Thriller (Eddie and the Hot Rods album)

Thriller
Studio album by
Eddie and the Hot Rods
ReleasedMarch 9, 1979
Recorded1979
StudioAbbey Road, London; mixed at Roundhouse Studios, London
GenrePub rock, punk rock
Length43:25
LabelIsland
ProducerPeter Ker
Eddie and the Hot Rods chronology
Life on the Line
(1977) 		Thriller
(1979) 		Fish 'N' Chips
(1981)
Singles from Thriller
  1. "Media Messiahs"/"Horror Through Straightness"
    Released: January 19, 1979
  2. "The Power and the Glory"/"Highlands One, Hopefuls Two"
    Released: March 9, 1979

Thriller is the third studio album by pub rock band Eddie and the Hot Rods, reaching No. 50 on the UK Albums Chart.[1][2] Released in 1979, it was produced by Peter Ker.[3] Shortly after the release of Thriller, the band was sacked by their record company and forced to join EMI Records. The album was reissued in 2002 with two bonus tracks: "Horror Through Straightness" and "Highlands 1 Hopefuls 2". These songs had been the B-sides to the singles released on the LP.

The album featured two singles: "Media Messiahs" and "The Power and the Glory", neither of which charted on the UK Singles Chart.

Linda McCartney provided backing vocals on "The Power and the Glory".[4] Reception of the album was muted.[5]

  1. ^ Sweeting, Adam (9 October 2019). "Barrie Masters obituary". The Guardian. Music.
  2. ^ "Official Albums Chart Results Matching: Thriller". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference MH was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Harry Castleman, Walter J. Podrazik -The end of the Beatles? 1985 p 294 "However, for the 1979 Thriller album by Eddie and the Hot Rods (recorded at Abbey Road studios), only Linda made the album credits as a backing vocalist. Though the liner notes did not offer a track-by-track listing of personnel, she most likely appeared on the Power And The Glory cut, also issued as a single...."
  5. ^ Peter Buckley The Rough Guide to Rock 2003 "Eddie and the Hot Rods .... THRILLER (1979) was a disappointment, and when Douglas left, the writing was on the wall."