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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelEarmusic, Ermu
UPC4029759116981
eBay Product ID (ePID)9046040161
Product Key Features
Release Year2017
FormatCD
GenreRock
ArtistThunder
Release TitleRip It Up
Dimensions
Item Height0.41 in
Item Weight0.24 lb
Item Length5.57 in
Item Width4.93 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Number of Tracks11
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 No One Gets Out Alive 1.2 Rip It Up 1.3 She Likes the Cocaine 1.4 Right from the Start 1.5 Shakedown 1.6 Heartbreak Hurricane 1.7 In Another Life 1.8 The Chosen One 1.9 The Enemy Inside 1.10 Tumbling Down 1.11 There's Always a Loser
Sub-GenreHeavy Metal
NotesThunder's new album and eleventh overall features eleven brand new songs recorded in 2016 and is proof positive that this is a band that exists only to push itself and aim higher. Following on from the Top Ten success enjoyed by previous release Wonder Days, Rip It Up - as the title suggests - sees Danny Bowes, Luke Morley, Ben Matthew, Chris Childs and 'Harry' James stretching themselves musically, lyrically and creatively. Rip It Up comes nearly three decades into their career and, if 27 is normally famed and feared as the rock milestone at which many of the great and the good have had their creative flames extinguished, then Thunder have arrived with a bulging bag of tunes, a notebook of great lyrics, a jerrycan of petrol, and a match. There are rockers, like the incendiary title track, ripsnorters like "She Likes The Cocaine," whilst songs like "Right From The Start" take the pace down, but turn the intensity up. Whilst the album closes out with the stylish blues-tinged melancholia of "There's Always A Loser," it's clear that the band have continued with their winning ways.
I refer to 1980's "Hair Bands" and "Glam Rock" as Thunder Rock. Just recently discovered there is a band from that era named "Thunder". Who knew? Thunder is the British version of Winger (or is Winger the American version of Thunder? Hmm). If you like 80's Thunder Rock in general and Winger specifically, you will not be disappointed with this CD or any of their earlier CDs. Have liked all their music I have collected so far and enthusiastically recommend them.