Originally released in 1989 through Atlantic/Megaforce, Practice What You Preach stands as one of the defining albums of the thrash metal era and a pivotal turning point in Testament's catalog. The Bay Area band's third studio album marked their commercial breakthrough, entering the Billboard 200 Top 100 and approaching gold status, while expanding their sonic palette beyond pure thrash to incorporate influences from traditional heavy metal, jazz fusion, and progressive rock. Produced by Alex Perialas and recorded live in the studio, the album features ten tracks including the title track, "Greenhouse Effect," and "The Ballad," all of which received significant MTV and radio airplay. Guitarists Alex Skolnick and Eric Peterson deliver the kind of technically precise, ferocious riffwork that earned the album a spot on Guitar World's list of the top shred albums of the 1980s.
This pressing is released on striking orange bone swirl vinyl. And the remastered audio, handled by Sterling Sound, has been widely praised by collectors for bringing new clarity and punch to the original recording. The album's lyrical themes, political corruption, environmental collapse, and religious hypocrisy, remain as resonant today as they were in 1989, cementing Practice What You Preach as more than a genre landmark but a document of its era. In 2025, Testament performed the album live in its entirety for the first time on their "An Evening with Testament" tour, a testament to its enduring significance in heavy metal history.
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