This 25 years edition means that every song is recorded all over again with the technology of today’s recording studios. A wise decision if you’d ask me, since all the recording techniques have well improved since then. Luckily enough they didn’t change their sound a bit. It all sounds a bit more open. On the other hand, if they did change a lot, a lot of fans would probably be very thrilled about it because Songs Of Praise is a punk classic that shouldn’t be absent in you collection.

 

When listening to this album I realised that although the songs were written 25 to 30 years ago, they still sound great. Of course the heaviness is not an issue anymore and The Addicts are probably copied a thousand times by now, but the songs and especially some lyrics are still an issue today.

 

All the punk fans across the globe should thank these guys on their bare knees for this effort of The Addicts. I just hope they’ll come to Europe so we can see the action of the Godfathers of Clockwork Punk ourselves. So no score just because it's a re-recording of an old album, but this sure is an album that every punk fan should own.