Thunderbox

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Thunderbox
Thunderbox cover
Studio album by Humble Pie
Released 1974
Genre Hard Rock
R&B
Label A&M
Producer Steve Marriott
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 2/5 stars [1]
Humble Pie chronology
Eat It
1973		 Thunderbox
1974		 Street Rats
1975

Thunderbox is a rock studio album by English rock group Humble Pie released in 1974. It reached #52 on the Billboard 200.

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[edit] Album profile

To many, Thunderbox remains Humble Pie's finest album, because out of all their albums Marriott's back to basics original rhythm and blues influence is most pronounced here.

Twelve songs appear, six of them covers, Ann Peebles song "I Can't Stand the Rain" once referred to by John Lennon as the perfect single; "Anna (Go to Him)" originally written and performed by Arthur Alexander and "Oh La-De-Da" by The Staple Singers.[1]

Incidentally, the word Thunderbox is a seventeenth century slang word for the toilet[2] which gives an example of Humble Pie's sense of humour.[3]

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Thunderbox" (Marriott, Clempson)
  2. "Groovin' with Jesus" (Marriott)
  3. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Peebles, Bryant, Miller)
  4. "Anna (Go to Him)" (Alexander)
  5. "No Way" (Marriott, Ridley)
  6. "Rally With Ali" (Marriott, Clempson, Ridley, Shirley)
  7. "Don't Worry, be Happy" (Marriott, Clempson, Ridley, Shirley)
  8. "Ninety-Nine Pounds" (Bryant)
  9. "Every Single Day" (Clempson)
  10. "No Money Down" (Berry)
  11. "Drift Away" (Williams)
  12. "Oh La-De-Da" (Mitchell)

[edit] Album credits

  • Greg Ridley - bass, vocals
  • Jerry Shirley - vocals, drums
  • Carlena Williams -vocals
  • Steve Marriott - guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals
  • Billie Barnum - vocals
  • Dave "Clem" Clempson - guitar
  • Mel Collins - horn
  • Venetta Fields - vocals
  • Producer - (Marriott)
  • Hipgnosis - original album sleeve design

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful p.217
  2. ^ project:restoration - White House
  3. ^ Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful p.217


[edit] External links

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Humble Pie
Steve Marriott • Peter Frampton • Clem Clempson • Greg Ridley • Jerry Shirley
Studio albums
Live albums
Performance Rockin' the Fillmore• King Biscuit (live 1973) • Live At The Whiskey A-Go-Go '69
Compilations
Best of Humble Pie • Classics Volume 14 • Early Years) • Hot n' Nasty: The Anthology • The Scrubbers Sessions Archive • The Immediate Years: Natural Born Boogie • Running With The Pack • Natural Born Boogie: The BBC Sessions • Extended Versions • Twentieth Century Masters: The Millennium Collection • Back On Track • The Atlanta Years • Definitive Collection (Best Of)
Singles
"Natural Born Bugie" • "The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake" • "Big Black Dog" • "Shine On" • "I Don't Need No Doctor" • "Hot n' Nasty" • "30 Days in the Hole" • "Get Down To It" • "Shut Up And Don't Interrupt Me" • "Black Coffee" • "Oh La De Da" • "Ninety-Nine Pounds" • "Rock 'n' Roll Music"
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