Music to Raise the Dead 1972–1998

Music to Raise the Dead 1972–1998 is the 19th release from American Christian rock band Resurrection Band, released in July 2008 through Grrr Records. The box-set includes three CDs with 52 digitally re-mastered songs, an 80-page full-color booklet detailing the history of Rez Band with scores of photos, and one DVD with over an hour of previously unreleased live concert video footage and special features.

Music to Raise the Dead 1972-1998
Compilation album by Resurrection Band
Released	July 2008
Genre	Christian rock
Label	Grrr
Resurrection Band chronology
Ampendectomy (1997) Music to Raise the Dead 1972-1998 (2008)

Track listing

Disc 1

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Waves"	Awaiting Your Reply (1978)	3:39
2.	"Awaiting Your Reply"	Awaiting Your Reply	4:10
3.	"Broken Promises"	Awaiting Your Reply	6:57
4.	"Irish Garden"	Awaiting Your Reply	4:52
5.	"The Return"	Awaiting Your Reply	3:55
6.	"Afrikaans"	Rainbow's End (1979)	3:34
7.	"Paint a Picture"	Rainbow's End	4:50
8.	"Rainbow's End"	Rainbow's End	3:46
9.	"Concert for a Queen"	Rainbow's End	3:16
10.	"Everytime It Rains"	Rainbow's End	4:46
11.	"Colours"	Colours (1980)	4:58
12.	"Amazing"	Colours	2:22
13.	"American Dream"	Colours	3:22
14.	"The Struggle"	Colours	3:45
15.	"Alienated"	Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore	2:04
16.	"The Chair"	Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore	5:06
17.	"First Degree Apathy"	Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore	3:04
18.	"The Crossing"	Mommy Don't Love Daddy Anymore	3:48

Disc 2

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"Military Man"	D.M.Z. (1982)	3:40
2.	"Babylon"	D.M.Z.	2:35
3.	"Area 312"	D.M.Z.	3:44
4.	"No Alibi"	D.M.Z.	4:40
5.	"White Noise"	D.M.Z.	3:42
6.	"Attention"	Hostage (1984)	3:47
7.	"Crimes"	Hostage	3:41
8.	"Tears in the Rain"	Hostage	6:00
9.	"Love Comes Down"	Between Heaven 'n Hell (1985)	3:10
10.	"Zuid Afrikan"	Between Heaven 'n Hell	5:21
11.	"Shadows"	Between Heaven 'n Hell	5:01
12.	"Nervous World"	Between Heaven 'n Hell	4:24
13.	"Silence Screams"	Silence Screams (1988)	4:13
14.	"Light/Light"	Silence Screams	3:45
15.	"Rain Dance"	Silence Screams	5:05
16.	"Rooster Crow"	Innocent Blood (1989)	0:49
17.	"Altar of Pain"	Innocent Blood	3:18
18.	"Right on Time"	Innocent Blood	5:46

Disc 3

No.	Title	Original album	Length
1.	"The House Is on Fire"	Innocent Blood	3:27
2.	"Where Roses Grow"	Innocent Blood	7:22
3.	"Lovespeak"	Civil Rites (1991)	3:28
4.	"Players"	Civil Rites	4:15
5.	"Lincoln's Train"	Civil Rites	4:41
6.	"Somebody to Love"	Civil Rites	3:01
7.	"Reach of Love"	Reach of Love (1993)	6:02
8.	"Land of Stolen Breath"	Reach of Love	4:06
9.	"Summerthrow"	Lament (1995)	4:14
10.	"Song and Dance"	Lament	4:50
11.	"Surprised"	Lament	5:26
12.	"Across These Fields Reprise"	Lament	3:44
13.	"Souls for Hire"	Ampendectomy (1997)	3:56
14.	"Gameroom"	Live Bootleg (1984)	4:26
15.	"Can't Stop Loving You"	Live Bootleg	3:51
16.	"Quite Enough"	Music to Raise the Dead (1974)	4:03

Live in Concert

• "Military Man"
• "Afrikaans"
• "Attention"
• "Colours"
• "Players"
• "The Struggle"
• "White Noise"
• "Alienated"
• "Paint a Picture"
• "Love Comes Down"
• "Lovespeak"
• "In Your Arms"
• "Shadows"
• "Where Roses Grow"
• "Light/Light"
• "I Will Do My Last Singing in This Land Somewhere"

Special Features

• "Crimes" (Music Video)
• "Love Comes Down" (Music Video)
• "Surprised" (Music Video)
• Band Commentary

References

• Music to Raise the Dead: 1972-1998 at The fish, by Russ Breimeier.
• Music to Raise the Dead at Christianity Today by Andy Whitman.