The Big Bang – The Essential Collection

The Big Bang - The Essential Collection
Greatest hits album by TNT
Released	2003
Recorded	1982-2003
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	78:08
Label	Universal
Producer	Bjørn Nessjø, Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø
TNT chronology
Transistor (1999) The Big Bang - The Essential Collection (2003) My Religion (2004)

The Big Bang – The Essential Collection is a compilation album by the Norwegian hard 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)	Length
1.	"Harley-Davidson" (UK version)	Dag Ingebrigtsen, Gustav Alfheim, Steel	4:06
2.	"Eddie" (US version)	Dag Ingebrigtsen, Steel, TNT	4:44
3.	"10,000 Lovers (In One)"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø, Diesel Dahl	2:56
4.	"Intuition"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	4:18
5.	"As Far as the Eye Can See"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	3:44
6.	"Tonight I'm Falling"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	3:54
7.	"Everyone's a Star"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	3:22
8.	"Take Me Down (Fallen Angel)"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	4:26
9.	"Seven Seas"	TNT	4:16
10.	"Downhill Racer"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø, Morty Black	4:49
11.	"Forever Shine On"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø, Morty Black	4:47
12.	"Break the Ice"	Dag Ingebrigtsen, Tony Harnell, Morten "Diesel" Dahl	2:24
13.	"Listen to Your Heart"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	3:18
14.	"Last Summer's Evil"	TNT, Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	2:36
15.	"Caught Between the Tigers"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	4:14
16.	"Knights of the Thunder"	TNT, Tony Harnell, Morten "Diesel" Dahl	4:11
17.	"Sapphire" (instrumental)	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	1:16
18.	"End of the Line"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	4:20
19.	"Hey Love"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø, Anne Vada, Amund Enger	3:44
20.	"Satellite"	Tony Harnell, Ronni Le Tekrø	3:01
21.	"Destiny"	TNT	3:42

Personnel

Band

• Dag Ingebrigtsen and Tony Harnell – vocals and guitars
• Tony Harnell – vocals only
• 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

Album credits

• 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

• http://www.ronniletekro.com/discography-album-18.html

References

1. Dahle, Jan (April 2003). "Nye eksplosiver fra den gamle gjengen". Scream Magazine (in Norwegian) (75). pp. 4–5.
2. "Puls - TNT: The Big Bang - The Essential Collection". puls.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2011-03-21.