Thunder : Backstreet Symphony

 

I SEE YOU WALKING BY,

YOU'VE GOT THAT 

FARAWAY LOOK IN YOUR EYE

IT WAS ONLY YESTERDAY
LIKE A CHEAP SUIT
YOU WERE ALL OVER ME

Backstreet Symphony

 is the debut

 studio album

 by English

 Hard Rock band 

Thunder 

Recorded in 1989

 at Great Linford 

Manor Studios

in Milton Keynes,

 it was produced by 

former 

Duran Duran 

and 

The Power Station 

guitarist 

Andy Taylor,

 then mixed by

 Mike Fraser 

at AIR Studios

 in London. 

The album was

 initially released on

  March,5th 1990

 by EMI Records

 in the UK 

and 

Capitol Records

 in the US, 

and was later

 re-released

 the following year

 in the US

 by 

Geffen Records. 

The material on 

Backstreet Symphony

 was written primarily 

by the band's

 lead guitarist

 Luke Morley, 

with two songs 

co-written by

 Taylor 

and one

 cover version included. 

The album 

received positive reviews

 from a 

number of critics 

and peaked at 

number 21

 on the

 UK Albums Chart, 

receiving a 

gold certification

 from the 

British 

Phonographic Industry

 for sales in 

excess of 100,000 units.

 Upon its 1991 re-release, 

the album registered 

at number 114 

on the

 US Billboard 200.

Backstreet Symphony 

was promoted on a 

worldwide tour 

beginning in

 February 1990, 

which included shows

 in Europe 

supporting

 Heart, 

Love/Hate 

and 

ZZ Top, 

as well as dates

 in North America.

 Five singles

 were released

 from the album, 

all of which reached

 the top 40 

of the

 UK Singles Chart 

 "Dirty Love" 

peaked at number 32,

 "Backstreet Symphony" 

at number 25,

 "Gimme Some Lovin'" 

at number 36, 

"She's So Fine" 

at number 34 

and

 "Love Walked In" 

at number 21.

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