Thunder (Andy Taylor album)

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Thunder
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1987
Recorded1986
Studio The Record Plant, Los Angeles
Genre Rock, hard rock, glam metal
Length42:00
Label MCA
Producer
Andy Taylor chronology
Thunder
(1987)
Dangerous
(1990)
Singles from Introducing Lobo
  1. "I Might Lie"
    Released: 1987
  2. "Don't Let Me Die Young"
    Released: 1987
Professional ratings
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Thunder is the debut solo album by British guitarist and former Duran Duran and Power Station member Andy Taylor, released in 1987 on MCA Records. It features former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones on guitar. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

The album peaked at No. 61 on the UK Albums Chart, but fared better on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 46. "I Might Lie" and "Don't Let Me Die Young" were top 40 hits on Billboard's Album Rock Tracks chart, peaking at No. 17 and No. 36 respectively.

The album went out of print in 1990, but reemerged in a newly expanded version on online music services like iTunes when Taylor made his entire catalog available in 2010. In addition to the original version of Thunder, Taylor's previous solo singles such as "Take It Easy" were included as well.

British hard rock band Thunder would later take their name in partial reference to this album.

Track listing

All songs are written by Andy Taylor and Steve Jones, except where noted.

Thunder track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Might Lie" 5:20
2."Don't Let Me Die Young" 4:23
3."Life Goes On" 4:53
4."Thunder" 4:03
5."Night Train" 4:40
6."Tremblin'" 4:30
7."Bringin' Me Down" 5:07
8."Broken Window"Taylor4:11
9."French Guitar" 4:03

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album

Chart performance for Thunder
Chart (1987)Peak
position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [6] 31
UK Albums Chart [7] 61
US Billboard 200 [8] 46

Singles

Chart performance for singles from Thunder
YearSingleChartPosition
1987"I Might Lie"US Billboard Album Rock Tracks [9] 17
"Don't Let Me Die Young"US Billboard Album Rock Tracks [9] 36

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