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"Lords of the New Church" is a song by British singer-songwriter Tasmin Archer. Released in May 1993 as her third single, it peaked at number 26 on the UK Singles Chart.

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"Lords of the New Church"
Single by Tasmin Archer
from the album Great Expectations
Released	17 May 1993 (1993-05-17)[1]
Length	4:48
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Tasmin Archer, John Beck, John Hughes
Producer(s)	Julian Mendelsohn, Peter Kaye
Tasmin Archer singles chronology
"In Your Care" (1993) "Lords of the New Church" (1993) "Arienne" (1993)

Writing and recording

Archer describes the song as "it's about the modern breed of politicians and it was written in the very early 1990s even before things became has bad as they are now." Four instruments were used in the recording of "Lords of the New Church", John Hughes, Elliott Randall and Robbie McIntosh provided the guitars in the song whereas John Beck and Paul Wickens played keyboards. The drummer on the track was Charlie Morgan whilst Peter Kaye played the Fairlight CMI.

Critical reception

Music writer James Masterton wrote in his weekly UK chart commentary, "More uptempo than her usual output, the track is very radio friendly and may well equal the success of her last hit."[2] A reviewer from Music & Media said that "Archer marches to rock radio with a midtempo song somewhat in the same vein as latter day Stevie Nicks. Tastes like Jasmin."[3]

Track listings

• 7-inch vinyl

1. "Lords of the New Church"
2. "Hero"

• CD single 1

1. "Lords of the New Church"
2. "Hero"
3. "Lords of the New Church" (remix)
4. "Sleeping Satellite"

• CD single 2

1. "Lords of the New Church"
2. "Strings of Desire"
3. "The Higher You Climb" (remix)

References

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