Thriller (Eddie and the Hot Rods album)


Thriller is the third studio album by pub rock band Eddie and the Hot Rods, reaching #50 on the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1979, it was produced by Peter Ker. The album builds on the sound they established on the previous studio record Life on the Line. Shortly after the release of Thriller, the band was 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". These songs had been the B-sides to the singles released on the LP.
The album featured two singles: "Media Messiahs" and "The Power and the Glory", neither of which charted on the UK Singles Chart.
Linda McCartney provided backing vocals on "The Power and the Glory". Reception of the album was muted.

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

;Eddie and the Hot Rods