 'half' punk then? Man, the media make the labels not the bands or the following. I'm not having a go I promise, and yes of course NMA came after the initial punk thing had moved on but really its all one and the same thing. Just different angles.

[@ggelumons6860]

Great english band this bunch, had the real pleasure of being amongst a van full of small town punks that made it to one of the venues nr Croydonish I think. Top, top night!!! Funny when yr sitting on Court benches, Sweat boxes & Bunks how: " What Gigs you been to?" comes around real quick.

[@The1stMrJohn]

saw them in early 80s in London, on the same night as the Comsat Angels. They were very tight, I was impressed. Hi to the guy with impressive tattoos

[@captainfutility1]

grr :) indeed an impressive lineup!

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

God bless you for posting this masterpiece 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@user-pk1ju8lb5b]

I’ve just rediscovered this album..the crackle n hiss on the vinyl just before Vengeance brings back so many memories …thank you 😉😉😉

[@keithfrance6191]

Christian Militia, Vengeance & Smalltown England are the outstanding tracks on the album. The first Indie band I saw in 1985 at Coventry Poly...a great experience! 👍🏽

[@littleyebrows]

Wish I'd kept at least one pair of Hebden's...beautiful things, total craftmanship.. and my Grannie used to wear 'em too x

[@roblovicz1257]

Probably one of my favourite albums ever.

[@JohnReece1953]

A beautiful share thank you.

[@mishimoosh942]

That bass is amazing!

[@davidscargil9145]

It reminds me of Bruce Foxton from The Jam. The Guitar is quite sparse. One of the most Bass Driven Albums i`ve heard. Top 20,maybe. Ha ha. I have got about 100 Albums that i would love to squeeze in to that group. Saw them at Glastonbury when this was Their only Album,so They played it all. Fucking Amazing

[@mlester72]

That bass tone was my bass player's for a few years when we were in our first couple bands. Fucking awesome.

[@xSxEHCx]

This band is perfect.

[@tonycollins6271]

great band... great times.....

[@geofffrost6053]

Good stuff! Loads of Happy memories! Took a "big fat "Energy pill' and saw them live in London! Me melted!! They played for a good 2 hours!!,Brilliant!!

[@mandythewhovian6990]

Love this album

[@Racheltd67]

Whooooosh! Right back to the best time of my life.

[@DEMEDICISlegroupe]

A l'époque en concert ce groupe étaient incroyable.....Jamais vu un truc pareil !!!

[@sdames4680]

si killing joke

[@clockworkarmy]

BRAVO my good man,an album full of ANTHEMS

[@reginaayat5390]

Even though I was already a fan seeing them live blew me away even though it was later in their career..prbly will remain one of the top 10 live bands I'll see in my lifetime. I don't use that statement lightly either. After seeing literally thousands of bands in the past 30 odd yrs..

[@baraksteady1341]

I can't believe In all my years of loving slightly gothy post-punk, i slept on these guys. Consollation prize; this album is brand new to me.

[@danieljordan2835]

Still the first and best for me , these guys were the best and are the fire in me keening the sadness and strength ever felt

[@SinisterTears]

this is such a goodie!! i remember listening to this album every morning a few summers ago

[@baraksteady1341]

It's been 7 years. Since that summer time at least. People from the future are here to suggest adding it to your summer playlist again

[@andrewgilbert4155]

great album. had all originals wife sold them for 50p at a car boot. surprised i'm still with her. lol

[@paddycampbell576]

Thanks for sharing. Great band, great album! Irony is that I live in Drogheda and we were visited by the original New Model Army, with disastrous results! LOL

[@waywardanarchist]

Paddy Campbell do tell mate..id love to hear the tale!!

[@paddycampbell576]

In 1649 Oliver Cromwell came to Ireland with his New Model Army to hunt down Royalist sympathisers and, infamously, massacred many in my hometown of Drogheda and elsewhere.

[@waywardanarchist]

...ahh i remember tat mate..first thing the radio interviewer shoved in justins face!!..lol

[@paddycampbell576]

LOL!

[@mixedonions]

Still a relevant and banging album👍

[@conclaveofthelost513]

I hated this band when they came out! So glad my taste has changed, they have some brilliant tracks. Time for me to explore further. Thanx for posting this.

[@RamshackleSerenade]

Very, very important.

[@downallyourstreets]

This band was all over college radio in the 80’s

[@alanduncan1980]

Great bass line on the title track.

[@kaustik185]

* on every track

[@Jabberwoc]

*Now part of my D.N.A.*

[@jbattles354]

I picked up a Test Pressing of this album (for $1) at Mill City Sound in Hopkins, MN this past weekend. It only said "Test Pressing" on both sides of the album. The album cover was all white, and there was a blue Post-It note that simply said New Model Army on it. Had to try it out, of course, and loved what I heard!!

[@patkelly3966]

J Battles that may well be worth something you know.

[@clivesnell]

Who’s listening Nov 14 2020?

[@MsJp467]

2021

[@Mrsadjoy]

Thanks a lot🙏👍

[@nickjervis9564]

Never trouble before! small town world little England x

[@danielmcbride2375]

The riot season is here again. June 2nd 2020

[@keanghiero]

Thanks. I had this great album. All the best Kean

[@TheGintyboy]

I was blown away when I heard Stuart Morrows bass playing on this album,its just my opinion but I never thought they were the same after he was binned and I kinda lost interest after that.Maybe im shallow,i frankly don't give a fk,I just know I love this album and thanks for posting and reminding me of a good time in my life..cheers !

[@christiangunther6984]

Totally agree. Fantastic, unique playing.

[@mattthetoadlicker]

Stu was great, but I watched Nelson many times and he was the better player. He had a better rapport with Rob aswell

[@giorgosgeorgiadis1209]

Saw last week at Thessaloniki DOC Festival the documantary about NMA...Brouth up a lot of memories

[@staceytomlinson1257]

I Saw new model army live on the thunder and consolation tour rock city nottingham - epic tangles with the sons and daughters

[@pauljackson8540]

Bradfords finest 👏👏

[@ThedarkBasshide]

great album! 😎

[@andythomas4398]

what a classic,been a while.thanks.

[@william1690]

A friend played this nma and just played it to kids 30 yrs later. It's well liked today.

[@allancunhas.1523]

Masterpiece ! N.M.A. S2 Forever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rhoddryice5412]

There’s an army coming....

[@rhoddryice5412]

This is the best. Sorry Justin, you never topped this.

[@baraksteady1341]

No shame in that.

[@dboucher5766]

Lucky to see them many years ago at The Roxy in L.A. and at The Coach House here in S. California more recently. I lugged all my 80's vinyl with me to the last show for signing. I really love it if they played here again! Hint, hint, hint NMA.

[@dboucher5766]

D Boucher I would love it, that is.

[@neilphillips162]

Is it a crime to won't something else, is it a crime to believe in something different ? ? ? ? Punk rock rules

[@fireintheheadstudio]

neil phillips And there ye are.. 😉 Still listen to this often, and you're right there too in my 80s brain Mr P. No Rest for the Wicked too..Kicked arse live this lot. ❤

[@PedroGonzalez-ij4ph]

Soy de Chile, los escuché por primera vez en 1991 en un programa radial que se llamaba "Música Marginal", siento no haberlos valorado y disfrutado más en esr momento, absorto en mis bandas favoritas Joy Division, Siouxsie, Etc.

[@joannetelling]

Made the mistake of standing at the front with a full pint just before the band came on at Leeds university in 1984. They started off with Vengeance and my pint was soon all over me. I quickly took refuge on the PA stack. Still I got another few in....

[@edgargaray1569]

El bajo es increíble, agudo como el odio, punzante como el dolor!

[@2011catalan1]

Saw them at Reading Festival in the 80s great band and great fans

[@MegaPixieStix]

LOVE THEM!

[@leonardocristiniano4441]

Great álbum. !!!!

[@martinfitzgerald1605]

Well done that man or woman, excellent Captain Futility👍

[@paddycampbell576]

Title track always raised hairs on my neck and always will!!!

[@Kelly14UK]

Saw them at Finsbury Park Sunday 27th July '86. Impressed.

[@ukvespa]

Loved this album when it came out. Have all their early stuff [80s] on vinyl. Do the fans still wear clogs as I still have my pair of Walkley hand carved originals. Bradford born n bred :)

[@patkelly3966]

I think the clog thing has faded into memory now. Except for the die-hards of a certain age perhaps.

[@albertorkenbjorken]

There’s an army coming..

[@jinxjones5497]

loving the crackling from vinyl, ah when i were a lad....

[@roblovicz1257]

This is NMA best album

[@Josh-tz8kb]

Bought this when new. Saw them live twice in 1984. One of my fav 80's bands

[@patkelly3966]

Still going strong

[@CharackBane]

Still a great band!

[@youandwhosearmy6339]

I'm told the bassist pretty much bowed out of the music scene soon after all this stuff was recorded. What a bastard shame, because he was phenomenal.

[@baraksteady1341]

Probably exhausted from playing so fast

[@williejones1000]

An inspiration from 20 years ago... still hot 2day boys :)

[@metalhead7004]

BLAST FROM THE PAST!!!!!!

[@user-em4zt3gq4x]

Stuart morrow what a legend on bass

[@fionavarley5565]

Seen them the night they were on top of the pops they filmed in the afternoon and come streight to Huddersfield they still had tape on their t-shirts as auntie beeb made them cover swear words

[@micheldrop]

Obrigado!! NMA is Great !!

[@688markymark]

the last band i saw in the uk loved them

[@xaviervauchel8562]

Listen that!! Grant...........

[@Thirdfish]

RIP Michelle Pittaway (Mathers) I'll never forget you.

[@ryansmith4748]

I bet Les Claypool is a big fan of this album. The bass is absolute perfection!

[@Stewart-vamp131]

now thats music

[@bikerscout2012]

I don't understand the troll replies to my earlier comment. I'm 40 years old and YES I used to have this on CD "back in the day"! It was 1994 or 95 while I attended R.I.T. in Rochester, NY. I don't know why that's such a controversy. I love NMA and have been a fan since a girl at college introduced me to them.

[@999pil]

1994/95 is a good ten/eleven years after the album's original release (on vinyl and cassette, would be some years later before it appeared on CD). Might have been back in your day but your day wasn't back in Venvence's day, a time when it wasn't on CD. Pedantic perhaps.

[@wurstraute]

+999pil Who cares. As long as bikerscout2012 had a genuine connection with the piece, that's all any musician/singer/songwriter/artist can ask for.

[@colinwright4139]

How dare such a whippersnapper like our stuff? ;)

[@baraksteady1341]

​​​@@colinwright4139 someone should be carding these kids at the record stores and making this youtube page 46 and older^)

[@colinwright4139]

People get precious over "their" bands.

[@MusicNewsWeb]

I'm in Heaven!