''The Thunderthief'' is John Paul Jones's second solo studio album.

Track listing

All music and lyrics composed and written by John Paul Jones, except where otherwise noted. # "Leafy Meadows" – 5:10 # "The Thunderthief" (Jones, Peter Blegvad) – 5:58 # "Hoediddle" – 7:00 # "Ice Fishing at Night" (Jones, Blegvad) – 4:31 # "Daphne" – 4:50 # "Angry Angry" – 5:54 # "Down to the River to Pray" (Traditional; arranged by Jones) – 4:17 # "Shibuya Bop" – 5:56 # "Freedom Song" – 2:37

Personnel

* John Paul Jones – vocals, 4, 6, 10, and 12-string bass guitars, bass steel guitar, acoustic and electric guitars,

mandolin A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...

, electric mandolin, piano, organ, synthesizers, Kyma, koto,

autoharp An autoharp or chord zither is a string instrument belonging to the zither family. It uses a series of bars individually configured to mute all strings other than those needed for the intended chord. The term ''autoharp'' was once a trademark of ...

ukulele The ukulele ( ; from haw, ukulele , approximately ), also called Uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments of Portuguese origin and popularized in Hawaii. It generally employs four nylon strings. The tone and volume of the instrumen ...

, harmonica *

Terl Bryant Terl Bryant is an English musician. His early career saw him working with US singer/songwriter and filmmaker Steve Taylor and later was in the band of Peter Murphy, the lead singer for Bauhaus. During the 90s he went on to join influential fol ...

– drums, percussion, toforan *

Nick Beggs Nicholas Beggs (born 15 December 1961Larkin, Colin (1997) ''The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music'', Virgin Books, , p. 270-271) is an English musician, noted for playing the bass guitar and the Chapman Stick; he is a member of the Mute Go ...

– Chapman Stick on "Shibuya Bop" and "Leafy Meadows" *

Adam Bomb Adam Bomb (born Adam Brenner, 14 August 1963) is an American guitarist who worked with artists like TKO, Black 'N Blue, Steel Pulse, John Paul Jones, and Michael Monroe. His stage name is a play on the name Atom Bomb. Early In 1979, Adam Bo ...

– guitar solo on "Angry Angry" *

Robert Fripp Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is a British musician, songwriter, record producer, and author, best known as the guitarist, founder and longest-lasting member of the progressive rock band King Crimson. He has worked extensively as a session ...

– guitar solo on "Leafy Meadows"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thunderthief, The 2001 albums John Paul Jones (musician) albums Progressive rock albums by British artists Instrumental rock albums Heavy metal albums by English artists Punk rock albums by British artists Discipline Global Mobile albums