A Cry For The New World was released 1993
(46 votes, average: 9.30 out of 10)
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| Catalogue | |||
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| Type | Cat No. | Label | Country |
| CD | PCCY-00422 | Pony Canyon | Japan |
| CD | PCCY-01291 | Pony Canyon | Japan |
| CD | CDFLAG 80 | Under One Flag | UK |
| HQCD | PCCY-50025 | Pony Canyon | Japan |
| Track List | ||
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| Title | Writers | Length |
| 01. Rise Up Again | Jackson/Dangschat/Praying Mantis | 4′ 10″ |
| 02. A Cry For The New World | Praying Mantis | 5′ 28″ |
| 03. A Moment In Life | Troy/Troy/Peel | 6′ 00″ |
| 04. Letting Go | Troy/Troy | 7′ 32″ |
| 05. One Chance | Troy/Troy/Bisland | 5′ 30″ |
| 06. Dangerous | Praying Mantis | 5′ 28″ |
| 07. Fight To Be Free | Troy/Troy | 7′ 08″ |
| 08. Open Your Heart | Praying Mantis | 5′ 23″ |
| 09. Dream On | Jackson/Dangschat/Praying Mantis | 5′ 34″ |
| 10. Journeyman | Troy/Troy/Peel | 6′ 59″ |
| 11. The Final Eclipse | Troy/Fflounders | 2′ 27″ |
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| Additional Information | |
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| Studios | Engineering |
| •Boundary Row Studios, London and Highlander Productions, Braunsweig, Germany | •Tino Troy And Gary Flounders |
| Mixer/Producer | Artwork |
| •Kalle Trapp | •Andie Airfix |
| General Notes | |
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The picture on the front cover is Dennis’s Daughters Eye
The 93 band |
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I have been a Praying Mantis fan since I first heard "Captured City" on Metal for Muthas. Time Tells No Lies has always been on of my favourite albums and I was overjoyed when I first discovered it was out on CD. I didn't know what had happened after the first album until in about 1994 I discovered "A Cry For The New World". I was worried about getting it as I thought it had to be a disappointment but I was wrong. I loved it and have followed the band and maintained this website ever since.
Here’s a review from The Heart Of The Rock Page
PRAYING MANTIS – A CRY FOR THE NEW WORLD (1993, UNDER ONE FLAG/MFN)
Colin Peel – vocals; Dennis Stratton -guitars; Tino Troy – guitars; Chris Troy – bass; Bruce Bisland – drums
Praying Mantis at this stage of their career had caught a second wind, and were riding on the huge wave of popularity coming out of Japan. Still with the basis of the band intact, apart from new singer Colin Peel, who when added to the mix, really does have a great voice suited to Mantis’ style of melodic rock. The twin guitar work of Messrs Stratton and Troy are a force to be reckoned with in the rock scene, and on this opus ‘A Cry For The New World’ we are not exactly breaking new ground, but the commitment and class carries it off. Punctuated by subtle keyboard pieces in the background, the predominant guitar attack never lets up.
The calibre of songs are lifted a notch too, with the title track ‘A Cry For The New World’, the rampant ‘Letting Go’, the grinding guitar of ‘One Chance’ and ‘Fight To Be Free’ all competing with each other for attention. Keyboard parps and guitar interplay comes to the fore on ‘Rise Up Again’, an anthemic slice of rock if ever there was one. ‘Open Your Heart’ is not too far behind on the keyboard front, though the track is less dynamic. ‘Dream On’ is a slower piece, with orchestral leanings and super melodic choruses. ‘Journeyman’ is a longer workout and gradually builds to a climax towards the albums final track ‘The Final Eclipse’, a dreamy atmospheric close out.
There are not too many people without a Praying Mantis album somewhere in their collection. You are guaranteed to get value for money, and if the Japanese music buying public are anything to go by, then we in the West are way behind the eight-ball. Start searching out some of their albums now!!
Review By: George Thatcher
a cry for the new world is a strange record for mantis. is not a bad one, just a bit strange. it was the first without a mantis in the cover. 🙂
anyway it has its shining moments: letting go, a cry for the new world and journeyman rank amongst the best songs composed by the band, mainly by the troy brothers.
i like tino’s and chris’ voices, and loving tony’s then i find colin’s a bit strange. don’t misunderstand me, it is not a bad voice, but at least a bit curious
mantis seem to have a compromise with earth, so songs flow in this way. you may not find many love songs in mantis ‘repertoir’ but, as i said once, as long as the songs are good, that’s enough
it was voted in japan as 4th metal record of the year.
8/10 nice to have