Laughing on Judgement Day
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Laughing On Judgement Day is the second studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 by English Hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...

 band Thunder
Thunder (band)
Thunder were an English hard rock band, who originally formed in 1989 when the band Terraplane broke up, leaving lead singer Danny Bowes and guitarist/main songwriter Luke Morley to form a new group, namely Thunder...

. Released in August 1992, the album remains the band's most successful in terms of chart position, reaching number 2 on the UK Album Chart in September of that year and later being certified 'Silver' by the BPI
British Phonographic Industry
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. The four singles released from the album also all made the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

 - "Low Life in High Places" reaching number 22, "Everybody Wants Her" number 36, "A Better Man
A Better Man (Thunder single)
"A Better Man" is a song by Thunder, released as a single in 1993, taken from their album Laughing on Judgement Day. It is the only Thunder song in which Gary James plays acoustic guitar instead of his usual drums...

" number 18 and "Like a Satellite" number 25.

A 2-CD remastered version of the album with an additional bonus disc of b-sides
B-Sides
B-Sides is an iTunes-exclusive album from the Coventry Trio The Enemy, consisting of ten songs that were B-sides to the single releases from their debut album We'll Live and Die in These Towns.-Track list:#Fear Killed the Youth of Our Nation...

, demos, acoustic versions & live tracks was released by EMI in 2009.

Track listing

All songs written by Luke Morley, except where noted:
  1. "Does It Feel Like Love?" - 5:01
  2. "Everybody Wants Her" (Luke Morley, Danny Bowes
    Danny Bowes
    Danny Bowes was the lead singer with the rock act, Thunder. Previously, he was a member of Nuthin' Fancy, 1980s group Terraplane, as well as occasionally playing the odd gig or two with his group Danny and the Doowops...

    , Gary James
    Gary James
    Gary Milton James, popularly known as 'Harry' James is the drummer for themelodic rock band Magnum,although he is best known as the drummer for the now defunct hard rock band Thunder....

    , Ben Matthews
    Ben Matthews
    Ben Matthews was the guitarist and keyboard player with the hard rock band Thunder. He is also an experienced studio engineer and mixer; he worked with progressive rock act Mostly Autumn as studio engineer on their 2005 album Storms Over Still Water. He also guested on their 2006 live album...

    ) - 4:31
  3. "Low Life In High Places" - 4:10
  4. "Laughing On Judgement Day" - 4:34
  5. "Empty City" (Luke Morley, Andy Taylor) - 7:00
  6. "Today The World Stopped Turning" - 4:44
  7. "Long Way From Home" - 6:03
  8. "Fire To Ice" (Luke Morley, Gary James) - 4:34
  9. "Feeding The Flame" - 4:33
  10. "A Better Man" - 3:41
  11. "The Moment Of Truth (Danny Bowes, Gary James, Ben Matthews) - 3:55
  12. "Flawed To Perfection" - 4:55
  13. "Like A Satellite" (Luke Morley, Andy Taylor) - 4:48
  14. "Baby I'll Be Gone" - 6:49


Disc 2 (2009 Expanded version only)
  1. "She's My Inspiration"
  2. "With A Little Help From My Friends" (Lennon, McCartney)
  3. "Low Life In High Places" (Demo)
  4. "Everybody Wants Her" (Radio Edit)
  5. "Dirty Love" (Acoustic Version)
  6. "Higher Ground" (Acoustic Version)
  7. "Like A Satellite" (Live)
  8. "Gimme Shelter" (Jagger, Richards)
  9. "The Damage Is Done"
  10. "Higher Ground" (Live)
  11. "Lazy Sunday Afternoon" (Live) (Marriot, Lane)
  12. "Bigger Than Both Of Us"
  13. "Dangerous Rhythm"
  14. "Everybody Wants Her" (Preacher Fade)
  15. "New York, New York: Harry’s Theme" (Live)

Personnel

  • Luke Morley - guitars, harmonica
  • Ben Matthews - guitars, keyboards
  • Mark 'Snake' Luckhurst - bass guitar
  • Gary James - drums, percussion
  • Danny Bowes - vocals
  • Jody Linscott
    Jody Linscott
    Jody Linscott is an American session musician and percussionist who resides in England and maintains an extended discography. She has two daughters and has written two children's books which were published by Doubleday, both edited by Jackie Onassis...

     - percussion (on "Empty City", "The Moment of Truth" and "Like a Satellite")
  • The Big Bad Horns (Grant Kirkhope, Frank Mizen & Snake Davis) - brass (on "Everybody Wants Her")

Credits

  • Producers - Andy Taylor
    Andy Taylor (guitarist)
    Andy Taylor is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer, best known as a member of Duran Duran and The Power Station....

     and Luke Morley
  • Recording - Ken Lomas
  • Mixing - Dave Bascombe
  • Additional engineering - Ben Matthews
  • Assistant engineers - Andy Baker, Lee Phillips, Adrian Moore, Ian Huffman, Andy Strange
  • John Kalodner
    John Kalodner
    John David Kalodner is a retired American A&R executive. His achievements included signing Foreigner, AC/DC, Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins to Atlantic Records in the seventies....

     - John Kalodner
  • Photography - Jill Furmanosky
  • Stills photographers - Rupert Truman, Tony May
  • Art - Storm Thorgerson
    Storm Thorgerson
    Storm Thorgerson is an English graphic designer, known for his work for rock bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, 10cc, Dream Theater, The Mars Volta, Muse, The Cranberries, and Biffy Clyro.-Biography:...

    and Keith Breeden

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