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Thriller (Eddie and the Hot Rods album)

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Thriller is the third studio album by pub rock band Eddie and the Hot Rods. Released in 1979, it is produced by Peter Ker. The album builds on the sound they have established in the previous studio album Life on the Line. Shortly after the release of Thriller, the band were 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".

Linda McCartney provided backing vocals on Power And The Glory.[2] Reception of the album was muted.[3]

Track listing

  1. "The Power and the Glory" - 4:16
  2. "Echoes" - 2:54
  3. "Media Messiahs" - 2:54
  4. "Circles" - 2:55
  5. "He Does It with Mirrors" - 4:12
  6. "Strangers" - 2:46
  7. "Out to Lunch" - 4:48
  8. "Breathless" - 3:33
  9. "Take It or Leave It" - 4:12
  10. "Living Dangerously" - 3:36
  11. "Horror Through Straightness" - 4:25
  12. "Highlands 1 Hopefuls 2" - 3:00

Personnel

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  2. ^ 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...."
  3. ^ 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."