Backstreet Symphony is the first album by Thunder

Thunder (band)

Thunder were an English hard rock band, who originally formed in 1989 when the band Terraplane broke up, leaving lead singer Danny Bowes and guitarist/main songwriter Luke Morley to form a new group, namely Thunder...

. The band was signed with EMI

EMI

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 after performing a demo audition in 1989, and soon began recording their first album. It was released in early 1990
. The band achieved its first two UK Top 30 hits with singles from this album; the title track reached #25 and, the following year, "Love Walked In" reached #21. The album was later certified 'Silver' by the BPI

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. In 1991, it was released by EMI in Japan with a bonus disc of live tracks. In 2009, to coincide with the bands retirement tour, a 2 disc version of the album was released, including bonus tracks and live recordings.

Track listing

1990 Original release
All songs written by Luke Morley

Luke Morley

Luke Morley is the lead guitarist and co-songwriter for the rock band The Union. From 1989 to 2009 he was the guitarist, chief songwriter and producer for the hard rock band Thunder...

, except where noted:

1. "She's So Fine" (Luke Morley, Andy Taylor) - 5:31
2. "Dirty Love" - 5:21
3. "Don't Wait for Me" - 5:33
4. "Higher Ground" - 5:07
5. "Until My Dying Day" (Luke Morley, Andy Taylor) - 6:33
6. "Backstreet Symphony" - 4:31
7. "Love Walked In" - 6:25
8. "An Englishman on Holiday" - 4:28
9. "Girl's Going Out of Her Head" - 4:18
10. "Gimme Some Lovin'
    Gimme Some Lovin'
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    " (Muff Winwood
    Muff Winwood
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    , Steve Winwood
    Steve Winwood
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    , Spencer Davis
    Spencer Davis
    Spencer David Nelson Davis is a British musician and multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of the 1960s rock band, the Spencer Davis Group.-Early life:...
    
    ) - 3:52
11. "Distant Thunder" (CD only) - 4:57

1991 Japanese Double CD with Live - Disc 1

1. "She's So Fine"
2. "Dirty Love"
3. "Don't Wait for Me"
4. "Higher Ground"
5. "Until My Dying Day"
6. "Backstreet Symphony"
7. "Love Walked In"
8. "An Englishman on Holiday"
9. "Girl's Going Out of Her Head"
10. "Gimme Some Lovin'"
11. "Distant Thunder"

1991 Japanese Double CD with Live - Disc 2

1. "Another shot of Love '89"
2. "Girl's Going Out of her Head '90"
3. "An Englishman on Holiday '90"
4. "Until My Dying Day '91"
5. "Fired Up '91"
6. "Dirty Love '90"
7. "She's So Fine '90"
8. "Backstreet Symphony '90"
9. "Higher Ground '91"
10. "Don't Wait for Me '90"

2009 Expanded Edition Disc 1

1. "She's So Fine" (Luke Morley, Andy Taylor) - 5:31
2. "Dirty Love" - 5:21
3. "Don't Wait for Me" - 5:33
4. "Higher Ground" - 5:07
5. "Until My Dying Day" (Luke Morley, Andy Taylor) - 6:33
6. "Backstreet Symphony" - 4:31
7. "Love Walked In" - 6:25
8. "An Englishman on Holiday" - 4:28
9. "Girl's Going Out of Her Head" - 4:18
10. "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Muff Winwood
    Muff Winwood
    Mervyn "Muff" Winwood is an English songwriter and record producer, and the older brother of Steve Winwood. Both were formerly members of the Spencer Davis Group in the 1960s, in which Muff Winwood played bass guitar...
    
    , Steve Winwood
    Steve Winwood
    Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
    
    , Spencer Davis
    Spencer Davis
    Spencer David Nelson Davis is a British musician and multi-instrumentalist, and the founder of the 1960s rock band, the Spencer Davis Group.-Early life:...
    
    ) - 3:52
11. "Distant Thunder" (CD only) - 4:57
12. "Dirty Love"(12" Extended Edition)
13. "Fired Up"
14. "I Wanna Be Her Slave"
15. "She's So Fine (Full version)"

2009 Expanded Edition Disc 2

1. "Until The Night Is Through (Dance Dance Dance)"
2. "I Can Still Hear The Music"
3. "No Way Out Of The Wilderness"
4. "An Englishman Of Holiday" (Live)
5. "Girl's Going Out Of Her Head" (Live)
6. "Another Shot Of Love" (Live)
7. "Backstreet Symphony" (Live at The Town & Country Club
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   , London 7th March 1990)
8. "She's So Fine" (Live at the Town & Country Club, London 7th March 1990)
9. "Until My Dying Day" (Live at the Town & Country Club, London 7th March 1990)
10. "Higher Ground" (Live at the Town & Country Club, London 7th March 1990)
11. "Don't Wait For Me" (Live at the Town & Country Club, London 7th March 1990)
12. "Fired Up" (Live at the Town & Country Club, London 7th March 1990)
13. "Dirty Love" (Live at the Town & Country Club, London 7th March 1990)

Personnel

• Danny Bowes
  Danny Bowes
  Danny Bowes was the lead singer with the rock act, Thunder. Previously, he was a member of Nuthin' Fancy, 1980s group Terraplane, as well as occasionally playing the odd gig or two with his group Danny and the Doowops...
  
   - vocals
• Luke Morley
  Luke Morley
  Luke Morley is the lead guitarist and co-songwriter for the rock band The Union. From 1989 to 2009 he was the guitarist, chief songwriter and producer for the hard rock band Thunder...
  
   - guitars
• Gary James
  Gary James
  Gary Milton James, popularly known as 'Harry' James is the drummer for themelodic rock band Magnum,although he is best known as the drummer for the now defunct hard rock band Thunder....
  
   - drums, percussion
• Ben Matthews
  Ben Matthews
  Ben Matthews was the guitarist and keyboard player with the hard rock band Thunder. He is also an experienced studio engineer and mixer; he worked with progressive rock act Mostly Autumn as studio engineer on their 2005 album Storms Over Still Water. He also guested on their 2006 live album...
  
   - guitars, piano, organ
• Mark 'Snake' Luckhurst
  Mark 'Snake' Luckhurst
  Mark Luckhurst, and nicknamed Snake was a founding member of the British hard rock band Thunder, playing bass on their first two albums. Backstreet Symphony and Laughing on Judgement Day. He parted company with the band at the end of 1992 citing 'personal differences'...
  
   - bass guitar
• Andy Taylor - twelve string guitar (on "Until My Dying Day")
• The Croquettes and The Gherkin Brothers - backing vocals

Credits

• Producer - Andy Taylor
• Recording and mixing - Mike Fraser
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• Assistant engineers - Ben Matthews, Peter Peck, Russell Leahy, Andy Strange, Rupert Coulson
• Mastering - Ian Cooper
• Photography - Andy Earl
• Cover concept - Luke Morley
• Original artwork - Christine Morley