Let The Thunder Cry
Original Release Date:
1981
Original Label:
Carrere / EMI
"Capaldi has not lost his ability to churn out edgy rockers"
Lindsay Planer, AllMusic
TRACKLISTING
01 Let The Thunder Cry
02 Favela Music
03 Child In The Storm
04 Only Love
05 Louie Louie
06 Warm
07 Dreams Do Come True
08 Old Photographs
09 We Don’t Need
10 Anxiety
CREDITS
Produced by Jim Capaldi and John Taylor
All songs written by Jim Capaldi, except “Let The Thunder Cry” written by Jim Capaldi and Pete Bonas; “Child In The Storm” written by Jim Capaldi and Misha Cipra; “Louie Louie” written by Richard Berry; “Warm” written by Richard Hurley; and “Old Photographs” written by Jim Capaldi, Gilson Joran and Marcello.
Recorded at Filmakers Recording, Amsterdam
Engineered by John Etchells
Mixed at Jam Studios, London
Musicians:
Guitar: Pete Bonas, Claudete de Azevedo on “Old Photographs”
Keyboards: Chris Parren, Jose Roberto Bertrami on “Old Photographs”
Synthesizer on “Old Photographs”: Steve Winwood
Bass: Brent Forbes, Henry Thomas on”Favela Music” and “We Don’t Need”, Jose Alexandre Malheiros on “Old Photographs”, and Jo Cang on “Anxiety”
Percussion: Jim Capaldi, Reebop Kwaaku Bah on “We Don’t Need”, and both on “Favela Music”
Drums: Simon Kirke on “Let The Thunder Cry”, ”Only Love”, and “Louie Louie”; Jim Capaldi on ”Favela Music”, “Dreams Do Come True”, and “Anxiety”; Andy Newmark on “Child In The Storm” and “We Don’t Need”; Steve Creese on “Warm”; and Ivan Miguel Conti Maranhao on “Old Photographs”.
Saxophone on “Child In The Storm”, “Dreams Do Come True” and “Old Photographs”: Mel Collins
Trumpet on “Child In The Storm” and “Dreams Do Come True”: Martin Drover
Cor Anglais on “Old Photographs”: Moises Davi Einhorn
Backing Vocals: Vicki Brown, Richard Court, Jim Capaldi
String arrangement on “Old Photographs” by Clovis C. de Melo