The Big Bang - The Essential Collection

Infobox Album | Name = The Big Bang - The Essential Collection
Type = Compilation Album
Artist = TNT


Released = 2003
Recorded = 1982-2003
Genre = Hard rock
Length =
Label = Universal
Producer = Bjørn Nessjø, Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekro
Reviews =
Last album = "Transistor"
(1999)
This album = "The Big Bang - The Essential Collection"
(2003)
Next album = "My Religion"
(2004) |

"The Big Bang - The Essential Collection" is a compilation album by the Norwegian hard rock band TNT. The compilation ignores several TNT albums and is mostly focusing on their career in the late 80's.The album went gold in Norway.

Track listing

#"Harley-Davidson" [UK version] (Ingebrigtsen, Alfheim, Steel) – 4:06
#"Eddie" [US version] (Ingebrigtsen, Steel, TNT) – 4:44
#"10,000 Lovers (In One)" (Harnell, Tekro, Dahl) – 2:56
#"Intuition" (Harnell, Tekro) – 4:18
#"As Far as the Eye Can See" (Harnell, Tekro) – 3:44
#"Tonight I'm Falling" (Harnell, Tekro) – 3:54
#"Everyone's a Star" (Harnell, Tekro) – 3:22
#"Take Me Down (Fallen Angel)" (Harnell, Tekro) – 4:26
#"Seven Seas" (TNT) – 4:16
#"Downhill Racer" (Tekro, Harnell, Black) – 4:49
#"Forever Shine On" (Harnell, Tekro, Black) – 4:47
#"Break the Ice" (Ingebrigtsen, Harnell, Dahl) – 2:24
#"Listen to Your Heart" (Harnell, Tekro) – 3:18
#"Last Summer's Evil" (TNT, Harnell, Tekro) – 2:36
#"Caught Between the Tigers" (Harnell, Tekro) – 4:14
#"Knights of the Thunder" (TNT, Harnell, Dahl) – 4:11
#"Sapphire" [instrumental] (Harnell, Tekro) – 1:16
#"End of the Line" (Harnell, Tekro) – 4:20
#"Hey Love" (Tekro, Harnell, Vada, Enger) – 3:44
#"Satellite" (Harnell, Tekro) – 3:01
#"Destiny" (TNT) – 3:42

Personnel

Band

*Dag Ingebrigtsen – Vocals and guitars
*Tony Harnell – Vocals
*Ronni Le Tekro – 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"
*Morten "Diesel" Dahl – Drums, percussion
*Kenneth Odiin – Drums, percussion
*John Macaluso – Drums, percussion

Additional personnel

*Baard Svensen – 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

Album credits

*Bjørn Nessjø – Producer (Tracks 1-18)
*Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekro – Producers (Tracks 19-20)
*Rune Nordahl – Engineer
*Bjørn Engelmann – Mastering, remastering
*Tommy Hansen – Mixing
*John Cappadona – Front cover artwork
*Tor-Erik Ledang – Cover design and additional artwork

ources

* [http://www.ronniletekro.com/discography-album-18.html http://www.ronniletekro.com/discography-album-18.html]