Imperial Prototype

Imperial Prototype is the eleventh studio album by Spear of Destiny.^[1] The album was released on Brandon's own record label Eastersnow and all the songs were written just prior to recording. A blog on the official Spear of Destiny Myspace said the album would be available through SOD's own mailing list and live outlets before their new distributors Redeyeusa made it available worldwide but Despite the blog saying the album would be available on iTunes as a download it never was.

Imperial Prototype
Studio album by Spear of Destiny
Released	5 November 2007
Genre	Post-punk
Length	45:07
Label	Eastersnow
Spear of Destiny chronology
Loadestone (2005) Imperial Prototype (2007) Omega Point (2010)

All the members of the band at the time of which the album was released were previously in other successful or semi-successful bands before joining Kirk Brandon. Craig Adams who plays bass was previously in The Sisters of Mercy and The Mission, Adrian Portas has been in New Model Army, Steve Alan Jones was in The Alarm and Robin Goodridge was in Bush. Brandon claims his favourite song from the album is "Death in the Mountains".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kirk Brandon; except where indicated

1. "Santa Clause" - 3:42
2. "Berlin Berlin" - 4:13
3. "Lock & Key" - 3:02
4. "‘79" - 4:29
5. "Donkey Ride" - 3:27
6. "Death in the Mountains" - 5:55
7. "Bizarre Personality" - 3:13
8. "Wake of a Ship" - 6:09
9. "Thoughts of an Imperial Prototype" - 3:09
10. "Tupelo Prince" (lyrics: Slim Jim Phantom) - 2:51
11. "Treachery" - 5:06

Personnel

Spear of Destiny

• Kirk Brandon - vocals, guitar
• Robin Goodridge - drums
• Craig Adams - bass
• Adrian Portas - guitar
• Steve Allan Jones - keyboards

References

1. "Spear of Destiny + Derek Forbes & the Light (Ex Simple Minds) -". bedfordesquires.co.uk. 26 November 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.