The Saints - Imperious Delirium (2006)

The Saints are a long standing Australian punk rock band formed in 1974. After the departure of the bands key guitarist Ed Kuepper the bands music mellowed out into a soft rock until their hiatus wich lasted until 1997. Chris Bailey has since been trying to reestablish The Saints repuation as a punk rock band. After Marty Willson-Piper of The Church played with them for a short period of time the band was for the first time reduced to a three piece with Chris Bailey playing all the guitars on their new project, Imperious Delirium. The album starts with the song "Drunk In Babylon" which immediately sets the mood with a "dirty" rock sound to the guitars. Some of the great moments in the album have to be Baileys well constructed lyrics in "Je Fuckin' T'Aime" which gives it an added element as a love song. They still have some softer slow songs within the album, for example "Other Side Of The World" but even this still contains the punk rock sound they are trying to maintain. Chris Bailey has achieved exactly what he has set out to do with Imperious Delirium and The Saints remain one of the top rock bands of Australia.

Rating: ****

1. Drunk In Babylon - 3:43
2. Declare War - 3:59
3. Trocadero - 3:29
4. Je Fuckin' T'Aime - 3:08
5. Other Side Of The World - 4:06
6. So Close - 3:17
7. Getting Away With Murder - 3:23
8. Drowning - 3:36
9. Enough Is Never Enough - 2:53
10. Learning To Crawl - 3:27
11. War Of Independence - 4:58

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