Thank Christ for the Bomb
| Thank Christ for the Bomb | ||||
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| Released | May 1970 | |||
| Recorded | February 1970 | |||
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| Length | 39.41 | |||
| Label | Liberty Records (original release) BGO (1989 UK reissue) Akarma (1998 Italian reissue) Elemental Music (2014 reissue) Fire (2018 UK reissue) | |||
| Producer | Tony (T.S.) McPhee | |||
| The Groundhogs chronology | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [4] |
Thank Christ for the Bomb is the third studio album recorded by The Groundhogs, originally released by Liberty Records in 1970.[5] It was engineered by Martin Birch, who had previously worked on albums by Deep Purple,[6] Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green. It entered the UK Melody Maker album charts at number 27 on 20 June 1970, and had a total of 3 entries in that chart.[7]
The album is a concept album, or to be exact, has two concepts. Side 1 (tracks 1–4) addresses what McPhee termed "alienness" while side 2 is, according to the sleeve notes, "the story of a man who lived in Chelsea all his life; first in a mansion then on the benches of the embankment".
Artwork
[edit]The image of Pete Cruickshank on the left of the cover is adapted from photograph Q 1 in the Imperial War Museum's photograph archive.
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Tony McPhee
- "Strange Town" – 4:16
- "Darkness Is No Friend" – 3:48
- "Soldier" – 4:51
- "Thank Christ for the Bomb" – 7:15
- "Ship on the Ocean" – 3:27
- "Garden" – 5:19
- "Status People" – 3:32
- "Rich Man, Poor Man" – 3:25
- "Eccentric Man" – 4:53
2003 CD reissue bonus tracks (live versions)
- "Garden" – 3:35
- "Eccentric Man" – 5:01
- "Soldier" – 15:03
Personnel
[edit]- The Groundhogs
- Tony McPhee – guitars, vocals
- Peter Cruickshank – bass
- Ken Pustelnik – drums
- Technical
- Martin Birch – engineer
- Alan Tanner – artwork
References
[edit]- ^ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Banks, Joe (March 2021). "The Groundhogs: their path from blues to something far more progressive". Prog Magazine. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ Clarke, Patricia (5 August 2021). "Luke Haines on 'Garden' from Thank Christ For The Bomb (1970)". theQuietus. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Thompson, Dave. Thank Christ for the Bomb at AllMusic
- ^ "Thank Christ for the Bomb". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Groundhogs—Thank Christ for the Bomb". www.headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Thank Christ for the Bomb". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
