| Thank Christ for the Bomb | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | The Groundhogs |
| Cover: | ThankChristfortheBombcover.jpg |
| Released: | May 1970 |
| Recorded: | February 1970 |
| Length: | 39.41 |
| Label: | Liberty Records (original release) BGO (1989 UK reissue) Akarma (1998 Italian reissue) Elemental Music (2014 reissue) Fire (2018 UK reissue) |
| Producer: | Tony (T.S.) McPhee |
| Prev Title: | Blues Obituary |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | Split |
| Next Year: | 1971 |
Thank Christ for the Bomb is the third studio album recorded by The Groundhogs, originally released by Liberty Records in 1970.[1] It was engineered by Martin Birch, who had previously worked on albums by Deep Purple,[2] Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green. It entered the UK Melody Maker album charts at number 27 on 20 June 1970, and had a total of 3 entries in that chart.[3]
The album is a concept album, or to be exact, has two concepts. Side 1 (tracks 1–4) addresses what McPhee termed "alienness" while side 2 is, according to the sleeve notes, "the story of a man who lived in Chelsea all his life; first in a mansion then on the benches of the embankment".
The image of Pete Cruickshank on the left of the cover is adapted from photograph Q 1 in the Imperial War Museum's photograph archive.
All tracks composed by Tony McPhee
2003 CD reissue bonus tracks (live versions)