Thud (album)

Thud
Studio album by Kevin Gilbert
Released	21 March 1995
Recorded	Lawnmower & Garden Supplies, Pasadena, CA
Genre	Progressive rock
Length	49:33
Label	PRA
Producer	Kevin Gilbert, track 7 produced by Gilbert, Bill Bottrell and Dan Schwartz
Kevin Gilbert chronology
No Reasons Given (1984) Thud (1995) Live at the Troubadour (1999)

Professional ratings

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AllMusic	[1]

Thud is the first studio album by American rock artist Kevin Gilbert. It was released in 1995. The album was his only one in his solo career and his last release before his accidental death in 1996.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kevin Gilbert, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"When You Give Your Love to Me"	Bottrell, Gilbert	3:20
2.	"Goodness Gracious"		4:08
3.	"Joytown"	Bottrell, Gilbert, MacLeod, Schwartz	4:53
4.	"Waiting"		5:05
5.	"Tea for One"		5:49
6.	"Shadow Self"		7:05
7.	"The Tears of Audrey"		4:47
8.	"Shrug (Because of Me and You)"	Bottrell, Gilbert, MacLeod, Schwartz	3:54
9.	"All Fall Down"		5:35
10.	"Song for a Dead Friend"		5:56

Some distributions of the album were also co-packaged with a bonus CD entitled "Kashmir & Thud EP" including five additional tracks:

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Kashmir"	Bonham, Page, Plant	4:29
2.	"Goodness Gracious (thud version)"		4:09
3.	"Waiting (the other version)"		4:44
4.	"Joytown (recorded live and acoustic for Westwood One Radio)"	Bottrell, Gilbert, MacLeod, Schwartz	4:30
5.	"Shadow Self (alternate version)"		6:47

Personnel

• Kevin Gilbert - vocals, keyboards, guitars, bass, drums (5, 7), cello
• Bill Bottrell - backing vocals, guitar (3), pedal steel guitar (7)
• Brian MacLeod - drums, percussion
• Dan Schwartz - bass (1, 3, 7, 8)
• Robert Ferris - backing vocals (4, 6)
• Skip Waring, Toby Holmes, Jay Mueller and Bruce Friedman - brass section (9)
• Lyle Workman - electric guitar (2)

Additional personnel for Kashmir & Thud EP include:

• Kevin Gilbert - vocals, guitars, bass, mic feedback (3), foot tambourine (4), arrangements (1)
• Corky James - guitars (1), arrangements (1)
• Dave Kerzner - mellotron (3), orchestron (1)
• Nick D'Virgilio - drums (3), percussion (4)
• Russ Parrish - guitars (3), bass (4)
• Satnam Ramgotra - tabla (1)
• T.A. Ronn - dobro (4)
• Toss Panos - drums (1)

Trivia

• The photography used as the front cover of Thud was taken by famous German surrealist photographer Herbert List.
• Two of the songs on Thud, namely "All Fall Down" and "Shrug (Because of Me and You)", were originally recorded by Giraffe and have been reworked by Kevin for this release.
• The original title of "Shadow Self" is "Late for Dinner," which still appears on the Thud promo release. Gilbert said the track was renamed by mistake in a printing error.

References

1. Demalon, Tom. "Thud - Kevin Gilbert". AllMusic. Retrieved February 27, 2012.

External links

• Thud on progarchives.com