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| Released | 15 March 1989 | |||
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| Length | 44:40 | |||
| Label | EMI | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[2] |
| Record Mirror |  [3] |
Thunder and Consolation is the fourth studio album by English rock band New Model Army, released on 15 March 1989 by EMI Records. The album stands as a landmark in the New Model Army catalogue, being their most successful album to date and reaching No. 20 in the UK Albums Chart. It also saw the band gaining new musical grounds as they adopted a more folky sound with the assistance of violinist Ed Alleyne-Johnson. It was produced by Tom Dowd and the band.
This was also the last studio album on which Jason 'Moose' Harris played bass. He was subsequently replaced by Nelson on the band's next studio album, Impurity (1990).
The title of the album was taken from 17th century British Quaker, Edward Burrough, whose collected works, which were posthumously released in 1663, were entitled The Memorable Works of a Son of Thunder and Consolation.
- ^ Thunder and Consolation at AllMusic
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "New Model Army". Robert Christgau.
- ^ Cohen, Lysette (11 February 1989). "Review: New Model Army – Thunder and Consolation" (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 29. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021 – via World Radio History.