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Thunder and Consolation is the fourth studio album by English rock band New Model Army, released on 15 March 1989 by EMI Records. The album stands as a landmark in the New Model Army catalogue, being their most successful album to date and reaching No. 20 in the UK Albums Chart. It also saw the band gaining new musical grounds as they adopted a more folky sound with the assistance of violinist Ed Alleyne-Johnson. It was produced by Tom Dowd and the band. This was also the last studio album on which Jason 'Moose' Harris played bass. He was subsequently replaced by Nelson on the band's next studio album, Impurity (1990). The title of the album was taken from 17th century British Quaker, Edward Burrough, whose collected works, which were posthumously released in 1663, were entitled The Memorable Works of a Son of Thunder and Consolation.
Rating: 9/10 Best songs: I love the world, Green and gray, The ballad of Bodmin Pill, Family, Vagabonds, The charge, White coats
Far out, this could be a sister album to die Toten Hosen's Ein Kleines Bisschen Horrorschau. That album came out in 1990 so they must have heard this (or there's a mutual third influence). Either way this rules. What a great, unexpected find. Perfect mix of post-punk, slight goth vibes and fantastic melodies. 5/5.
I really liked this! Great album!
I remember a friend of mine at school had a New Model Army album back in 1988. He knew a lot about music. So I've waited 37 years to see what they're about. As I said, he knew his stuff.
This was pretty interesting, not what I was expecting. 4 stars.
This was a fun mix of rock and rock-adjacent genres, kept me going through despite being above an hour in length. That’s a good sign
Solid heavy metal, reminiscent of maybe a littlenearlier era, better than average vocals. Didn't really feel like any serious innovation but hey if it ain't broke.
New Model Army has never been one of my favorite bands and this album did not change it. But opinions differ and it contains solid rock songs (Green and Grey, Inheritance, I Love the World ) with a folky flavor. With all bonus tracks the streaming services are offering it's much too long and these tracks (apart from White Coats) are not very strong. So you should skip these.
A classic folky rock style album that went between English and Irish sounding. Overall it was a decent listen and I enjoyed a few songs thoroughly. They seemed to have a few harder rock songs but to me the folkier songs were their best. Overall it was a good middle ground of a band that was between genres and decades of 80s and 90s style. 6.4/10
Nice easy-listening post-punky album
Great energy, thoughtful lyrics. Stylistically this is kind in the same neighborhood as early U2 or The Alarm, solid rock with folk and post punk underpinnings, but a bit heavier. There isn't a ton of musical variety here for such a long album, which made this a bit of a slog in places. It would have benefited from a serious edit, but overall I enjoyed it. Fave Songs: Family Life, Vagabonds, Ballad of Bodmin Pill, Archway Towers
Victim of its own excess, enjoyed the instrumentals but this LP fell into the usual British tendency to keep running the chorus instead of letting the song end. Cut 20 minutes off this thing and it could be a lean, mean listen, but as it stands the melodic ideas here get beaten to death and the album tends toward slog territory.
Cool post punk
A lot of talk over rock. It's just fine but I won't listen to it again.
Good 80’s alt rock album.
Not terrible, but definitely too long.
Late '80s post-punk that feels somewhat far removed from the post-punk of the rest of the decade. The only comparison I can draw is U2 and even that feels superficial. Has some good moments but otherwise doesn't quite leave much of an impression on me. CONTENDER FOR THE LIST: There are other UK post-punk records that I would select before this one.
Barely 2
Post-punk, folk rock. Aburrido. Un 2.