Lovely Thunder

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{{Infobox album

| name = Lovely Thunder

| type = Album

| artist = Harold Budd

| cover = Lovely_Thunder_album.jpg

| alt =

| released = December 1, 1986

| recorded = 1986, at Metamusic Productions (L.A.), except track 5, at Cocteau Twins Studios (London, England)

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Ambient

| length = 47:31

| label = Editions EG

| producer = Harold Budd, Michael Hoenig

| prev_title = The Pearl

| prev_year = 1984

| next_title = The Moon and the Melodies

| next_year = 1986

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r82824||first=Brian E.|last=Kirby}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=2 |page=46}}

}}

Lovely Thunder is a studio album by the American ambient artist Harold Budd. It was released in 1986 on E.G. Records. The vinyl release did not include "Valse pour le fin du temps".