| Thank Christ for the Bomb | ||||
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| Released | May 1970 | |||
| Recorded | February 1970 | |||
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| Length | 39.41 | |||
| Label | Liberty Records (original release) BGO (1989 UK reissue) Akarma (1998 Italian reissue) Elemental Music (2014 reissue) Fire (2018 UK reissue) | |||
| Producer | Tony (T.S.) McPhee | |||
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Thank Christ for the Bomb is the third studio album recorded by The Groundhogs, originally released by Liberty Records in 1970.[4] It was engineered by Martin Birch, who had previously worked on albums by Deep Purple,[5] Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green. It entered the UK Melody Maker album charts at number 27 on 20 June 1970, and had a total of 3 entries in that chart.[6]
The album is a concept album, or to be exact, has two concepts. Side 1 (tracks 1–4) addresses what McPhee termed "alienness" while side 2 is, according to the sleeve notes, "the story of a man who lived in Chelsea all his life; first in a mansion then on the benches of the embankment".
- ^ "The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time". Classic Rock. Future plc. 23 March 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- ^ Clarke, Patricia (5 August 2021). "Luke Haines on 'Garden' from Thank Christ For The Bomb (1970)". theQuietus. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Thompson, Dave. Thank Christ for the Bomb at AllMusic
- ^ "Thank Christ for the Bomb". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Groundhogs—Thank Christ for the Bomb". www.headheritage.co.uk. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
- ^ "Thank Christ for the Bomb". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 24 July 2011.