Album Of The Day: King Of Fools by delirious?

Album Art of delirious?'s King Of Fools album - In front of a green background, an older man with grey hair is crouching wearing a black suit and trousers. He's holding a black, closed umbrella between his legs, kinda in a defensive position. He's also wearing glasses with goofy-looking googly-eyes on them. Printed over his crouched legs is the words 'King Of Fools' in a bright orange, with some extra orange around the edges which makes it look like it could be some sort of graffiti stencil. To the left of that, it says 'delirious?' in letters cut out of a red oval. The '?' is very small and the 's' is a number 5.

"I'll live for you and try to be the king of fools." Released 29 years ago today, this is the first studio album from British rock/pop band delirious?. Before this, they released a series of modern worship EPs and a live album, then this album introduced a bold, new sound for the band. The lyrics sometimes still had an element of worship music, of songs sung in praise and prayer to God, but there is also a much more developed rock sound here. "Deeper" is a very catchy pop/rock track and songs like "Revival Town" and "Promise" bring a new level of rock for the band. I love how "King Or Cripple" starts out pretty chill like "August 30th" and "All The Way" but then the roaring guitar comes in midway through. And "History Maker" and "What A Friend I've Found" close out the album with two very different styles of anthems about life with Jesus. It's not my favorite delirious? album, but it's still one of their best and signified a new era for England's best-known Christian rock band of all time. This wasn't released in North America for almost another year, and a few songs were remixed and one track added there.

Release Year: 1997
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