It's hard to avoid the conclusion that The Alarm's fifth new studio album, Raw, released six months after the career-summarizing hits collection Standards, was a contractual obligation record. Lacking promotion, it crept into the pop chart for a single week at number 161, while the title track earned some AOR and college radio play. Despite that title, this was another competent mainstream rock collection, its unnecessary highlight a cover of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World." "Moments in Time" presented a ballad-tempo history of the band, always a sure sign of an impending breakup ("Creeque Alley," "The Ballad of Mott," etc.): "Somewhere we got lost along the way," sings Mike Peters. Sad, but true.
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Raw Review
by William Ruhlmann
Track Listing
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Alarm | 03:46 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 2 | The Alarm | 04:42 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 3 | The Alarm | 04:28 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 4 | The Alarm | 04:31 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 5 | The Alarm | 04:50 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 6 | The Alarm | 04:10 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 7 | The Alarm | 05:43 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 8 | The Alarm | 04:29 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 9 | The Alarm | 04:34 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 10 | The Alarm | 03:48 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 11 | The Alarm | 05:01 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 12 | The Alarm | 04:38 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 13 | The Alarm | 02:57 | SpotifyAmazon | ||||
| 14 | The Alarm | 03:44 | |||||
| 15 | The Alarm | 04:10 | SpotifyAmazon |
