Tinderbox (Stiff Little Fingers album) explained

Tinderbox
Type:	Album
Artist:	Stiff Little Fingers
Cover:	STF tinderbox.jpg
Released:	1997
Genre:	Pop punk, alternative rock
Length:	55:31
Label:	Abstract^[1]
Prev Title:	Get A Life
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Hope Street
Next Year:	1999

Tinderbox is an album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1997.^{[2] [3]} Steve Grantley played bass on the album.^[4]

Critical reception

The Washington Post called the album "hard-hitting," writing that "there's no way it can recapture the impact of the band's '70s work."^[5]

AllMusic wrote that "the biggest surprise is a churning, rubber-burning remake of 'The Message', Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's searing indictment of inner-city misery."

Track listing

1. "You Never Hear the One That Hits You" (Burns) – 2:53
2. "(I Could Be) Happy Yesterday" (Burns) – 4:06
3. "Tinderbox" (Burns) – 3:57
4. "Dead of Night" (Burns) – 5:20
5. "The Message" (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five) – 3:06
6. "My Ever Changing Moral Stance" (Burns) – 2:48
7. "Hurricane" (Burns) – 4:25
8. "You Can Move Mountains" (Burns, Foxton) – 4:16
9. "A River Flowing" (Burns) – 3:25
10. "You Don't Believe in Me" (Burns) – 3:24
11. "In Your Hands" (Burns) – 4:00
12. "Dust in My Eyes" (Burns, Foxton) – 2:43
13. "Roaring Boys (Part One)" (Burns) – 4:27
14. "Roaring Boys (Part Two)" (Burns) – 6:05

Personnel

Stiff Little Fingers

• Jake Burns - guitar, vocals
• Bruce Foxton - bass; vocals on "Dust in My Eye"
• Steve Grantley - drums, percussion

with:

• Ian McCallum - backing vocals
• Billy Boy Miskimmin - harmonica
• Holly Roberts - keyboards
• Tim Sanders - tenor saxophone
• Simon Clarke - alto and baritone saxophone
• Roddy Lorimer - trumpet
• John Curtis - tin whistle
• Theresa Heanue - fiddle

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Colin. Larkin. 27 May 2011. Omnibus Press. Google Books.
2. Web site: Stiff Little Fingers Biography, Songs, & Albums. AllMusic.
3. Web site: The Jam's and Stiff Little Fingers' Bruce Foxton. https://web.archive.org/web/20220128210546/https://www.mtv.com/news/517060/the-jams-and-stiff-little-fingers-bruce-foxton/. dead. 28 January 2022. MTV News.
4. Web site: Alternative Rock. Dave. Thompson. 28 January 2000. Hal Leonard Corporation. Google Books.
5. Web site: STIFF LITTLE FINGERS . The Washington Post . 28 January 2022.