Thunder, Lightning, Strike is the debut album by The Go! Team

The Go! Team

The Go! Team are a six-piece band from Brighton, England. They combine indie rock and garage rock with a mixture of blaxploitation and Bollywood soundtracks, double dutch chants, old school hip hop and distorted guitars similar to the style of Sonic Youth. Their songs are a mix of live...

. It was released on British label Memphis Industries

Memphis Industries

Memphis Industries is a British independent record label.Memphis Industries was established as a record label in 1998 by the brothers Ollie and Matt Jacob with the first release being Blue States' Forever EP...

 in 2004

2004 in music

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 and was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize.

The album was re-released in the U.S. and UK by Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 in October 2005. It was slightly remixed (due to sample clearance issues) and contains bonus tracks. It peaked at #48 in the UK in February 2006, some 18 months after its original release. It was co-produced by Ian's brother, Gareth Parton in their parent's garage in Swansea and mixed at The Fortress Studios, London.

Reception

Reception for Thunder, Lightning, Strike was very positive. Pitchfork Media placed Thunder, Lightning, Strike at number eight in their top albums of 2004.
Review aggregator Metacritic

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 indicates a score of 86 (indicating "Universal acclaim")
.The music online magazine

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 Pitchfork Media

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 placed Thunder, Lightning, Strike at number 171 on their list of top 200 albums of the 2000s.

Original release

1. "Panther Dash" (The Go! Team/Paul Cooksey) – 2:46
2. "Ladyflash" (The Go! Team/Davy DMX/Holland/Dozier/Holland/Smith/Davis/Miner) – 4:10
3. "Feelgood by Numbers" (The Go! Team) – 1:58
4. "The Power Is On
   The Power Is On
   "The Power Is On" is a song from English band The Go! Team from their 2004 album Thunder, Lightning, Strike.The song was used in a 2010 commercial for the National Football League's Play60 campaign....
   
   " (The Go! Team) – 3:14
5. "Get It Together" (The Go! Team) – 3:25
6. "Junior Kickstart" (The Go! Team/Macdermot/Rado/Ragni) – 3:35
7. "Air Raid Gtr" (The Go! Team) – 0:38
8. "Bottle Rocket" (The Go! Team/Ninja/Ellis) – 3:43
9. "Friendship Update" (The Go! Team) – 4:00
10. "Huddle Formation" (The Go! Team/Ninja) – 3:12
11. "Everyone's a V.I.P. to Someone" (The Go! Team/Neil/Nyro) – 4:58

Re-release

1. "Panther Dash" (The Go! Team/Paul Cooksey) – 2:50
2. "Ladyflash" (The Go! Team/Davy DMX/Holland/Dozier/Holland/Smith/Davis/Miner) – 4:16
3. "Feelgood by Numbers" (The Go! Team) – 1:56
4. "The Power Is On" (The Go! Team) – 3:14
5. "Get It Together" (The Go! Team) – 3:28
6. "We Just Won't Be Defeated" (The Go! Team) – 2:45
7. "Junior Kickstart" (The Go! Team/Macdermot/Rado/Ragni) – 3:32
8. "Air Raid Gtr" (The Go! Team) – 0:39
9. "Bottle Rocket" (The Go! Team/Ninja/Ellis) – 3:32
10. "Friendship Update" (The Go! Team) – 4:00
11. "Hold Yr Terror Close" (The Go! Team) – 2:18
12. "Huddle Formation" (The Go! Team/Ninja) – 3:11
13. "Everyone's a V.I.P. to Someone" (The Go! Team/Neil/Nyro) – 5:08

Samples

• "Ladyflash"
  • "Down From Dover" written by Dolly Parton, performed by Nancy Sinatra
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     and Lee Hazelwood
  • "I Can't Rest" written by Carl William Smith/Billy Davis/Raynard Miner, performed by Fontella Bass (incorrectly credited as "I Can't Resist" in album liner notes)
  • "Come See About Me
    Come See About Me
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    " written by Holland/Dozier/Holland, performed by The Supremes
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  • "Tighten Up
    Tighten Up (Archie Bell & the Drells song)
    "Tighten Up" was a 1968 song by Houston, Texas based R&B vocal group Archie Bell & the Drells. It reached #1 on both the Billboard R&B and pop charts in the spring of 1968. It is ranked #265 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is one of the earliest funk hits in music...
    
    " written by Archie Bell/Billy Buttier, performed by Archie Bell & the Drells
    Archie Bell & the Drells
    Archie Bell & the Drells was a R&B vocal group from Houston, Texas, and one of the main acts on Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff's Philadelphia International Records...
    
    
  • Wild Style
    Wild Style
    Wild Style is a 1983 hip hop film produced by Charlie Ahearn. Released theatrically in 1983 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video by Rhino Home Video, it is regarded as the first hip hop motion picture...
    
    (feature film)
  • "The DMX Will Rock (Rap Mix)" written by David Reeves, performed by Davy DMX
    Davy DMX
    Davy DMX is the stage name of David Reeves, a figure in hip-hop music. His career began in his hometown of Queens, New York as a DJ in the late 1970s. He is mostly known for his popular single "One for the Treble" released in 1984...
    
    
  • "Ashley's Roachclip
    Ashley's Roachclip
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    " written by Lloyd Pinchback, performed by The Soul Searchers
• "Feelgood By Numbers"
  • "Come On Home" performed by The Uncalled 4
• "The Power Is On"
  • Theme from Duel at Diablo by Neal Hefti
  • "Burning Bridges" written by Schifrin
    Lalo Schifrin
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    /Curb as performed by the Mike Curb Congregation
  • The documentary Black Magic
  • The Clash
    The Clash
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     documentary Westway to the World
    Westway to the World
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• "Junior Kickstart"
  • Theme from Ironside
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    by Quincy Jones
  • "Aquarius" from Hair
    Hair (musical)
    Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
    
    by Macdermot/Rado/Ragni
• "Bottle Rocket"
  • "Soul Time" by Shirley Ellis
    Shirley Ellis
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• "Huddle Formation"
  • The skiing movie Teddy Bear Crisis (included on the original release only)
  • Black Panther Party
    Black Panther Party
    The Black Panther Party wasan African-American revolutionary leftist organization. It was active in the United States from 1966 until 1982....
    
     chant
• "Everyone's a V.I.P. to Someone"
  • "Everybody's Talkin" by Fred Neil
    Fred Neil
    Fred Neil was an American folk singer-songwriter in the 1960s and early 1970s. He did not achieve commercial success as a performer, and is mainly known through other people's recordings of his material – particularly "Everybody's Talkin'", which became a hit for Harry Nilsson after being...
    
    
  • "Stoned Soul Picnic" written by Laura Nyro
    Laura Nyro
    Laura Nyro was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved considerable critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession and New York Tendaberry, and had commercial success with artists such as Barbra Streisand and The 5th...
    
     as performed by The 5th Dimension

Personnel

• Produced – The Go! Team and Gareth Parton.
• Scratching on "Get It Together" – Rob Winterson
• Mastered – Mike Palmer at Masterpiece