1. Track listing
    Remastered release track listing 

2. Credits
    Band members  Additional musician  Production 

3. Alt-Strength
    Track listing  Disc 1  Disc 2 

4. References

Strength is the second studio album by The Alarm, released in 1985 on IRS Records. The single "Strength" was released before the album, reaching #40 on the UK singles chart.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} This was followed after the album release by "Spirit of '76", which reached #22 and saw the band on Top of the Pops and in various other TV appearances.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}} "Knife Edge" was the final single from the album to be released, just failing to reach the top 40.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

The album was initially released on vinyl LP, vinyl picture disc and cassette. As technology improved, a CD version was released.

An extended remastered version was released in 2000, with a revised track listing, B-sides and previously unreleased recordings, plus new and original artwork, photos, lyrics, sleeve notes by Mike Peters and interactive programming information to play the album in its original form.

Alt-Strength is a full set of demos that was released as a double-CD set on 12 November 2001.

Track listing

All songs written by Eddie Macdonald and Mike Peters, except "Strength", which was written by The Alarm.

1. "Knife-Edge" - 5:06
2. "Strength" - 5:34
3. "Dawn Chorus" - 5:24
4. "Spirit of '76" - 7:05
5. "Deeside" - 3:08
6. "Father to Son" - 4:04
7. "Only the Thunder" - 4:06
8. "The Day the Ravens Left the Tower" - 4:45
9. "Absolute Reality" - 3:24
10. "Walk Forever by My Side" - 3:32

Remastered release track listing

1. "Strength" - 5:34
2. "Knife Edge" - 5:09
3. "Spirit of '76" - 7:04
4. "Walk Forever by My Side" - 3:34
5. "Father to Son" - 4:05
6. "Deeside" - 3:10
7. "Majority" - 3:22
8. "One Step Closer to Home" (Electric Version) - 4:28
9. "Caroline Isenberg" - 2:41
10. "Dawn Chorus" - 5:25
11. "Only the Thunder" - 4:42
12. "The Day the Ravens Left the Tower" - 4:46
13. "Absolute Reality" - 3:31
14. "Where Were You When the Storm Broke?" (Live) - 3:30
15. "Deeside" (Live) - 3:11
16. "Sixty Eight Guns" (Live) - 6:59
17. "Knocking on Heaven's Door" (Live) - 4:26

Credits

Recorded at Marcus Studios, London, June–July 1985.

Band members

• Mike Peters - vocals
• David Sharp - guitars
• Eddie MacDonald - bass
• Nigel Twist - drums

Additional musician

• Rupert Black - keyboards

Production

• Mike Howlett - producer, mixing
• Nigel Luby - engineer, mixing

Alt-Strength

Alt-Strength is a double CD that includes demos and warm-up covers from the Strength recording sessions.

Track listing

Disc 1

1. "Knife Edge"
2. "Absolute Reality"
3. "Sons of Divorce"
4. "One Step Closer to Home"
5. "Rose Beyond the Wall"
6. "Steeltown (Deeside)"
7. "We Are Majority"
8. "Black Side of Fortune"
9. "The Day the Ravens Left the Tower"

1. "Get It On" (T. Rex cover)
2. "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran cover)
3. "Gimme All Your Lovin'" (ZZ Top cover)
4. "Alarm Alarm" (Toilets/17 cover)
5. "Radar Love" (Golden Earring cover)
6. "Burn" (Deep Purple cover)
7. "Black Night" (Deep Purple cover)
8. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Rolling Stones cover)
9. "Walk on the Wild Side" (Lou Reed cover)
10. "Vicious" (Lou Reed cover)
11. "All Right Now" (Free cover)
12. "Communication Breakdown" (Led Zeppelin cover)
13. "It's in the Charts"
14. "Maggie May/Maggie's Farm/Stand Down Margaret" (Rod Stewart/Bob Dylan/The Beat cover)

1. "Dawn Chorus"
2. "Knife Edge"

Disc 2

1. "Give Me Love (Strength)"

1. "In the Cold Light of Day"

1. "River Still to Cross"

1. "Strength"
2. "Spirit of '76"
3. "Deeside"
4. "For Tomorrow (Father to Son)"
5. "Majority"
6. "Absolute Reality"
7. "One Step Closer to Home"
8. "Only the Thunder"
9. "Day the Ravens Left the Tower"
10. "Walk Forever by My Side"

1. "Strength"
2. "Spirit of '76"

References

• Bent Petersen
• Bent Pin Analysis
• Bentra G.C
• Bent Retvig
• Ben Tristem
• Bent Road
• Bentrovata
• Bents Basin State Recreation Area
• Bentsen, William
• Bents Garden Centre
• Bent, Silas
• Bent's New Fort
• Bentson
• Bent spike-rush
• Bent spikerush
• Bent spine syndrome
• Bent, Stephen
• Bent, Steve
• Bent, St. Vrain & Company
• Bent & St. Vrain Company
• Bent, St. Vrain Company
• Bent, Thomas
• Bentt, Michael
• Bent-toed gecko
• Bent Tree Elementary School