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Thunders three studio albums for EMI. Plus a host of bonus tracks, single cuts and Bsides. And live recordings from The Town And Country Club and their Monsters Of Rock Donington debut. FOR FANS OF Faces, Quireboys.Formed at the start of 1989 from the core of Terraplane, guitarist and songwriter Luke Morley, singer Danny Bowes and drummer Gary Harry James were joined by Ben Matthews on guitar and keyboards and Mark Snake Luckhurst on bass for their debut album which was produced by Duran Durans Andy Taylor for EMI. Backstreet Symphony CD1, was released in 1990 featuring no less than five chart singles which led to them opening the 1990 Monsters Of Rock festival, captured in its entirety here on CD3.Their fan base and reputation was further cemented with the release of Laughing On Judgement Day CD4 in 1992, their second gold album in a row. Featuring the singles Low Life in High Places, Everybody Wants Her, A Better Man and Like a Satellite, the album reached No.2 In the UK album charts.By the time that third record Behind Closed Doors CD6 was released in 1995, bassist Snake Luckhurst had been replaced by Mikael Hglund. A third hit in a row, Behind Closed Doors featured the singles Stand Up, River Of Pain and Castles In The Sand.By 1996 Thunder had left EMI, leaving behind a legacy of three classic albums and an armful or two of great singles. No slouches when it came to giving their fans value for money, those singles often came with nonalbum songs or alternative versions, including Until The Night Is Through Dance Dance Dance, I Can Still Hear The Music and No Way Out Of The Wilderness from Backtreet Symphony She039s My Inspiration, With A Little Help From My Friends, Bigger Than Both Of Us and Dangerous Rhythm from Laughing On Judgement Day and One Pretty Woman, The Fire Is Gone, Life In A Day from Behind Closed Doors.
