Robert Johnson's Tombstone is British

British people

The British are citizens of the United Kingdom, of the Isle of Man, any of the Channel Islands, or of any of the British overseas territories, and their descendants...

 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's

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...

 eighth studio album. The title comes from the song "Robert Johnson's Tombstone" which is track 1 on the album. It was written by Luke Morley

Luke Morley

Luke Morley is the lead guitarist and co-songwriter for the rock band The Union. From 1989 to 2009 he was the guitarist, chief songwriter and producer for the hard rock band Thunder...

 about the mystery surrounding where Robert Johnson was buried and the legend that he sold his soul to the Devil as payment for his extraordinary guitar-playing abilities.. The album cover art features the band's drummer Harry 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....

 (in red make-up and tuxedo) as the Devil sat next to a replica of Johnson's tombstone.

The album did reasonably well considering it was released on an independent label. It reached #56 in the UK album charts and the single The Devil Made Me Do It reached number 40 in the UK top 40 charts. There was also a video made for The Devil Made Me Do It, an animated feature, which received some airplay late at night on the UK music channel Scuzz

Scuzz

Scuzz is a British music television channel owned and operated by CSC Media Group . It launched on 17 April 2003 and has gone on to be the highest-rated rock TV station on UK satellite. The channel plays a broad range of rock and all its subgenres...

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Track listing

All songs written by Luke Morley, except where noted

1. Robert Johnson's Tombstone - 4:28
2. Dirty Dream - 4:31
3. A Million Faces - 4:56
4. Don't Wanna Talk About Love - 5:48
5. The Devil Made Me Do It - 4:20
6. Last Man Standing (Morley/Childs) - 6:56
7. My Darkest Hour - 3:28
8. Andy Warhol Said - 5:10
9. What A Beautiful Day - 4:03
10. It's All About You - 4:43
11. Stubborn Kinda Love - 4:22

Bonus tracks

1. Fade Into The Sun*
2. I Love You More Than Rock 'n' Roll (Live at Shepherds Bush Empire 2005)**
3. I'm In Heaven**
4. The Girl Is Alright**

European & Japanese edition*

Japanese edition**