Practice What You Preach
Practice What You Preach is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Testament, released in August 1989 on Atlantic/Megaforce. It follows The Legacy and The New Order, and it proved to be the record that took the band to a wider audience. Three singles were drawn from it: "Greenhouse Effect", "The Ballad" and the title track.
The results were the best the group had seen to that point. The album came close to gold status and became their first to enter the Top 100 on the Billboard 200. It also sits just before Souls of Black in their run of records, so it marks the end of a strong opening trio. For anyone tracing how Testament moved from Bay Area thrash contenders to a name known well beyond the scene, this is the place to stop and listen closely.
Practice What You Preach: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 46:16Tracklist
- 1Practice What You PreachTestament, Billy, Peterson, Skolnick4:55
- 2Perilous NationTestament and Alex Skolnick5:51
- 3Envy LifeTestament and Eric Peterson4:17
- 4Time Is ComingTestament and Chuck Billy5:27
- 5Blessed in ContemptTestament, Billy, Peterson, Skolnick4:14
- 6Greenhouse EffectTestament and Alex Skolnick4:54
- 7Sins of OmissionTestament, Billy, Peterson, Skolnick5:01
- 8The BalladTestament, Billy, Skolnick6:09
- 9Nightmare (Coming Back to You)Testament and Alex Skolnick2:21
- 10Confusion FusionTestament3:08
- Produced by
- Alex Perialas, David Pigg, Roy Rowland
- Recorded at
- Fantasy Studios (Berkeley, California)
- Recorded
- February–March 1989
- Mixed by
- Alex Perialas
- Mixed at
- Fantasy Studios
- Engineered by
- Alex Perialas
- Artwork
- Bob Defrin
- Labels
- Atlantic, Megaforce
- Length
- 46:16
Line-up
- Chuck Billy · lead vocals
- Elliot “Gino” Cahn · vocals
- Bodgan Jablonski · vocals
- Willy Langs · vocals
- Mark Walters · vocals
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1989 | 40 |
| US Billboard 200 · 1989 | 77 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1989 | 10 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1989 | 20 |
| German Albums · 1989 | 29 |
| Dutch Albums · 1989 | 57 |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1989-08-08 vs 1989-08-04 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 4 August 1989 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 8 August 1989 | |
| Wikidata | 1989 | |
| US release | 4 August 1989 | earliest US date |
8 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | CA | Atlantic | 075678200922 | other |
| 1989 | DE | Atlantic | 7567820092 | other |
| 1989 | DE | Megaforce Worldwide | 075678200922 | other |
| 4 August 1989 | US | Atlantic | 075678200915 | original |
| 4 August 1989 | US | Atlantic | 075678200922 | original |
| 25 September 1989 | JP | Atlantic | 4988014729680 | other |
| 2024 | US | Nuclear Blast | 4065629729226 | other |
| 8 May 2026 | XW | Nuclear Blast | 4065629760601 | remaster |
Cover art sources
coverartarchive · upscaled: major: best source 1212x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1212×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1212x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |