Thunder & Roses
Thunder & Roses is the seventh studio album recorded by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It is also the last album she recorded for the Arista label. Its lead-off single, "Please", was a #22 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2002. "It Isn't Just Raining" was later recorded in 2003 by its co-writer, Jennifer Hanson, on her self-titled debut album, and the title track was previously recorded by Mindy McCready on her 1999 album I'm Not So Tough. "Please" would go on to be Pam's last appearance on the Country Singles Chart after it peaked in spring of 2001.Track listing
- "Jagged Hearts" – 4:29
- "Space" – 3:29
- "It Isn't Just Raining" – 3:49
- "Please" – 3:31
- "Tryin'" – 3:54
- "Thunder and Roses" – 3:40
- "Which Five Years" – 4:00
- "Be a Man" – 4:08
- "Off-White" – 4:10
- "I Smile" – 3:54
- "If I Didn't Love You" – 4:17
- "Waiting on the Wind" duet with Mel Tillis – 3:41
Personnel
- David Angell - violin
- Janet Askey - violin
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Lisa Cochran - background vocals
- Pat Coil - piano, synthesizer
- Chad Cromwell - drums
- Eric Darken - percussion
- David Davidson - violin
- Jerry Douglas - dobro
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
- Thom Flora - background vocals
- Larry Franklin - fiddle
- Paul Franklin - pedabro
- Vince Gill - vacuum cleaner, background vocals
- Carl Gorodetzky - violin
- Kenny Greenberg - electric guitar
- Gerald Greer - violin
- Adie Gray - background vocals
- David Grissom - electric guitar
- Wes Hightower - background vocals
- John Hobbs - Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer
- Dann Huff - electric guitar
- Joanna Janet - background vocals
- John Jorgenson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Jeff King - electric guitar
- Lee Larrison - violin
- Paul Leim - drum programming, drums, percussion
- B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
- Liana Manis - background vocals
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
- Greg Morrow - drums
- Cate Myer - violin
- Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer, synthesizer strings
- Russ Pahl - steel guitar
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
- Scotty Sanders - steel guitar
- Randy Scruggs - banjo
- Lisa Silver - background vocals
- Pam Sixfin - violin
- Jeffrey Steele - background vocals
- Harry Stinson - background vocals
- Mel Tillis - vocals on "Waiting on the Wind"
- Pam Tillis - lead vocals
- Alan Umstead - violin
- Catherine Umstead - violin
- Mary Kathryn Van Osdale - violin
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Carolyn Wann Bailey - violin
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
- Karen Winkleman - string arrangements
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
- Paul Worley - acoustic guitar
- Curtis Young - background vocals
- Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle, mandolin
Chart performance