Thunderbox (album)

Thunderbox
Studio album by Humble Pie
Released	February 1974
Recorded	Olics Sound
Genre	Hard rock, R&B
Label	A&M
Producer	Steve Marriott
Humble Pie chronology
Eat It (1973) Thunderbox (1974) Street Rats (1975)

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Thunderbox is the seventh studio album by English hard rock group Humble Pie, released in 1974. It reached #52 on the Billboard 200 album chart in the United States. The planned UK release was cancelled.

Background

Twelve songs appear, seven of them covers, "Grooving With Jesus" originally released by gospel legends The Violinaires, Ann Peebles song "I Can't Stand the Rain" once referred to by John Lennon as the perfect single; "Anna (Go to Him)" originally written and performed by Arthur Alexander and recorded by The Beatles on their first album, and "Oh La-De-Da" by The Staple Singers.^[1]

Incidentally, the word Thunderbox is a seventeenth century slang word for the toilet^[2] which gives an example of Humble Pie's sense of humour.^[3] The cover shows a keyhole through which a woman can be seen sitting on a toilet.

Track listing

1. "Thunderbox" (Marriott, Clempson)
2. "Groovin' with Jesus" (Gene Barge, Bennie Swartz)
3. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard Miller)
4. "Anna (Go to Him)" (Arthur Alexander)
5. "No Way" (Marriott, Ridley)
6. "Rally with Ali" (Marriott, Clempson, Ridley, Shirley)
7. "Don't Worry, be Happy" (Marriott, Clempson, Ridley, Shirley)
8. "Ninety-Nine Pounds" (Don Bryant)
9. "Every Single Day" (Clempson)
10. "No Money Down" (Chuck Berry)
11. "Drift Away" (Mentor Williams)
12. "Oh La-De-Da" (Phillip Mitchell)

Personnel

• Steve Marriott - guitar, harmonica, keyboards, vocals
• Greg Ridley - bass, vocals, Lead Vocals on "Drift away"
• Jerry Shirley - drums, piano on "I can't stand the rain", backing vocals
• Dave "Clem" Clempson - guitar, slide guitar, backing vocals

With Guest :

• Mel Collins - horns
• Special Thanks to The Blackberries :
  • Carlena Williams -vocals
  • Venetta Fields - vocals
  • Billie Barnum - vocals
• Hipgnosis - original album sleeve design
• Arranged and Produced by The Pie
• Recorded at Olics Sound, somewhere east of Guatemala
• Editing : Alan O'Duffy

Notes

External links

• History of Humble Pie
• Thunderbox track listing and album credits info.