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{{Short description|Scottish rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin = [[Cannock]], [[Staffordshire]], England
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[gothic rock]], [[glam metal]], [[hard rock]]
| years_active = 1983–1989, 1991–present
| label = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| associated_acts = Thirteen, [[Twenty Flight Rockers]], Airrace, The Runner Brothers
| website = [http://www.balaamandtheangel.com/ Balaam and the Angel Official website]
| current_members = Mark Morris<br>Jim Morris<br>Des Morris<br>Chris P Notes
| past_members = Ian McKean Dom Roche
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'''Balaam and the Angel''' are a Scottish [[Rock music|rock]] band founded by Mark, James (Jim), and Desmond (Des) Morris in [[Cannock]], England in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/united+kingdom/balaam+and+the+angel1|title=MusicMight :: Artists :: BALAAM AND THE ANGEL|date=24 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224202643/http://www.rockdetector.com/artist/united+kingdom/balaam+and+the+angel1|accessdate=2020-06-08|archive-date=24 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/295035|title=Balaam And The Angel|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref>
==Career==
As children in [[Motherwell, North Lanarkshire|Motherwell]], Scotland, the Morris brothers worked in the entertainment industry as part of a [[cabaret]] act.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|pages=82/3}}</ref> They moved south to [[Cannock]], [[Staffordshire]], England, where they formed Balaam and the Angel.<ref name="Moore">Moore, Christie (2006) ''The Unultimate Rockopedia'', AuthorHouse, {{ISBN|1-4259-6474-5}}, p. 27-8</ref>
Initially the band self-released a series of [[Extended play|EPs]] and an album entitled ''Sun Family''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Balaam-And-The-Angel-Sun-Family/master/235876|title=Balaam And The Angel - Sun Family|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref> via their own Chapter 22 [[Record label|label]] and played some tour dates opening for [[The Cult]].<ref name="Moore" /> This caught the attention of [[Virgin Records]], who signed them and released their debut [[album]], ''The Greatest Story Ever Told''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Balaam-The-Angel-The-Greatest-Story-Ever-Told/master/262173|title=Balaam & The Angel - The Greatest Story Ever Told|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref><ref name="Moore" /> It peaked at No. 67 in the [[UK Albums Chart]] in August 1986.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |year=2006 |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |edition=19th |___location=London |page=40}}</ref> They toured in the [[United States]] with [[The Mission (band)|The Mission]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] and label mate [[Iggy Pop]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}
A second guitarist and the first non-sibling, Ian McKean of [[Twenty Flight Rockers]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZIjT8PgJMEC&q=%22Balaam+and+the+Angel%22&pg=PA325|title=The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002|first=Andy|last=Gregory|date=18 October 2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9781857431612|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qzyzAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Balaam+and+the+Angel%22|title=International Who's who in Music: Popular music. Vol. two|date=18 October 1996|publisher=Melrose Press|isbn=9780948875076|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hRQ5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Ian+McKean+guitar%22|title=The Great Scots Musicography: The Complete Guide to Scotland's Music Makers|first=Martin Charles|last=Strong|date=18 October 2002|publisher=Birlinn, Limited|isbn=9781841830414|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mjwilsonphotography.com/the-long-and-winding-road-the-music-of-mark-ferrick-and-thirteen/|title=The Long and Winding Road: The Music of Mark Ferrick and Thirteen|date=20 November 2013}}</ref> was added to the band in 1988.<ref name="Moore" /> The band began to move away from [[gothic rock]] music styles into a sound that had more in common with [[hard rock]]. With their new-found style, they recorded the album ''Live Free or Die''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Balaam-The-Angel-Live-Free-Or-Die/master/232589|title=Balaam & The Angel* - Live Free Or Die|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref> This was soon followed up in similar style when they recorded ''Days of Madness'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Balaam-And-The-Angel-Days-Of-Madness/master/253799|title=Balaam And The Angel - Days Of Madness|website=Discogs.com|accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref> before leaving Virgin Records.<ref name="Moore" /> Their song "I'll Show You Something Special" appeared on the [[soundtrack]] for the [[film]] ''[[Planes, Trains and Automobiles]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093748/soundtrack|title=Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) |website=IMDb.com|accessdate=18 October 2019}}</ref>
Their presence was largely ignored by the time that their 1993 album, ''Prime Time'', had failed to interest record buyers.<ref name="Larkin"/>
==Members==
*Mark Morris - vocals, bass <small>(1983–1989, 1991–present)</small>
*Jim Morris - guitar, keyboards <small>(1983–1989, 1991–present)</small>
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*Karen Morris - keyboards <small>(2019–present)</small>
*Chris P Notes (Chris Williams) - keyboards <small>(1994–2019)</small>
*Ian McKean - guitar <small>(1988–1989, 1991–1994)</small>
==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Release date
! Title
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|1985
|''Sun Family''
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|1987
|''The Greatest Story Ever Told''
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|1988
|''Live Free or Die''
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|1989
|''Days of Madness''
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|1991
|''No More Innocence''
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|1993
|''Prime Time''
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|2019
|''That's Not the Real World''
|-
|}
===Compilation albums===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Release date
! Title
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|1987
|''Young Virgins'' <small>(featuring "Light of the World")</small>
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|2002
|''Sun Family''
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|}
===EPs===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Release date
! Title
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|1984
|''World of Light''
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|1985
|''Love Me''
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|-
|2024
|''Forces of Evil''
|}
===Singles===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! Release date
! Title
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|1985
|"Day and Night"
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|1986
|"She Knows" - [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] No. 70<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book |last=Roberts |first=David |title=British Hit Singles & Albums |publisher=Guinness World Records Limited |year=2006 |isbn=1-904994-10-5 |edition=19th |___location=London |page=40}}</ref>
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|1986
|"Slow Down"
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|1986
|"Light of the World"
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|1986
|"New Kind of Love" (Australia only)
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|1987
|"I'll Show You Something Special"
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|1987
|"I Love the Things You Do to Me"
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|1988
|"Live Free or Die (Texas Redbeard Mix)"
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|1989
|"I Took a Little"
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|1990
|"A Little Bit of Love"
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|1993
|"Shame on You"
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|}
==See also==
*[[Reading and Leeds Festivals line-ups]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.balaamandtheangel.co.uk/ Balaam and the Angel official website]
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