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{{Infobox album|

| name = ... Rage Before Beauty

| type = Album

| artist = Pretty Things

| cover = Pretty Things Rage Before Beauty.png

| alt =

| released = 9 March 1999

| recorded = 1998–99

| venue =

| studio = 145 Wardour Street, Soho, London

| genre = Rock

| length = 64:27

| label = Snapper Music

| producer = Mark St. John, Dave Garland

| prev_title = Resurrection

| prev_year = 1999

| next_title = Balboa Island

| next_year = 2007

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ragebefore-beauty-mw0000602976|title=Rage...Before Beauty – The Pretty Things | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA47-PA2005|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958 |via=Google Books}}

|rev3 = Rolling Stone

|rev3score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last1=Fricke |first1=David |title=Favorite Things |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=Apr 1, 1999 |issue=809 |page=100}}

|rev4 = The San Diego Union-Tribune

|rev4score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last1=Coddon |first1=David L. |title=RAGE BEFORE BEAUTY THE PRETTY THINGS Snapper Music |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=April 1, 1999 |location=Entertainment |page=22}}

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... Rage Before Beauty is a studio album by the English rock band Pretty Things, released in 1999.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-pretty-things-mn0000489676/biography|title=The Pretty Things Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}

Production

Ronnie Spector provided backing vocals on the band's cover of "Mony Mony".{{cite news |title=THE PRETTY THINGS 'Rage Before Beauty' Snapper |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1999/09/17/the-pretty-things-rage-before-beauty-snapper/e379a9af-7e61-4f57-a3da-e4ef36fffa30/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=17 September 2021}} David Gilmour guested on "Love Keeps Hanging On". The album was produced by Mark St. John and Dave Garland.{{cite magazine |last1=Christman |first1=Ed |title=Pretty Things rage on in new set |magazine=Billboard |date=Mar 13, 1999 |volume=111 |issue=11 |page=15}} ... Rage Before Beauty was recorded by the 1966 lineup of the band.{{cite journal |last1=Riegel |first1=Richard |title=Die old stay pretty |journal=The Village Voice |date=6 Apr 1999 |volume=44 |issue=13 |pages=72–73}}

Critical reception

Perfect Sound Forever called the album "a testament to the brand of sweaty, guitar-driven, R&B garage rock which never really seems to go out of fashion."{{Cite web|url=https://www.furious.com/perfect/prettythings.html|title=Pretty Things interview|work=Perfect Sound Forever}} The Boston Globe wrote that "vocalist Phil May's gravelly voice is stupefying on the Pretty's cover of 'Play With Fire', virtually besting Mick Jagger's own icy interpretation."{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=John |title=Pretty Things RAGE BEFORE BEAUTY |work=The Boston Globe |date=16 Sep 1999 |location=Calendar |page=8}} The Orange County Register thought that "from the rollicking 'Passion of Love' to anthemic, reflective ballads like 'Love Keeps Hanging On' ... the album is a summation of almost every style the Pretties ever attempted, while still retaining some middle-age maturity."{{cite news |last1=Wener |first1=Ben |title=POP LIFE – The best band you've never heard |work=Orange County Register |date=September 3, 1999 |page=F51}}

Record Collector deemed it one of the band's "best ever recordings."{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/articles/oh-you-pretty-things|title=OH YOU PRETTY THINGS – Record Collector Magazine}}

Track listing

  1. "Passion of Love" (Phil May, Mark St. John) – 3:22
  2. "Vivian Prince" (May, Frank Holland, Jon Povey) – 5:15
  3. "Everlasting Flame" (May, Holland, St. John) – 3:46
  4. "Love Keeps Hanging On" (May) – 8:55
  5. "Eve of Destruction" (P. F. Sloan) – 3:03
  6. "Not Givin' In" (May) – 4:02
  7. "Pure Cold Stone" (May, Dick Taylor) – 5:47
  8. "Blue Turns to Red" (May, Holland) – 4:01
  9. "Goodbye, Goodbye" (May, Povey) – 2:45
  10. "Goin' Downhill" (May, Pete Tolson) – 4:12
  11. "Play with Fire" (Nanker Phelge) – 4:07
  12. "Fly Away" (May) – 4:30
  13. "Mony, Mony" (Tommy James, Bo Gentry, Ritchie Cordell, Bobby Bloom) – 4:45
  14. "God, Give Me the Strength (To Carry On)" (May, St. John) – 6:03

Personnel

Pretty Things

  • Phil May – vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica
  • Dick Taylor – lead guitar, acoustic guitar
  • Frank Holland – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Wally Waller – bass, acoustic guitar, vocals
  • Jon Povey – keyboards, vocals
  • Skip Alan – drums, percussion

Studio musicians

  • Mark St. John – drums
  • Nick Brockway – Hammond organ
  • Steve Browning
  • Robert Webb – keyboards
  • Nigel Ross-Scott – bass
  • David Gilmour – lead guitar on "Love Keeps Hangin' On"
  • Ronnie Spector – vocals on "Mony Mony"

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