Thank Christ for the Bomb

by Groundhogs

Thank Christ for the Bomb cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 May 1970
  • Label: Liberty
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:18:09
  • Community rating: 4.18/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Pete Cruickshank, Peter Cruickshank, Ken Pustelnik, Tony McPhee

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Pivoting away from straightforward blues covers, Tony McPhee asserted total creative control to write an abrasive, politically charged masterpiece of heavy blues-rock. The conceptual focus on cold-war paranoia and societal alienation is perfectly matched by his wildly unorthodox, intensely overdriven guitar work.

Genres

Descriptors: war, political, conscious, dissonant, confrontational

Tracklist

  1. Strange Town (4:20)
  2. Darkness Is No Friend (3:48)
  3. Soldier (4:54)
  4. Thank Christ for the Bomb (7:21)
  5. Ship on the Ocean (3:28)
  6. Garden (5:24)
  7. Status People (3:34)
  8. Rich Man, Poor Man (3:27)
  9. Eccentric Man (5:04)
  10. Garden - Radio 1 Sessions (3:34)
  11. Eccentric Man - Radio 1 Sessions (5:00)
  12. Garden - Live At Leeds (6:19)
  13. Eccentric Man - Live at Leeds (6:47)
  14. Soldier - Radio 1 Sessions (15:02)

Credits

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