Use up arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+up arrow) and down arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+down arrow) to review and enter to select. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. The third album ‘Thank Christ for the Bomb’ in 1970 signalled a departure from raw R&B into more adventurous territory and was the first Hogs album to see significant sales. Javascript is not enabled in your browser. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. But it still has the ability to chill, thrill, and kill any doubts that such long-windiness might evoke, while the truths that were evident to McPhee in 1970 aren't too far from reality today. Members save with free shipping everyday! Groundhogs - Thank Christ for the Bomb (Full Album) (Music Video). Thank Christ for the Bomb by The Groundhogs - CD (2020) for $14.50 from OLDIES.com Pop / Rock - Order by Phone 1-800-336-4627 Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. You Save 5%. As these 3 cds contain The Groundhogs first 5 albums, I will give my own short rating for each album. You can view Barnes & Noble’s Privacy Policy. Thank Christ for the Bomb was the first Groundhogs album to indicate that the group had a lifespan longer than the already-fading British blues boom suggested. Current price is $27.54, Original price is $28.99. Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. Please try again. Thank Christ for the Bomb was the first Groundhogs album to indicate that the group had a lifespan longer than the already-fading British blues boom suggested. It was also the first in the sequence of semi-conceptual masterpieces that the group cut following their decision to abandon the mellow blues of their earlier works and pursue the socially aware, prog-inflected bent that culminated with 1972's seminal Who Will Save the World? Thank Christ for the Bomb' is an album is a game of two halves; side one tackling the thermo nuclear threat while side two traces riches to rags alienation in everyday London. [Originally issued in 1970, the LP was reissued on CD in 2007 and features bonus tracks.] Yet the overall sense of the album is almost bulldozing, and it is surely no coincidence that, engineering alongside McPhee's self-production, Martin Birch came to the Groundhogs fresh from Deep Purple in Rock and wore that experience firmly on his sleeve. Unable to add item to List. Thank Christ For The Groundhogs: The Liberty Years 1968-1972 Groundhogs. Thank Christ For The Bomb is a visionary tale of cold war fear, alienation and everyday drama. 4.6 out of 5 stars 22. Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser, ©1997-2020 Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Inc. 122 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011, Submit your email address to receive Barnes & Noble offers & updates. 1) Scratching the Surface (1968) *** three stars An unremarkable Blues album 2) Blues Obituary (1969) **** four stars A good Blues-rock album 3) Thank Christ for The Bomb ***** five stars An excellent Psych-rock album with an anti-war theme. Please try again. The Groundhogs include: Tony McPhee (guitar). Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.co.uk. ~ Dave Thompson, To place an order or for customer service, call toll-free, Eccentric Man (Radio 1 Session, August 1971), Eccentric Man (Live At Leeds, February 1971). Check out Thank Christ For The Bomb by The Groundhogs on Amazon Music. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. Thank Christ for the Groundhogs: Liberty Years, Goats Head Soup [3CD/Blu-ray Super Deluxe Box Set], Goats Head Soup [2CD 2020 Deluxe Edition], Workingman's Dead (50th Anniversary Deluxe Edition). Volume and dynamics aside, there are few points of comparison between the two albums -- if the Groundhogs have any direct kin, it would have to be either the similarly three-piece Budgie or a better-organized Edgar Broughton Band. They were rewarded with their first ever Top Ten hit and purchasers were rewarded with an album that still packs a visceral punch in and around Tony McPhee's dark, doom-laden lyrics. Even the acoustic guitars can make your ears bleed when they feel like it and, although the anti-war sentiments of "Thank Christ for the Bomb" seem an over-wordy echo of Purple's similarly themed "Child in Time," it is no less effective for it. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Elements of Thank Christ for the Bomb do seem overdone today, not the least of which is the title track's opening recitation (a history of 20th century war, would you believe?). album. Personnel: Tony McPhee (vocals, guitar); Ken Pustelnik (drums). Thank Christ For The Groundhogs: The Liberty Years 1968-1972 Groundhogs. 4.6 out of 5 stars 23. Recording information: BBC's Maida Vale 4 Studio (02/1970); BBC's Maida Vale 5 studio (02/1970); De Lane Lea Studios, London (02/1970); London's Playhouse Theatre (02/1970); BBC's Maida Vale 4 Studio (02/1971); BBC's Maida Vale 5 studio (02/1971); De Lane Lea Studios, London (02/1971); London's Playhouse Theatre (02/1971); BBC's Maida Vale 4 Studio (05/23/1974); BBC's Maida Vale 5 studio (05/23/1974); De Lane Lea Studios, London (05/23/1974); London's Playhouse Theatre (05/23/1974); BBC's Maida Vale 4 Studio (07/21/1970); BBC's Maida Vale 5 studio (07/21/1970); De Lane Lea Studios, London (07/21/1970); London's Playhouse Theatre (07/21/1970); BBC's Maida Vale 4 Studio (08/04/1971); BBC's Maida Vale 5 studio (08/04/1971); De Lane Lea Studios, London (08/04/1971); London's Playhouse Theatre (08/04/1971).
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