Thank Christ for the Bomb is a 1970 blues-rock album recorded by The Groundhogs

The Groundhogs

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, originally released by Liberty Records

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. It was engineered by Martin Birch

Martin Birch

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 who had previously worked on albums by Jeff Beck

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, Deep Purple

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, Fleetwood Mac

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 and Peter Green

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. It entered the UK album charts in June 1970 reaching #9 and left the charts in November 1970 after thirteen weeks.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Tony McPhee

1. "Strange Town" - 4:16
2. "Darkness Is No Friend" - 2:43
3. "Soldier" - 4:51
4. "Thank Christ for the Bomb" - 7:15
5. "Ship on the Ocean" - 3:27
6. "Garden" - 5:10
7. "Status People" - 3:32
8. "Rich Man, Poor Man" - 3:25
9. "Eccentric Man" - 4:53

Personnel

• Tony McPhee
  Tony McPhee
  Tony McPhee is an English blues guitarist, and founder of The Groundhogs....
  
   – guitars, vocals
• Peter Cruikshank – bass
• Ken Pustelnik – drums
• Martin Birch
  Martin Birch
  Martin Birch is a British rock and heavy metal music producer, who became renowned for engineering and producing albums by the British rock bands Deep Purple and Iron Maiden....
  
  - engineer