I still admit it now, I am ashamed to have discovered 'Thunder' only during the release of their last album 'Rit It Up' because the English continue to record albums all as addictive as each other for the amateur of good '70s hard rock that I am (their latest album 'Please Remains Seated' was still a great success). This new opus 'All the Right Noises' still contains compositions that can be enjoyed with happiness and each of the 11 titles brings its originality which makes us embark for 48 minutes between rock-n-roll, rock, hard-rock and metal, all this being performed masterfully by the same quintet as the previous opus.
'Last One Out Turn Off The Lights' (see video here) welcomes us in an energetic atmosphere of rock tagged seventies with a rhythm section spinning a serious desire to stomp, then, 'Destruction' is a heavy and powerful mid-tempo with a bewitching bass line and with a guitar solo in the second part that I would have liked much longer. Follows 'The Smoking Gun' which is semi-acoustic and gives us a classic blues/rock in which 'Danny Bowes' gives a remarkable vocal performance, then the guitar riffs of 'Going to Sin City' (see video above) make it a cross between 'AC/DC' and 'Led Zeppelin' on a rhythmic to make us pick up the head by dint of headbanging. Return to a mid-tempo in the style of 'Destruction' with 'Don't Forget To Live Before You Die' which restarts the tapping machine, then, place for the melancholy break with 'I'll Be The one' which takes us back to the best ballads of the 70s/80s with its guitar solo which gives you goosebumps and 'Young' takes us on board for a new rhythmic mid-tempo composition with an unstoppable chorus. With 'You're Gonna Be My Girl' (see video here), we go to America with a super classic US rock but which is very effective with melodic lines that give the impression that they have always been a part of our life, just like 'St George's Day' which follows in a melancholy blues/rock style which can recall some compositions of Eagles', then, 'Force of Nature' continues in this atmosphere of the seventies with an acoustic introduction that quickly gives way to electric instruments and with an energetic and swaying rhythm close to 'Led Zeppelin', the album ending with an effective hard-rock with energetic riffs and if, this kind of track, you do not have an irresistible desire to move your whole body to the rhythm of the heady choirs, c is that you are definitely not cut out for that kind of music.
In summary, the English of'Thunder' continues to enchant us with their compositions which have this taste so characteristic of what we could do best in rock and hard-rock of the 70s and for all those who liked the major formations of this time, go listen to 'All the Right Noises' because it will certainly become an album which will turn in loop in your favorite playlists... | |
