• Thunder’s three studio albums for EMI.
• Plus a host of bonus tracks, single cuts and B-sides.
• And live recordings from The Town And Country Club and their Monsters Of Rock Donington debut.
• FOR FANS OF: Faces, Quireboys.
Formed at the start of 1989 from the core of Terraplane, guitarist and songwriter Luke Morley, singer Danny Bowes and drummer Gary “Harry” James were joined by Ben Matthews on guitar and keyboards and Mark ‘Snake’ Luckhurst on bass for their debut album which was produced by Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor for EMI. ‘Backstreet Symphony’ (CD1), was released in 1990 featuring no less than five chart singles which led to them opening the 1990 Monsters Of Rock festival, captured in its entirety here on CD3.
Their fan base and reputation was further cemented with the release of ‘Laughing On Judgement Day’ (CD4) in 1992, their second gold album in a row. Featuring the singles ‘Low Life in High Places’, ‘Everybody Wants Her’, ‘A Better Man’ and ‘Like a Satellite’, the album reached No.2 In the UK album charts.
By the time that third record ‘Behind Closed Doors’ (CD6) was released in 1995, bassist ‘Snake’ Luckhurst had been replaced by Mikael Höglund. A third hit in a row, ‘Behind Closed Doors’ featured the singles ‘Stand Up’, ‘River Of Pain’ and ‘Castles In The Sand’.
By 1996 Thunder had left EMI, leaving behind a legacy of three classic albums and an armful or two of great singles. No slouches when it came to giving their fans value for money, those singles often came with non-album songs or alternative versions, including ‘Until The Night Is Through (Dance Dance Dance)’, ‘I Can Still Hear The Music’ and ‘No Way Out Of The Wilderness’ from ‘Backtreet Symphony’; ‘She's My Inspiration’, ‘With A Little Help From My Friends’, ‘Bigger Than Both Of Us’ and ‘Dangerous Rhythm’ from ‘Laughing On Judgement Day’ and ‘One Pretty Woman’, ‘The Fire Is Gone’, ‘Life In A Day’ from ‘Behind Closed Doors’.
TRACK LISTING
DISC ONE
Back Street Symphony
1. She's So Fine
2. Dirty Love
3. Don't Wait For Me
4. Higher Ground
5. Until My Dying Day
6. Back Street 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
Bonus Tracks: Single B-Sides
12. Dirty Love (12" Extended Version)
13. Fired Up
14. I Wanna Be Her Slave
15. She's So Fine (Full Version)
DISC TWO
Back Street Symphony - Bonus Tracks: Studio & Live B-Sides
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 On Holiday (Live)
5. Girl's Going Out Of Her Head (Live)
6. Another Shot Of Love (Live)
Live At The Town And Country Club, London 7th March 1990
7. Backstreet Symphony
8. She's So Fine
9. Until My Dying Day
10. Higher Ground
11. Don't Wait For Me
12. Fired Up
13. Dirty Love
DISC THREE
Live At Donington 1990
1. She's So Fine
2. Backstreet Symphony
3. Until My Dying Day
4. Higher Ground
5. Don't Wait For Me
6. Fired Up
7. Dirty Love
DISC FOUR
Laughing On Judgement Day
1. Does It Feel Like Love?
2. Everybody Wants Her
3. Low Life In High Places
4. Laughing On Judgement Day
5. Empty City
6. Today The World Stopped Turning
7. Long Way From Home
8. Fire To Ice
9. Feeding The Flame
10. A Better Man
11. The Moment Of Truth
12. Flawed To Perfection
13. Like A Satellite
14. Baby I'll Be Gone
DISC FIVE
Laughing On Judgement Day - Bonus Tracks (B-Sides)
1. She's My Inspiration
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Low Life In High Places (Demo)
4. Everybody Wants Her (Radio Edit)
5. Dirty Love (Acoustic Version)
6. Higher Ground (Acoustic Version)
7. Like A Satellite (Live)
8. Gimme Shelter
9. The Damage Is Done
10. Higher Ground (Live)
11. Lazy Sunday Afternoon (Live)
12. Bigger Than Both Of Us
13. Dangerous Rhythm
14. Everybody Wants Her (Preacher Fade)
15. New York, New York: Harry's Theme (Live)
DISC SIX
Behind Closed Doors
1. Moth To The Flame
2. Fly On The Wall
3. I'll Be Waiting
4. River Of Pain
5. Future Train
6. 'Til The River Runs Dry
7. Stand Up
8. Preaching From A Chair
9. Castles In The Sand
10. Too Scared To Live
11. Ball And Chain
12. It Happened In This Town
DISC SEVEN
Behind Closed Doors - Bonus Tracks
1. Low Life In High Places (Live At Hammersmith)
2. Move On
3. Everybody Wants Her (Live)
4. Does It Feel Like Love (Live)
5. You Don't Know What Love Is (Demo)
6. River Of Pain (Live Acoustic)
7. Stand Up (Live Acoustic)
8. Castles In The Sand (Live Acoustic)
9. Move Over (Live)
10. One Pretty Woman
11. The Fire Is Gone
12. Life In A Day
13. In A Broken Dream
14. Love Walked In (Live)
15. Dirty Love (Demo)
16. Stay With Me
