| Tinderbox | ||||
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| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Pop punk, alternative rock | |||
| Length | 55:31 | |||
| Label | Abstract [1] | |||
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| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [1] |
Tinderbox is an album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1997. [3] [4] Steve Grantley played bass on the album. [5]
The Washington Post called the album "hard-hitting," writing that "there's no way it can recapture the impact of the band's '70s work." [6]
AllMusic wrote that "the biggest surprise is a churning, rubber-burning remake of 'The Message', Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's searing indictment of inner-city misery." [2]
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