All You Can Eat (Thunder album)

All You Can Eat is the thirty-second live album and eleventh video by English hard rock band Thunder. It is a three-part collection documenting a number of live performances in 2014, as well as the recording and production of the band's 2015 tenth studio album Wonder Days. The album was released on 29 January 2016 by earMusic. The video portion of the release topped the UK Music Video Chart, while the full album charted at number 101 on the Japanese Albums Chart.

Presented in three parts, All You Can Eat consists of Live at RAK Studio 1, recorded at London's RAK Studios on 4 November 2014, Live at the Brooklyn Bowl, recorded at The O2's Brooklyn Bowl two days later, and Wonder Days: The Film, a behind the scenes documentary filmed during the recording of Wonder Days, as well as footage from the band's appearance at Loud Park Festival on 19 October 2014 and highlights from the RAK Studios and Brooklyn Bowl performances.

In addition to its release as a three-disc set, All You Can Eat was released in Japan and online with a bonus disc featuring the band's full performance at the Saitama Super Arena in Tokyo for Loud Park Festival. Live at RAK Studio 1, Live at Brooklyn Bowl and Live at Loud Park were also issued separately as limited edition albums on 12" vinyl. Thunder's second guitarist Ben Matthews was not present for any of the live recordings, and was replaced by Peter Shoulder.

Background

Thunder performed only three shows in 2014 – on 28 June at Calling Festival in London, on 19 October at Loud Park Festival in Tokyo, Japan, and on 6 November at The O2's Brooklyn Bowl in London – and spent the rest of the year recording their tenth studio album Wonder Days.^[1] At the beginning of the year, the band's second guitarist and keyboardist Ben Matthews was diagnosed with head and neck cancer, which excluded him from taking part in any of the shows and much of the album's recording.^[2] He was replaced by Peter Shoulder – lead guitarist Luke Morley's bandmate in The Union – and was later "given the all-clear" in November.^[3]

The band's performances at Loud Park Festival and the Brooklyn Bowl in 2014 were recorded, in addition to a rehearsal session on 4 November at RAK Studios in London, for release on All You Can Eat. The RAK Studio session was included as the "starter" of the set, the Brooklyn Bowl performance as the "main course", and the Loud Park set as part of the "dessert" disc, which also featured a documentary about the recording of Wonder Days and footage from RAK Studios and the Brooklyn Bowl.^[4] Some editions of the album contained the Loud Park recordings as a separate disc, while all three were also released separately in the UK on 12" vinyl.^[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Bravewords	8.5/10^[4]
Classic Rock	^[6]

Reviewing the album for Bravewords, Mark Gromen described All You Can Eat as "a worthy introduction" to the band's 2015 tenth studio album Wonder Days, praising the collection's "passionate, storytelling lyrics, slide and reverb guitar, plus an amazingly clear production".^[4] Gromen concluded his review by proposing that "You'd be hard pressed to find a more consistent, bluesy hard rock band over the last 2+ decades", awarding the album a rating of 8.5 out of 10.^[4] Essi Berelian of Classic Rock claimed that All You Can Eat "will provide fans ample opportunity to gorge themselves stupid, over and over again".^[6]

Track listing

Starter: Live at RAK Studio 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Wonder Days"	Luke Morley	5:08
2.	"The Thing I Want"	Morley	3:44
3.	"When the Music Played"	Morley	6:36
4.	"Black Water"	Morley Lynne Jackaman	4:01
5.	"Resurrection Day"	Morley	4:37
6.	"I Love the Weekend"	Morley	3:33
7.	"Chasing Shadows"	Morley	4:04
8.	"Serpentine"	Morley	4:47
9.	"Be Good to Yourself" (Andy Fraser cover)	Andy Fraser	3:13
10.	"The Rocker" (Thin Lizzy cover)	Phil Lynott Eric Bell Brian Downey	3:37
11.	"Superstition" (Stevie Wonder cover)	Stevie Wonder	5:01
12.	"Up Around the Bend" (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)	John Fogerty	3:26
13.	"I'm Down" (The Beatles cover)	John Lennon Paul McCartney	2:55
14.	"The Stealer" (Free cover)	Paul Rodgers Paul Kossoff Andy Fraser	3:38
Total length:			58:16

Main course: Live at the Brooklyn Bowl

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Backstreet Symphony"	Morley	5:06
2.	"The Thing I Want"	Morley	4:02
3.	"Black Water"	Morley Jackaman	5:23
4.	"Low Life in High Places"	Morley	6:10
5.	"Be Good to Yourself" (Andy Fraser cover)	Fraser	3:23
6.	"Wonder Days"	Morley	5:15
7.	"The Devil Made Me Do It"	Morley	5:20
8.	"Resurrection Day"	Morley	5:01
9.	"Stand Up"	Morley James	4:23
10.	"The Rocker" (Thin Lizzy cover)	Lynott Bell Downey	3:50
11.	"Love Walked In"	Morley	7:31
12.	"Dirty Love"	Morley	11:58
13.	"Up Around the Bend" (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)	Fogerty	4:17
14.	"Just Another Suicide"	Morley James	8:15
Total length:			79:54

Dessert: Wonder Days: The Film

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wonder Days Documentary Film"	72:00

Live at Loud Park
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dirty Love"	Morley	8:25
2.	"The Thing I Want"	Morley	3:45
3.	"Higher Ground"	Morley	7:12
4.	"Wonder Days"	Morley	5:23
5.	"River of Pain"	Morley	3:56
6.	"I Love You More Than Rock 'n' Roll"	Morley	5:47
Total length:			34:28

Live at RAK Studio 1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When the Music Played"	Morley	6:36
2.	"Resurrection Day"	Morley	4:37
3.	"I Love the Weekend"	Morley	3:33
4.	"Chasing Shadows"	Morley	4:04
5.	"Serpentine"	Morley	4:47
6.	"I'm Down" (The Beatles cover)	Lennon McCartney	2:55
7.	"The Stealer" (Free cover)	Rodgers Kossoff Fraser	3:38
Total length:			30:10

Live at the Brooklyn Bowl
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Black Water"	Morley Jackaman	5:23
2.	"Low Life in High Places"	Morley	6:10
3.	"Be Good to Yourself" (Andy Fraser cover)	Fraser	3:23
4.	"The Rocker" (Thin Lizzy cover)	Lynott Bell Downey	3:50
5.	"Love Walked In"	Morley	7:31
6.	"Up Around the Bend" (Creedence Clearwater Revival cover)	Fogerty	4:17
Total length:			30:34

Bonus disc: Live at Loud Park

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dirty Love"	Morley	8:25
2.	"The Thing I Want"	Morley	3:45
3.	"Higher Ground"	Morley	7:12
4.	"Wonder Days"	Morley	5:23
5.	"River of Pain"	Morley	3:56
6.	"I Love You More Than Rock 'n' Roll"	Morley	5:47
Total length:			34:28

Personnel

Danny Bowes – vocals
Luke Morley – guitar, piano, backing vocals, production
Chris Childs – bass, backing vocals, production, mastering
Gary "Harry" James – drums, percussion
Peter Shoulder – guitar, backing vocals
Kenny Dogleash – production
Nick Brine – engineering, mixing
Joel Davies – engineering assistance
Pete Maher – mastering
Alexander Mertsch – design
Jason Joyce – photography
Marty Moffatt – photography

References

↑ "Calling Festival 2014". Thunder. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
↑ McIver 2016, pp. 342–343
↑ Kielty, Martin (10 November 2014). "Thunder's Ben gets cancer all-clear". Classic Rock. TeamRock. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
1 2 3 4 Gromen, Mark (8 March 2016). "Thunder - All You Can Eat". Bravewords. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
↑ "All You Can Eat". Thunder. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
1 2 Berelian, Essi (19 February 2016). "Thunder: All You Can Eat". Classic Rock. TeamRock. Retrieved 11 June 2017.

Bibliography

McIver, Joel (11 November 2016), Giving the Game Away: The Thunder Story, London, England: Omnibus Press, ISBN 978-1785581373

External links

All You Can Eat on Thunder's official website
All You Can Eat at Discogs (list of releases)

Thunder
Danny Bowes Luke Morley Ben Matthews Chris Childs Gary "Harry" James Mark "Snake" Luckhurst Mikael "Micke" Höglund
Studio albums	Backstreet Symphony Laughing on Judgement Day Behind Closed Doors The Thrill of It All Giving the Game Away Shooting at the Sun The Magnificent Seventh! Robert Johnson's Tombstone Bang! Wonder Days Rip It Up
Live albums	Live Circuit Live They Think It's All Over... It Is Now Open the Window – Close the Door: Live in Japan They Think It's All Acoustic... It Is Now Live at Donington: Monsters of Rock 1990 The Best of Thunder: Live! Live at the Bedford Arms Live at Rock City Live at Rock City Case #2 The Xmas Show: Live 2005 The Magnificent Five Do Xmas! The Xmas Show: Live 2006 Rock City 6: The Smell of Snow The Xmas Show: Live 2007 Rock City 8: The Turkey Strikes Back The Xmas Show: Live 2008 Rock City 10: A Christmas Cracker A Bit of Rough: Live in Japan Vol. 1 A Bit of Rough: Live in Japan Vol. 2 20 Years and Out: The Farewell Tour Live! Live at the BBC (1990–1995) Rough & Ready The Xmas Show: Live 2011 Rock City 12: The Baubles Are Back in Town The Xmas Show: Live 2012 The Mancunian Candidate Live at Donington 1990 & 1992 The Xmas Show: Live 2013 Back to the Black Country All You Can Eat
Compilations	The Best of Thunder: Their Finest Hour (And a Bit) Burrn! Presents: The Best of Thunder The Rare, the Raw and the Rest Gimme Some... Rock Champions Symphony and Stage Ballads The Very Best of Thunder The EP Sessions 2007–2008 Greatest Hits on CD & DVD The Best of Thunder 1989–1995
Extended plays	Six Shooter The Tombstone Acoustic Session Six of One... ...Half a Dozen of the Other The Joy of Six Killer Broken Mirror 29 Minutes Later
Singles	"She's So Fine" "Dirty Love" "Backstreet Symphony" "Gimme Some Lovin'" "Love Walked In" "Until My Dying Day" "Does It Feel Like Love?" "Low Life in High Places" "Everybody Wants Her" "A Better Man" "Like a Satellite" "Stand Up" "River of Pain" "Castles in the Sand" "In a Broken Dream" "Don't Wait Up" "Love Worth Dying For" "The Only One" "Play That Funky Music" "Just Another Suicide" "Loser" "I Love You More Than Rock 'n' Roll" "I'm a Lucky Man" "The Devil Made Me Do It" "Wonder Days" "When the Music Played" "Resurrection Day"
Video albums	Backstreet Symphony: The Videos Live In, Out, Put the Kettle On Live & Uncut at the Marquee Plug It Out Flawed to Perfection: The Video Collection 1990–1995 Scenes of the Behind Thunder Go Mad in Japan! The Devil Went to Huttwil: Live in Switzerland At the End of the Road: Live in London, 11th July 2009 All You Can Eat
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