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.
The Alarm
Raw
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AllMusic Review by William Ruhlmann
Track Listing
| Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | 3:46 | Spotify | ||||
| 2 | 4:42 | Spotify | ||||
| 3 | 4:28 | Spotify | ||||
| 4 | 4:31 | Spotify | ||||
| 5 | 4:50 | Spotify | ||||
| 6 | 4:10 | Spotify | ||||
| 7 | 5:43 | Spotify | ||||
| 8 | 4:29 | Spotify | ||||
| 9 | 4:34 | Spotify | ||||
| 10 | 3:48 | Spotify | ||||
| 11 | 5:01 | Spotify | ||||
| 12 | 4:38 | Spotify | ||||
| 13 | 2:57 | Spotify | ||||
| 14 | 3:44 | |||||
| 15 | 4:10 | Spotify |
