''Thunder and Consolation'' is the fourth studio

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by English rock band

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, released on 15 March 1989 by

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. 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

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. 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

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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, ''

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'' (1990). The title of the album was taken from 17th century British

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, whose collected works, which were posthumously released in 1663, were entitled ''The Memorable Works of a Son of Thunder and Consolation''.

Versions

The album was originally released as a 10-track LP and cassette in 1989 containing the tracks "I Love the World", "Stupid Questions", "225", "Inheritance", "Green and Grey", "Ballad of Bodmin Pill", "Family", "Family Life", "Vagabonds" and "Archway Towers". The cassette had an extra track, "125 MPH". The CD version of the album was released at the same time with the extra tracks "The Charge", "Chinese Whispers" and "White Coats", which were taken from the ''New Model Army'' EP (1987), and the track "Nothing Touches", which was the

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of the single "Stupid Questions" (1989). In 2005 the album was

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ed and

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d with the original LP tracks on one disc and including an extra disc containing the original CD's extra tracks along with rarities, B-sides and live tracks.

Track listing

''Timings taken from original CD release'' ; Original album #"I Love the World" (

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, Robert Heaton) – 5:08 #"Stupid Questions" (Sullivan) – 3:26 #"225" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:47 #"Inheritance" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 3:23 #"Green and Grey" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 5:47 #"Ballad of Bodmin Pill" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:47 #"Family" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:01 #"Family Life" (Sullivan) – 3:00 #"Vagabonds" (Sullivan) – 5:21 #"Archway Towers" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:54 ; Reissue bonus compact disc #"White Coats" (Sullivan, Heaton, Jason Harris) – 4:17 #"The Charge" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 3:25 #"Chinese Whispers" (Sullivan, Heaton) – 3:31 #"Nothing Touches" (Sullivan) – 4:10 #" Mermaid Song" (traditional) – 1:23 #"Adrenalin" (electric version) (Sullivan) – 4:26 #"Deadeye" (Sullivan) – 4:52 #"Higher Wall" (Sullivan, Harris) – 4:23 #"125 MPH" (Sullivan, Heaton, Harris) – 3:56 #"I Love the World" (live) (Sullivan, Heaton) – 5:18 #"Green and Grey" (live) (Sullivan, Heaton) – 5:34 #"Archway Towers" (live) (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:42 #"Vagabonds" (live) (Sullivan) – 4:55 #"225" (live) (Sullivan, Heaton) – 4:03

Personnel

Production

– producer *

– producer ("Stupid Questions", "Green and Grey", "Ballad of Bodmin Pill", "Family", "Vagabonds", "Archway Towers"), mixed by ("Inheritance") * Andy Wallace – mixed by ("I Love the World", "Ballad of Bodmin Pill", "Family", "Family Life", "Archway Towers", "125 MPH") * Jon Kelly – mixed by ("Stupid Questions", "225", "Green and Grey", "Vagabonds") *

– mixed by ("225") * Robert Heaton – mixed by ("225")

Musicians

– vocals, guitar, keyboards * Robert Heaton – drums, backing vocals, guitar, bass *

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– bass, keyboards, guitar * Ed Alleyne-Johnson – violin

Weekly charts

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thunder And Consolation New Model Army (band) albums 1989 albums Albums produced by Tom Dowd EMI Records albums