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Tribal Thunder

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Tribal Thunder
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1993
StudioBrilliant Studios, San Francisco, California
Studio D, Sausalito, California[1][2]
GenreSurf music
Length45:35
LabelHighTone[3]
ProducerScott Mathews, Joel Selvin, Dick Dale
Dick Dale chronology
Summer Surf
(1964)
Tribal Thunder
(1993)
Unknown Territory
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]

Tribal Thunder is an album by surf guitarist Dick Dale, released in 1993. It was his first album of new material in almost three decades.[6]

Track listing

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All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated

  1. "Nitro" – 3:19
  2. "The New Victor" – 2:48
  3. "Esperanza" – 3:52
  4. "Shredded Heat" – 2:45
  5. "Trail of Tears" – 4:52
  6. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol)– 4:47
  7. "The Eliminator" – 2:25
  8. "Speardance" – 5:37
  9. "Hot Links: Caterpillar Crawl/Rumble" (Joel Scott Hill, Ron Lynch/Link Wray, Mark Grant)– 5:59
  10. "The Long Ride" – 3:57
  11. "Tribal Thunder" – 6:21
  12. "Misirlou" (acoustic version, unlabeled on CD) – 2:29

Personnel

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Musicians

  • Dick Dale – guitar, vocals
  • Ron Eglit – bass guitar on "Nitro", "Esperanza", "Trail of Tears", "Caravan", "Speardance", "Hot Links" and "The Long Ride"
  • Rowland Salley – bass guitar on "The New Victor", "Shredded Heat", "The Eliminator" and "Tribal Thunder"
  • Scott Mathews – drums, percussion
  • Prairie Prince – drums, percussion
  • The Tribe (Scott, Prairie, Kolleen, Dick, Jill and Forrest) – chants

Technical personnel

  • Joel Jaffe – engineering (Studio D)
  • Allen Sudduth, Rob Baldwin, Wolf Kessler – engineering (Brilliant Studios)
  • Allen Sudduth – mixing (Brilliant Studios)
  • Paul Stubblebine – mastering (Rocket Lab, San Francisco)

References

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  1. ^ "Tribal Thunder - Dick Dale | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Tribal Thunder". Discogs. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  3. ^ Roberts, Michael (May 18, 1994). "ALL HAIL DICK DALE". Westword.
  4. ^ "Tribal Thunder - Dick Dale | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "POP ALBUM REVIEW : Surf's Way Up in Newest Album From Legendary Rocker : * * * 1/2, Dick Dale, "Tribal Thunder" HighTone". Los Angeles Times. May 20, 1993.
  6. ^ "Dick Dale, "The King of the Surf Guitar" and composer of "Miserlou," has died at age 81". www.cbsnews.com. 18 March 2019.