Thunder & Roses is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Pam Tillis. It was released on March 6, 2001, by Arista Nashville. 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.
Contents
Personnel
Pam Tillis – vocals
Tim Akers – keyboards
Pat Coil – acoustic piano, synthesizers
John Hobbs – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers
Steve Nathan – keyboards, acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers, synth strings
Kenny Greenberg – electric guitars
David Grissom – electric guitars
Dann Huff – electric guitars
John Jorgenson – acoustic guitars, electric guitars
Jeff King – electric guitars
B. James Lowry – acoustic guitars
Brent Mason – electric guitars
Jerry McPherson – electric guitars
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitars, electric guitars
Biff Watson – acoustic guitars
Paul Worley – acoustic guitars
Randy Scruggs – banjo
Jerry Douglas – dobro
Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
Paul Franklin – steel guitar, pedabro
Russ Pahl – steel guitar
Scotty Sanders – steel guitar
Mike Brignardello – bass
Michael Rhodes – bass
Glenn Worf – bass
Chad Cromwell – drums
Paul Leim – drums, percussion, drum programming
Greg Morrow – drums
Eric Darken – percussion
Terry McMillan – percussion
Larry Franklin – fiddle
Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin
David Angell – violin
Janet Askey – violin
Carolyn Bailey – violin
David Davidson – violin
Carl Gorodetzky – violin
Gerald Greer – violin
Lee Larrison – violin
Cate Myer – violin
Pamela Sixfin – violin
Alan Umstead – violin
Cathy Umstead – violin
Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
Karen Winkleman – string arrangements
Mike Casteel – copyist
Lisa Cochran – backing vocals
Thom Flora – backing vocals
Vince Gill – backing vocals
Adie Gray – backing vocals
Wes Hightower – backing vocals
Joanna Janet – backing vocals
Liana Manis – backing vocals
Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals
Lisa Silver – backing vocals
Jeffrey Steele – backing vocals
Harry Stinson – backing vocals
Curtis Young – backing vocals
Mel Tillis – vocals (12)
Production
Kenny Greenberg – producer (1, 6, 12)
Paul Worley – producer (2, 9)
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – producer (3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Dann Huff – producer (5)
Kelly Giedt – production coordinator (1, 6, 12)
Paige Connors – project coordinator (2, 9)
Burton Brooks – production coordinator (3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Ginny Johnson – production coordinator (3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Reese Faw – production coordinator (3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11)
Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator (5)
Beth Lee – art direction, design
Andrew Eccles – photography
Terri Apanasewicz – hair stylist, make-up
Technical
Ken Love – mastering (1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 12) at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
Benny Quinn – mastering (3, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11) at Masterdisk (New York City, New York)
Justin Niebank – recording (1, 6, 12), mixing (1, 6, 12),
Clarke Schleicher – recording (2, 9), mixing (2, 9)