''TNT'' is a 1984 English-language EP based on a selection of Norwegian-language songs from

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's debut album ''

'', released two years previously. During Norwegian tours backing their 1982 Norwegian language debut, TNT experienced growing interest from abroad, and decided to record the first five songs, side 1 from their album in English versions. Two tracks would reappear in English versions later, with

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on vocals. Harnell rewrote the lyrics for "U.S.A." before the band included it on the ''

Knights of the New Thunder ''Knights of the New Thunder'' is the second studio album by the Norwegian rock band TNT. It was the first TNT album recorded with their new vocalist Tony Harnell, who had replaced their original singer Dag Ingebrigtsen. It was their last album ...

'' LP and CD. "Eddie" was included on the U.S. LP release, replacing the song "Tor with the Hammer", and came as a bonus track on the European CD edition of ''Knights of the New Thunder'', as well as on the single '' American Tracks'' which came in a bundle with the European LP. The English version of "Harley-Davidson" has been performed live several times by Harnell as well as his successor Tony Mills. Ingebrigtsen's English-language version of "Harley-Davidson" was also included on the compilation ''

The Big Bang – The Essential Collection ''The Big Bang: The Essential Collection'' is a compilation album by the Norwegian rock band TNT, released in 2003. The compilation mainly focuses on the studio albums the band released in the 1980s, from '' TNT'' (1982) to ''Intuition'' (1989). ...

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Track listing

Side one

Side two

Personnel

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Dag Ingebrigtsen Dag Ingebrigtsen (born 12 December 1958) is a Norwegian musician who had his debut in 1977 with the group Subway Suck. Ingebrigtsen was born in Trondheim, Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic cou ...

– lead vocals and rhythm guitars *

Ronni Le Tekrø Ronni Le Tekrø (born Rolf Ågrim Tekrø, 5 October 1963) is a Norwegian musician best known as the guitarist and one of the founders of hard rock band TNT, as a solo artist and for his work with Vagabond and Terje Rypdal. He has been describe ...

– lead guitars * Morty Black – bass guitar *

Diesel Dahl Morten "Diesel" Dahl (born 19 June 1959) is a Norwegian musician. He is the drummer and a founding member of the hard rock band TNT. He started playing the drums at the age of 15, and played in bands like Burn, Edge and Hotlips before he formed ...

– drums, percussion ;Recording credits *Bjørn Nessjø – producer

References

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