Shades of God

Shades of God is the third album by British metal band Paradise Lost, released in 1992. It features the use of growled vocals noticeable in the band's previous efforts, although shows the beginning of the transition to more 'clean' vocals seen on the follow-up album Icon.

Shades of God
Studio album by
Paradise Lost
Released14 July 1992
RecordedMarch–April 1992
StudioLonghome Studios, Northamptonshire, England
Genre
Length52:56
LabelMusic for Nations
ProducerSimon Efemey
Paradise Lost chronology
Gothic
(1991)		 Shades of God
(1992)		 Icon
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Nick Holmes and Greg Mackintosh.

No.TitleLength
1."Mortals Watch the Day"5:12
2."Crying for Eternity"7:05
3."Embraced"4:29
4."Daylight Torn"7:53
5."Pity the Sadness"5:05
6."No Forgiveness"7:37
7."Your Hand in Mine"7:08
8."The Word Made Flesh"4:41
9."As I Die" (missing in vinyl edition)3:46
10."Rape of Virtue" (Japanese edition bonus track)4:48
11."Death Walks Behind You" (Atomic Rooster cover, Japanese edition bonus track)6:30
12."Eternal" (live, Japanese edition bonus track)4:29
Total length:68:43

Personnel
  • Nick Holmes – vocals
  • Matthew Archer – drums
  • Stephen Edmondson – bass
  • Aaron Aedy – guitars
  • Gregor Mackintosh – guitars

Guest musicians
  • Sarah Marrion – vocals
  • Robert John Godfrey – keyboards

Production
  • George Chin – photography
  • Dave McKean – cover art, design, illustrations
  • Simon Efemey – engineering, producer, mixing

Charts
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[2] 79

References
  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Shades of God review allmusic.com.
  2. "Dutchcharts.nl – Paradise Lost – Shades of God" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
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