Laughing on Judgement Day
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Laughing On Judgement Day is the second studio album by English hard rock band Thunder.[2] Released in August 1992, the album remains the band's most successful in terms of chart position, reaching number 2 on the UK Album Chart in September of that year and later being certified 'Silver' by the BPI.[3] The four singles released from the album [4] also all made the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart - "Low Life in High Places" reaching number 22, "Everybody Wants Her" number 36, "A Better Man" number 18 and "Like a Satellite" number 25.
A 2-CD remastered version of the album with an additional bonus disc of B-sides, demos, acoustic versions & live tracks was released by EMI in 2009.
Track listing
All songs written by Luke Morley, except where noted:[5][6]
- "Does It Feel Like Love?" - 5:01
- "Everybody Wants Her" (Luke Morley, Danny Bowes, Gary James, Ben Matthews) - 4:31
- "Low Life in High Places" - 4:10
- "Laughing on Judgement Day" - 4:34
- "Empty City" (Luke Morley, Andy Taylor) - 7:00
- "Today the World Stopped Turning" - 4:44
- "Long Way from Home" - 6:03
- "Fire to Ice" (Luke Morley, Gary James) - 4:34
- "Feeding the Flame" - 4:33
- "A Better Man" - 3:41
- "The Moment of Truth (Danny Bowes, Gary James, Ben Matthews) - 3:55
- "Flawed to Perfection" - 4:55
- "Like a Satellite" (Luke Morley, Andy Taylor) - 4:48
- "Baby I'll Be Gone" - 6:49
Disc 2 (2009 Expanded version only)
- "She's My Inspiration"
- "With a Little Help from My Friends" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "Low Life In High Places" (Demo)
- "Everybody Wants Her" (Radio Edit)
- "Dirty Love" (Acoustic Version)
- "Higher Ground" (Acoustic Version)
- "Like a Satellite" (Live)
- "Gimme Shelter" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
- "The Damage Is Done"
- "Higher Ground" (Live)
- "Lazy Sunday Afternoon" (Live) (Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane)
- "Bigger Than Both of Us"
- "Dangerous Rhythm"
- "Everybody Wants Her" (Preacher Fade)
- "New York, New York: Harry’s Theme" (Live)
Personnel
- Danny Bowes - vocals
- Luke Morley - guitars, harmonica
- Ben Matthews - guitars, keyboards
- Mark 'Snake' Luckhurst - bass guitar
- Gary James - drums, percussion
- Jody Linscott - percussion (on "Empty City", "The Moment of Truth" and "Like a Satellite")
- The Big Bad Horns (Grant Kirkhope, Frank Mizen & Snake Davis) - brass (on "Everybody Wants Her")
Credits
- Producers - Andy Taylor and Luke Morley
- Recording - Ken Lomas
- Mixing - Dave Bascombe
- Additional engineering - Ben Matthews
- Assistant engineers - Andy Baker, Lee Phillips, Adrian Moore, Ian Huffman, Andy Strange
- John Kalodner - John Kalodner
- Photography - Jill Furmanosky
- Stills photographers - Rupert Truman, Tony May
- Art - Storm Thorgerson and Keith Breeden
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- Their Finest Hour (and a bit)
- The Best of Thunder
- The Rare, The Raw, and the Rest
- Gimme Some...
- Rock Champions
- Ballads
- The Very Best of Thunder
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| Extended plays |
- The Only One
- The Only One (Live)
- Six of One
- Half a Dozen of the Others
- The Joy of Six
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