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band

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, taken from their 1989 album ''

Practice What You Preach ''Practice What You Preach'' is the third studio album by American thrash metal band Testament, released on August 8, 1989 via Atlantic/ Megaforce. Propelled by the singles "Greenhouse Effect", "The Ballad" and the title track " Practice What Yo ...

''. It was released as a promotional single to support the album. Due to being one of the band's most famous and popular songs, and for being one of the most frequently played songs at live concerts, "Practice What You Preach" can be considered to be Testament's signature song.

Live performances

"Practice What You Preach" is one of Testament's most played songs of all time, first played a month prior to the album's release, on July 1, 1989 in

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, Brazil. As of 2015, the song has been performed over 500 times. Live versions of "Practice What You Preach" appear on the albums ''

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'', '' Live in London'', and ''

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''.

Reception

"Practice What You Preach" received heavy rotation on

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Track listing

Personnel

Chuck Billy Charles Billy (born June 23, 1962) is an American singer who is best known as the lead vocalist for thrash metal band Testament. Career Testament Billy joined Legacy in 1986, replacing vocalist Steve "Zetro" Souza who would later join Exodu ...

– vocals *

Eric Peterson Eric Neal Peterson (born October 2, 1946) is a Canadian stage, television, and film actor, known for his roles in three major Canadian television series – '' Street Legal'' (1987–1994), '' Corner Gas'' (live-action 2004–2009 and fi ...

– guitars *

Alex Skolnick Alex Skolnick (born September 29, 1968) is an American musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist and one of the songwriters of the thrash metal band Testament and has played with several other bands, including The Alex Skolnick Trio, Tran ...

– guitars *

Greg Christian Gregory Christian (born April 29, 1966) is an American musician who is the former bassist for thrash metal band Testament. He left the band in 1996, but rejoined in 2004 and left again in 2014. In addition to Testament, Christian has also playe ...

– bass * Louie Clemente – drums

References

{{Testament Testament (band) songs 1989 singles Song recordings produced by Alex Perialas Songs written by Chuck Billy (vocalist) Songs written by Eric Peterson Songs written by Alex Skolnick Atlantic Records singles Megaforce Records singles 1989 songs