''Tinderbox'' is an album by

Stiff Little Fingers Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977 at the height of the Troubles, which informed much of their songwriting. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the De ...

, released in 1997.

Steve Grantley Steve Grantley (born 8 March 1962) is an English rock drummer who plays for Stiff Little Fingers, and formerly the Alarm and RTZ Global. Between 1982 and 1987, he played drums for Jake Burns and the Big Wheel. He has also worked with Alicia K ...

played bass on the album.

Critical reception

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'' called the album "hard-hitting," writing that "there's no way it can recapture the impact of the band's '70s work."

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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

#"You Never Hear the One That Hits You" (Burns) – 2:53 #"(I Could Be) Happy Yesterday" (Burns) – 4:06 #"Tinderbox" (Burns) – 3:57 #"Dead of Night" (Burns) – 5:20 #" The Message" (

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) – 3:06 #"My Ever Changing Moral Stance" (Burns) – 2:48 #"Hurricane" (Burns) – 4:25 #"You Can Move Mountains" (Burns, Foxton) – 4:16 #"A River Flowing" (Burns) – 3:25 #"You Don't Believe in Me" (Burns) – 3:24 #"In Your Hands" (Burns) – 4:00 #"Dust in My Eyes" (Burns, Foxton) – 2:43 #"Roaring Boys (Part One)" (Burns) – 4:27 #"Roaring Boys (Part Two)" (Burns) – 6:05

Personnel

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Jake Burns John "Jake" Burns (born 21 February 1958) is a singer and guitarist, and is best known as the frontman of Stiff Little Fingers, although he has also recorded with Jake Burns and the Big Wheel, 3 Men + Black, and as a solo artist. Early life ...

- guitar, vocals *

Bruce Foxton Bruce Douglas Foxton (born 1 September 1955) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Foxton's music career spans more than 40 years. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as bassist and backing vocalist of mod revival band the Jam. ...

- bass; vocals on "Dust in My Eye" *

- 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

References

Stiff Little Fingers albums 1997 albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub