Tinderbox (Stiff Little Fingers album)

Tinderbox
Studio album by Stiff Little Fingers
Released	1997
Genre	Pop punk, alternative rock
Length	55:31
Label	Abstract
Stiff Little Fingers chronology
Get A Life (1994) Tinderbox (1997) Hope Street (1999)

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AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Tinderbox is an album by Stiff Little Fingers, released in 1997. Steve Grantley played bass on the album.

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."

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