Thunderbox (album)

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Thunderbox

Studio album by Humble Pie

Released

February 1974

Recorded

Olics Sound

A&M

Humble Pie chronology

Eat It
(1973)

Thunderbox
(1974)

Street Rats
(1975)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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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

"Thunderbox" (Marriott, Clempson)
"Groovin' with Jesus" (Gene Barge, Bennie Swartz)
"I Can't Stand the Rain" (Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard Miller)
"Anna (Go to Him)" (Arthur Alexander)
"No Way" (Marriott, Ridley)
"Rally with Ali" (Marriott, Clempson, Ridley, Shirley)
"Don't Worry, be Happy" (Marriott, Clempson, Ridley, Shirley)
"Ninety-Nine Pounds" (Don Bryant)
"Every Single Day" (Clempson)
"No Money Down" (Chuck Berry)
"Drift Away" (Mentor Williams)
"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

↑ Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful p.217
↑ project:restoration - White House
↑ Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful p.217

External links

Humble Pie

Steve Marriott Jerry Shirley Greg Ridley Peter Frampton

Studio albums	As Safe As Yesterday Is Town and Country Humble Pie Rock On Smokin' Eat It Thunderbox Street Rats On to Victory Go for the Throat Back On Track

Live albums	Performance Rockin' the Fillmore In Concert Live At The Whiskey A-Go-Go '69

Compilations	Humble Pie's Greatest Hits {Featuring Peter Frampton & Steve Marriott] Best of Humble Pie Classics Volume 14 Early Years Hot n' Nasty: The Anthology The Scrubbers Sessions Archive The Immediate Years: Natural Born Boogie Running with the Pack Natural Born Boogie: The BBC Sessions Extended Versions Twentieth Century Masters: The Millennium Collection The Atlanta Years Definitive Collection (Best Of)

Singles	"Natural Born Bugie" "The Sad Bag of Shaky Jake" "Big Black Dog" "Shine On" "I Don't Need No Doctor" "Hot 'n' Nasty" "30 Days in the Hole" "Get Down to It" "Shut Up and Don't Interrupt Me" "Black Coffee" "Oh La De Da" "Ninety-Nine Pounds" "Rock and Roll Music"

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