There's a line on the original packaging of _Live & In The Can_ about the people who came to the gigs: if you were there, it says, then you're probably live and in the can. The band's first ever live album really was a family affair, with tracks recorded at a whole bunch of low-key early gigs up and down the the UK. But more than a scrapbook, the album captures something of the energy and expectation that was firing up the country back in 1996. Life doesn't get much rawer.

And then comes _King Of Fools_. Spewing the top twenty hit _Deeper_ yet bearing their soul to a watching world, the album fast-tracked the band into the mainstream music world. Reaching number 13 in the UK album chart, _King Of Fools_ set the course for the future by exploding the limitations that previously held 'Christian' music back.

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Take a look at the titles of the Delirious? albums over the years and the story tells itself. There were days of being Cutting Edge youth workers, assaulting the UK mainstream charts singing about the King of Fools followed by the delivering deeper messages of transformation and Mezzamorphis. Glo took the focus back to the source, while World Service indicated the new global view that was coming into focus. And now this, The Mission Bell. Ringing loud, ringing clear, this latest offering makes...

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