Alarma!

¡Alarma!, released weeks after the band's Beatles/Beach Boys influenced Horrendous Disc, took a decidedly new wave direction along the lines of Elvis Costello or The Talking Heads.

¡Alarma! was the first of a four part series of albums by DA entitled The Alarma! Chronicles, which also included the albums Doppelganger, Vox Humana, and Fearful Symmetry. The band raised eyebrows on the tour that followed each release, by presenting a full multimedia event complete with video screens sychronized to the music, something that was unusual in the early 1980s for any band.

In 1981, DA was Terry Taylor[?] on rhythm Guitars and lead vocals, Jerry Chamberlain on lead guitars and vocals, Marty Dieckmeyer on bass guitar, and Ed McTaggart on drums. Dieckmeyer left the band before the ¡Alarma! Tour, and was replaced with bassist, Tim Chandler.

Side One:

1. "Central Theme" (Taylor)
2. "¡Alarma!" (Taylor)
3. "Big Time/Big Deal" (Taylor)
4. "Props" (Taylor)
5. "My Room" (Taylor)
6. "Faces To The Window" (Taylor)
7. "Cloak & Dagger" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
8. "Colored By" (Taylor)

Side Two:

1. "C & D Reprise" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
2. "Through The Speakers" (Taylor)
3. "Hit Them" (Taylor)
4. "Baby Game" (Taylor)
5. "Shedding The Mortal Coil" (Taylor/Cook/Chamberlain)
6. "Endless Summer" (Taylor/Chamberlain)
7. "Walls Of Doubt" (Taylor)
8. "Ghost Of The Heart" (Taylor)