Thriller (Eddie and the Hot Rods album)

Thriller
Studio album by Eddie and the Hot Rods
Released March 9, 1979
Recorded 1979
Genre Pub rock, punk rock
Length 43:25
Label Island
Producer Peter Ker
Eddie and the Hot Rods chronology
Life on the Line
(1977)
Thriller
(1979)
Fish 'N' Chips
(1981)
Singles from Thriller
  1. "Media Messiahs"/"Horror Through Straightness"
    Released: January 19, 1979
  2. "The Power and the Glory"/"Highlands One, Hopefuls Two"
    Released: March 9, 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Thriller is the third studio album by pub rock band Eddie and the Hot Rods and it reached #50 on the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1979, it is produced by Peter Ker. The album builds on the sound they have established in the previous studio album Life on the Line. Shortly after the release of Thriller, the band was sacked by their record company and forced to join EMI Records. The album was reissued in 2002 with two bonus tracks: "Horror Through Straightness" and "Highlands 1 Hopefuls 2". These songs had been the B-sides to the singles released on the album.

The album featured two singles: "Media Messiahs" and "The Power and the Glory", both of which did not chart on the UK Singles Chart.

Linda McCartney provided backing vocals on "The Power and the Glory".[2] Reception of the album was muted.[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Power and the Glory" (Graeme Douglas) - 4:16
  2. "Echoes" (Paul Gray, Steve Nicol) - 2:54
  3. "Media Messiahs" (Douglas) - 2:54
  4. "Circles" (Dave Higgs) - 2:55
  5. "He Does It with Mirrors" (Higgs, Douglas) - 4:12
  6. "Strangers" (Douglas) - 2:46
  7. "Out to Lunch" (Higgs) - 4:48
  8. "Breathless" (Douglas, Gray) - 3:33
  9. "Take It or Leave It" (Barrie Masters, Douglas) - 4:12
  10. "Living Dangerously" (Higgs) - 3:36
  11. "Horror Through Straightness" (Higgs, Nicol, Gray) - 4:25
  12. "Highlands 1 Hopefuls 2" (Higgs, Masters) - 3:00

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1979) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart 50

References

  1. Thriller at AllMusic
  2. Harry Castleman, Walter J. Podrazik -The end of the Beatles? 1985 p 294 "However, for the 1979 Thriller album by Eddie and the Hot Rods (recorded at Abbey Road studios), only Linda made the album credits as a backing vocalist. Though the liner notes did not offer a track-by-track listing of personnel, she most likely appeared on the Power And The Glory cut, also issued as a single...."
  3. Peter Buckley The Rough Guide to Rock 2003 "Eddie and the Hot Rods .... THRILLER (1979) was a disappointment, and when Douglas left, the writing was on the wall."
  4. Eddie and the Hot Rods, Thriller credits Retrieved June 22, 2016.


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