Track Listing

1. Loser
2. Everybody's Laughing
3. If I Can't Feel Love
4. Shooting At The Sun
5. The Pimp and the Whore
6. A Lover Not A Friend
7. Shake The Tree
8. Somebody Get Me A Spin Doctor
9. The Man Inside
10. Out of My Head
11. Blown Away

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16653 in Music
• Released on: 2003-04-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.co.uk Review
Thunder's evident love for blues-rock injects an unexpected vitality into Shooting at the Sun, their enthusiasm permeating every melancholy ballad and yearning chorus and preventing them from lapsing into the jaded, uninspired trap that's claimed so many of their peers. They have two further advantages in their ongoing struggle against the passing years. One is singer Danny Bowes, who at points approaches Paul Rodgers' depth of feeling. The other is guitarist, songwriter and producer Luke Morley, who prevents Thunder from becoming that most horrible of spectacles--a group of wrinkled debauchees. Lyrically, he never plays the rock game. In love--as with "Loser", the ELO-like "Out of My Head" and "A Lover, Not a Friend"--he's seldom victorious, sometimes gratifyingly bitter. Elsewhere, with his finger on the social pulse, he contemplates the Pop Idol phenomenon, media manipulation and the unutterable tedium of people on cocaine. His refusal to accept a myopic backstage life keeps Thunder alive. Shooting at the Sun is an unexpectedly strong effort. --Dominic Wills

Customer Reviews

The boys are back in town... and how!
A very welcome return by a superb British rock band, and more importantly a return to the signature sound that made them one of the best acts on the live circuit in the 90s. This album contains a stunning blend of out-and-out rock (Loser, Shake The Tree, Out Of My Head), soulful ballads (If I Can't Feel Love, A Lover Not A Friend) and those upbeat, somewhat quirky offerings that Mr Luke Morley pens so beautifully (Everybody's Laughing, Pimp and a Whore). Danny Bowes has never sounded so good and the musical arrangement is spot on. There isn’t a bad song on the album and anyone who lists Backstreet Symphony and Laughing on Judgement Day amongst their favourite Thunder albums should seriously consider adding this to their collection. It has the makings of a classic album. Welcome back, lads. You’ve been missed.

Return of veteran British rockers delights faithful fans
British rockers Thunder returned to the fray after a brief split in 2002 and delivered this, their full comeback album early in 2003. The album contains few surprises, opening with an almighty wallop with "Loser", the lead off single from the album before delivering another set of high octane rockers and plaintive ballads. It really does feel as though the boys have never been away; guitarist/songwriter Luke Morley is straight back in the groove lyrically with some acerbic writing, especially on the anti-Pop Idol "Pimp and the Whore", and the dig at cocaine-loving party animals in "Everybody's Laughing". The powerful yet soulful voice of Danny Bowes has been much missed in a rock scene filled with grunting vocalists or worse, rappers(!), and in particular it is a pleasure to hear him sing on record again. Several of these songs have already established themselves in the live setting and it is clear that this album will sit comfortably alongside the back catalogue.
If you are a fan of the band already you will love this album; if you like well crafted hard rock in the traditional style few bands do it better than these guys. They are unlikely to convince waverers with this album, but for the converted, the preachers make a welcome retun to the pulpit! Returning Thunder fans can buy this album with confidence.

THUNDER - Back in business
In 1999, when Thunder announced to the world they were splitting up, most fans wondered just how long these guys would stay away. Well now we know, they're back with a superb album (and a tour shortly), the opening track Loser, will get the hairs on your neck raised. There are elements of the Thunder of old with a feeling of Backstreet symphony running through the whole album. If you've got any Thunder albums in your collection, do yourself a favour and get this one too. You will not regret it.....trust me.