Thank Christ for the Bomb#Track listing

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{{Infobox album

| name = Thank Christ for the Bomb

| type = Album

| artist = The Groundhogs

| cover = ThankChristfortheBombcover.jpg

| alt =

| released = May 1970

| recorded = February 1970

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{Flatlist|

• Blues rock{{cite web |url= https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-30-british-blues-rock-albums-of-all-time|title= The Top 30 British Blues Rock Albums Of All Time|date= 23 March 2007|website= Classic Rock|publisher= Future plc|access-date= 1 September 2018}}
• progressive rock{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-groundhogs-their-path-from-blues-to-something-far-more-progressive |title=The Groundhogs: their path from blues to something far more progressive |last=Banks |first=Joe|date=March 2021 |publisher=Prog Magazine |access-date=December 9, 2024}}
• psychedelic{{cite web |url=https://thequietus.com/articles/30308-the-groundhogs-best-tracks-albums-brix-smith-marc-riley-karl-hyde-the-fall?page=6 |title=Luke Haines on 'Garden' from Thank Christ For The Bomb (1970)|last=Clarke|first=Patricia|date=August 5, 2021|publisher=theQuietus |access-date=December 27, 2021}}

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| length = 39.41

| label = Liberty Records (original release)
BGO (1989 UK reissue)
Akarma (1998 Italian reissue)
Elemental Music (2014 reissue)
Fire (2018 UK reissue)

| producer = Tony (T.S.) McPhee

| prev_title = Blues Obituary

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = Split

| next_year = 1971

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{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=thank-christ-for-the-bomb-mw0000708605|first=Dave|last=Thompson}}

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Thank Christ for the Bomb is the third studio album recorded by The Groundhogs, originally released by Liberty Records in 1970.{{cite web |title=Thank Christ for the Bomb|url=http://www.discogs.com/Groundhogs-Thank-Christ-For-The-Bomb/release/1902590 |publisher=www.discogs.com |accessdate=24 July 2011}} It was engineered by Martin Birch, who had previously worked on albums by Deep Purple,{{cite web|title=Groundhogs—Thank Christ for the Bomb |url=http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/thebookofseth/18/ |publisher=www.headheritage.co.uk|accessdate=24 July 2011}} Jeff Beck, Fleetwood Mac and Peter Green. It entered the UK Melody Maker album charts at number 27 on 20 June 1970, and had a total of 3 entries in that chart.{{cite web |title=Thank Christ for the Bomb |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Thank%20Christ%20For%20The%20Bomb |publisher=Official Charts Company|accessdate=24 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}

The album is a concept album, or to be exact, has two concepts. Side 1 (tracks 1–4) addresses what McPhee termed "alienness" while side 2 is, according to the sleeve notes, "the story of a man who lived in Chelsea all his life; first in a mansion then on the benches of the embankment".