The Thrill Of It All is the fourth studio album by British

British people

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 hard rock

Hard rock

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 band 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...

. It was released in February 1997 on the independent B Lucky label following their departure from EMI

EMI

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Luke Morley had to play bass as well as lead guitar on this album as regular bassist Mikael Höglund

Mikael Höglund

Mikael Höglund is a Swedish bass player, previously of the bands Tryckvåg, Great King Rat and Thunder, appearing on the 1995 album Behind Closed Doors, Live Circuit and Their Finest Hour...and a bit....

 was unavailable for personal reasons - Höglund would subsequently leave the band in the summer of 1996, with former Then Jericho bassist Chris Childs

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 joining as his replacement prior to the tour that followed the album's release. The album was moderately successful, reaching number 14 on the UK Album Chart with the single "Don't Wait Up For Me" reaching number 27 on the UK Singles Chart

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A remastered 2-CD Special Edition of the album containing various b-sides

B-Sides

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 and acoustic versions of tracks from the original on the second disc was released in 2004 by Sanctuary Records

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Track listing

All songs written by Luke Morley, except where noted:

1. Pilot Of My Dreams - 4.31
2. Living For Today - 4:04
3. Love Worth Dying For - 4:04
4. Don't Wait Up For Me - 4:04
5. Something About You (Morley/James) - 5:03
6. Welcome To The Party (Morley/James) - 4:43
7. The Thrill Of It All (Morley/James) - 5:36
8. Hotter Than The Sun - 4:49
9. This Forgotten Town (Morley/James) - 5:06
10. Cosmetic Punk - 3:43
11. You Can't Live Your Life In A Day - 5:58

Disc 2 (2004 Remastered version only)

1. Don't Wait Up For Me (Long Version) - 4:35
2. Hirsuite Boogie (Bowes/Morley/Matthews/James) - 2:16
3. Every Word's A Lie - 4:13
4. Somebody To Love - 4:08
5. Lethal Combination - 3:42
6. Love Worth Dying For (Acoustic) - 3:22
7. Something About You (Acoustic) - 3:54
8. Bring It On Home (Acoustic) (Sam Cooke)
9. You Can't Live Your Life In A Day (Acoustic) - 4:08
10. Too Bad - 4:15

"Too Bad" was also included as a bonus track on the original Japanese edition of the album

Personnel

• 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...
  
   - guitar, bass guitar
• 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...
  
   - guitar, keyboards
• 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
• 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

Additional musicians

• Ellie Lawson - backing vocals on "Don't Wait Up For Me" & "The Thrill of It All"
• Andy Taylor
  Andy Taylor (guitarist)
  Andy Taylor is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a member of Duran Duran and The Power Station....
  
  - Rhythm guitar on "Too Bad"

Credits

• Producer - Luke Morley
• Engineering & Mixing - Rupert Coulson
• Assistant Engineers - Paul Read, Nick Brine, Harry Sarrikostas
• Mastering - Mark Embleton
• Artwork & Design - Hugh Gilmore
• Photography - Kasuyuo Sandford

External links

• Album Page at Thunder Online