Mike Peters & Alarm, The
Blood Red Viral Black '200' Vinyl Edition

Listening notes

Released in 2017 on The Twenty First Century Recording Company (catalog number 21C085LP), Blood Red Viral Black '200' Vinyl Edition is a double-album set from Mike Peters and The Alarm. The release is designated an "All Media" format alongside its vinyl configuration, and the edition title suggests a limited run of 200 copies, though the specifics of that limitation are not elaborated in the available data.

The set is organized across four sides and collects two distinct bodies of work. Sides A and B comprise the Blood Red album, presenting ten tracks: "Tomorrow," "Coming Backwards," "There Must Be A Way," "Time," and "Love And Understanding" on the first side, followed by "Brighter Than The Sun," "Protection," "Prisoners," "No Greater Love," and "Crowd Trouble" on the second. No track durations are listed for these ten selections.

Sides C and D carry the Viral Black material, offering ten further tracks for which durations are available. Side C opens with "Two Rivers" at four minutes fifty seconds and continues through "Thirteen Dead Reindeers" (4:52), "Beautiful" (3:02), "Neutral" (4:31), and "Heroine" (4:08). Side D runs from "Now" (3:37) through "Cenotaph" (5:19), "Hellfire" (2:59), and "Untitled" (3:21), closing on "Armageddon In The Morning," which extends to seven minutes and twenty-seven seconds.

The release is catalogued under the genres of alternative rock, pop, and rock. Beyond these structural details, the available data does not speak to personnel, production, or the circumstances surrounding this edition's release.