| The Big Bang: The Essential Collection | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by | ||||
| Released | 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 1982–2003 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal, glam metal | |||
| Length | 78:08 | |||
| Label | Universal | |||
| Producer | Bjørn Nessjø, Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | |||
| TNT chronology | ||||
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The Big Bang: The Essential Collection is a compilation album by the Norwegian rock band TNT, released in 2003. The compilation mainly focuses on the studio albums the band released in the 1980s, from TNT (1982) to Intuition (1989).[1] Guitarist Ronni Le Tekrø had suggested for the inclusion of several tracks from the 1992 album Realized Fantasies, however only the single "Downhill Racer" was included.[1] No material was included from the band's most recent albums at the time, Firefly (1997) and Transistor (1999).[1] The compilation also includes two newly recorded tracks, "Hey Love" and "Satellite", and an outtake from the Tell No Tales sessions, "Destiny".[1]
The compilation went gold in Norway.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Harley-Davidson" (UK version) | Dag Ingebrigtsen, Gustav Alfheim, Steel | TNT | 4:06 |
| 2. | "Eddie" (US version) | Dag Ingebrigtsen, Steel, TNT | Knights of the New Thunder | 4:44 |
| 3. | "10,000 Lovers (In One)" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø, Diesel Dahl | Tell No Tales | 2:56 |
| 4. | "Intuition" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Intuition | 4:18 |
| 5. | "As Far as the Eye Can See" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Tell No Tales | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Tonight I'm Falling" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Intuition | 3:54 |
| 7. | "Everyone's a Star" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Tell No Tales | 3:22 |
| 8. | "Take Me Down (Fallen Angel)" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Intuition | 4:26 |
| 9. | "Seven Seas" | TNT | Knights of the New Thunder | 4:16 |
| 10. | "Downhill Racer" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø, Morty Black | Realized Fantasies | 4:49 |
| 11. | "Forever Shine On" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø, Morty Black | Intuition | 4:47 |
| 12. | "Break the Ice" | Dag Ingebrigtsen, Tony Harnell, Diesel Dahl | Knights of the New Thunder | 2:24 |
| 13. | "Listen to Your Heart" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Tell No Tales | 3:18 |
| 14. | "Last Summer's Evil" | TNT, Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Knights of the New Thunder | 2:36 |
| 15. | "Caught Between the Tigers" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Intuition | 4:14 |
| 16. | "Knights of the Thunder" | TNT, Tony Harnell, Diesel Dahl | Knights of the New Thunder | 4:11 |
| 17. | "Sapphire" (instrumental) | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Tell No Tales | 1:16 |
| 18. | "End of the Line" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | Intuition | 4:20 |
| 19. | "Hey Love" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø, Anne Vada, Amund Enger | New song | 3:44 |
| 20. | "Satellite" | Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø | New song | 3:01 |
| 21. | "Destiny" | TNT | outtake from Tell No Tales | 3:42 |
Personnel
Band
- Dag Ingebrigtsen – vocals and guitars
- Tony Harnell – vocals
- Ronni Le Tekrø – guitars, guitar synthesizer, keyboards, 1/4 stepper guitar
- Steinar Eikum – bass guitar
- Morty Black – bass guitar, pedal synthesizer, fretless bass with reverb and chorus effect on "Forever Shine On"
- Diesel Dahl – drums, percussion
- Kenneth Odiin – drums, percussion
- John Macaluso – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
- Bård Svendsen – keyboards, programming and background vocals
- Håkon Iversen – background vocals
- Bjørn Nessjø – keyboards and programming
- Carlos Waadeland – keyboards and programming
- Kjetil Bjerkestrand – keyboards
- Joe Lynn Turner – background vocals
- Dag Stokke – keyboards
- Rich Tancredi – keyboards
- T.J. Kopetic – keyboards
Production
- Bjørn Nessjø – producer (tracks 1–18)
- Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø – producers (tracks 19–20)
- Rune Nordahl – engineer
- Björn Engelmann at Cutting Room Studios – mastering, remastering
- Tommy Hansen – mixing
- John Cappadona – front cover artwork
- Tor-Erik Ledang – cover design and additional artwork
Sources
References
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