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Time Tells No Lies is the debut album by British heavy metal band Praying Mantis.

Time Tells No Lies

Studio album by

Praying Mantis

Released

1981

Studio

Battery Studios, London

Genre

Heavy metal

Length

39:04

Label

Arista

Producer

Tim Friese-Greene

Praying Mantis studio album chronology

Time Tells No Lies
(1981)

Predator in Disguise
(1991)

Singles from Time Tells No Lies

"Cheated"
Released: January 1981 [1]
"All Day and All of the Night"
Released: March 1981 [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Sputnikmusic	4/5[4]

Release

Time Tells No Lies was released in 1981 after the band signed a worldwide deal with Arista Records following the Reading Rock '80 festival. Some copies came with a one sided A4 merchandise insert. It peaked at number 60 on the UK Albums Chart in April 1981.[5]

Cover art

The original cover is by Rodney Matthews.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
1.	"Cheated"	Steve Carroll, Tino Troy	Steve Carroll	3:53
2.	"All Day and All of the Night" (The Kinks cover)	Ray Davies	Tino Troy	2:58
3.	"Running for Tomorrow"	Dave Potts, Tino Troy, Chris Troy, Steve Carroll	Steve Carroll	3:41
4.	"Rich City Kids"	Tino Troy, Chris Troy	Tino Troy	3:48
5.	"Lovers to the Grave"	Chris Troy, Tino Troy	Chris Troy	4:52

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Lead Vocals	Length
6.	"Panic in the Streets"	Tino Troy, Dave Potts, Sandra Vermeulen	Tino Troy	3:43
7.	"Beads of Ebony"	Tino Troy	Chris Troy	5:28
8.	"Flirting With Suicide"	Tino Troy, Chris Troy, Steve Carroll, Dave Potts	Tino Troy	5:04
9.	"Children of the Earth"	Tino Troy, Chris Troy	Chris Troy	5:37
Total length:				39:04

Personnel

Band

Tino Troy – guitars, vocals
Steve Carroll – guitars, vocals
Chris Troy – bass guitar, vocals
Dave Potts – drums, all percussion

Production

Mike Shipley – engineering
Freddy Silva – photography
Ben Challis – business affairs

References

"Praying Mantis singles".
"Praying Mantis singles".
Rivadavia, Eduardo. Praying Mantis – Time Tells No Lies at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
John, Dr (18 June 2014). "Praying Mantis – Time Tells No Lies". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
"Time Tells No Lies Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

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