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

with:

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.