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 "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" (Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five) – 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 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
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