Rising Above Bedlam is an album by Jah Wobble's Invaders of the Heart, released by Oval Records in 1991.The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, concise 5th edition, pub. Omnibus Press July 2007, p736. The album peaked at number 121 on the ARIA Charts. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
The album was a shortlisted nominee for the 1992 Mercury Prize.
Critical reception
Trouser Press called the album "ambitious" and "a refreshing departure from some of the flat, occasionally tedious and self-conscious material [Wobble] lobbed out in the '80s." The Rough Guide To Rock praised "Visions of You" and "Bomba," writing that they made the album "worthwhile."
Track listing
Personnel Jah Wobble – bass, vocals, keyboards, drum programming, timbales Justin Adams – electric guitar, Spanish guitar, Arabic percussion, saz, vocals Mark Ferda – keyboards, drum programming, sampler, effects Natacha Atlas – vocals Sinéad O'Connor – vocals
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