Stryper-Murder By Pride-(Advance)-2009-RVP

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| Artist : Stryper |

| Album : Murder By Pride |

| Bitrate : VBR kbps |

| Label : BIG3 Records |

| Year : 2009 |

| Genre : Hard Rock |

| Rip date : Jul-07-2009 |

| Store date : Jul-21-2009 |

| Size : 73,7 MB |

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|Track Listing: |

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| 01 - Eclipse Of The Son 04:04 |

| 02 - 4 Leaf Clover 03:42 |

| 03 - Peace Of Mind feat. Tom Scholz 03:59 |

| 04 - Alive 03:36 |

| 05 - The Plan 03:10 |

| 06 - Murder By Pride 03:18 |

| 07 - I Believe 03:43 |

| 08 - Run In You 04:15 |

| 09 - Love Is Why 04:07 |

| 10 - Mercy Over Blame 04:08 |

| 11 - Everything 04:26 |

| 12 - My Love (I'll Always Show) 03:16 |

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| 45:44 min |

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| Heavy metal has been associated with ol' Beelzebub ever since its |

| inception, but there have been a few acts who took the opposite route |

| and put their Christian beliefs in hard rocking songs, such as Stryper. |

| Formed in Orange County CA in 1983, the group was originally known as |

| Roxx Regime, and consisted of singer/guitarist/main songwriter Michael |

| Sweet, drummer Robert Sweet, lead guitarist Oz Fox, and bassist Timothy |

| Gaines. It wasn't until the group changed their name to Stryper (which |

| stood for "Salvation Through Redemption Yielding Peace Encouragement and |

| Righteousness") that things really began taking off for the quartet. |

| Specializing in the melodic Van Halen/Def Leppard style (with heart- |

| wrenching power ballads tossed in), dressed in all black-and-yellow |

| outfits, and spreading their religious message even further by tossing |

| bibles out into the crowd at their shows, Stryper was signed by the |

| Enigma label in 1984. The same year, the group's debut recording, a |

| six-track mini album titled The Yellow & Black Attack, was issued. The |

| album created a buzz for the group among metalheads, which was only |

| heightened with the release of their first full-length album, 1985's |

| Soldiers Under Command. The first Stryper release to crack the Billboard |

| charts, its success resulted in the re-release of The Yellow & Black |

| Attack (which included an extra two tracks and new artwork) in 1986. |

| Later the same year, Stryper issued their sophomore full-length, To Hell |

| with the Devil, which many consider to be the group's finest hour. |

| Turning out to be the highest-charting album of their career (barely |

| missing the Top 30), the platinum-certified album benefited by MTVs |

| repeated airings of the videos for "Calling on You" and the syrupy |

| ballad "Honestly" (the latter of which peaked at number 23 on the U.S. |

| singles charts). Despite possessing a different message than their |

| peers, Stryper's music by this point fit in perfectly with the other |

| popular pop/hair metal bands of the day (Bon Jovi, White Lion, Dokken, |

| etc.).Yet just as it appeared that Stryper could possibly break through |

| on a massive scale, such new metal styles as thrash (Metallica) and more |

| stripped-down rock (Guns N' Roses) began to usurp Stryper's pop-metal |

| audience. As a result, Stryper's next release, 1988's In God We Trust, |

| failed to expand their following, nor did it live up to promise of its |

| predecessor (although it did manage to earn gold certification). Sensing |

| this, the group adopted a harder-edged sound and look for 1990's Against |

| the Law, and even covered the Earth, Wind & Fire funk classic, "Shining |

| Star." Neither managed to cross over to the top of the charts.A |

| greatest-hits set, Can't Stop the Rock, followed in 1991, but with |

| Nirvana just about to ring the death knell for pop-metal bands, Michael |

| Sweet decided to leave the group for a solo career. Surprisingly, the |

| remaining members of Stryper opted to carry on as a three-piece (with |

| Fox handling lead vocal duties), and continued to tour for a spell. The |

| Michael Sweet-less version didn't last long however, as Stryper |

| officially called it quits in 1992. In the wake of their split, its |

| members remained busy. Michael Sweet's solo career never scaled the same |

| heights as Stryper's, although solo releases have appeared on a somewhat |

| regular basis, with 1994's Michael Sweet, 1995's Real, and 2001's Truth. |

| Robert Sweet issued a solo recording, Love Trash, in addition to studio |

| work, while Fox and Gaines formed a new group, Sin Dizzy, who issued a |

| rock opera (concerning the crucifixion of Jesus Christ), titled He's Not |

| Dead. During the intervening years, a large core of devoted fans |

| remained intact, resulting in all of Stryper's albums being reissued by |

| Hollywood Records. In 1999, Sin Dizzy played a show with Michael Sweet, |

| which ended in an off-the-cuff jam session of old Stryper tunes ù |

| resulting in reunion rumors. And with a heightened nostalgic interest |

| regarding '80s era metal bands come the early 21st century, Stryper |

| agreed to sporadically reunite for a "Stryper Expo," which has since |

| turned into an annual event. Stryper's second greatest-hits' collection, |

| 7: The Best of Stryper, followed in 2003, and included a pair of new |

| tunes recorded especially for the collection, "Something" and "For You." |

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