Tribal Thunder
Studio album by Dick Dale
Released	May 1993
Studio	Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, California Studio D, Sausalito, California[1][2]
Genre	Surf music
Length	45:35
Label	HighTone[3]
Producer	Scott Mathews, Joel Selvin, Dick Dale
Dick Dale chronology
Summer Surf (1964) Tribal Thunder (1993) Unknown Territory (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]

Tribal Thunder is an album by surf guitarist Dick Dale, released in 1993. It was his first album of new material in almost three decades.^[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Dick Dale; except where indicated

1. "Nitro" – 3:19
2. "The New Victor" – 2:48
3. "Esperanza" – 3:52
4. "Shredded Heat" – 2:45
5. "Trail of Tears" – 4:52
6. "Caravan" (Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol)– 4:47
7. "The Eliminator" – 2:25
8. "Speardance" – 5:37
9. "Hot Links: Caterpillar Crawl/Rumble" (Joel Scott Hill, Ron Lynch/Link Wray, Mark Grant)– 5:59
10. "The Long Ride" – 3:57
11. "Tribal Thunder" – 6:21
12. "Misirlou" (acoustic version, unlabeled on CD) – 2:29

Personnel

Musicians

• Dick Dale – guitar, vocals
• Ron Eglit – bass guitar on "Nitro", "Esperanza", "Trail of Tears", "Caravan", "Speardance", "Hot Links" and "The Long Ride"
• Rowland Salley – bass guitar on "The New Victor", "Shredded Heat", "The Eliminator" and "Tribal Thunder"
• Scott Mathews – drums, percussion
• Prairie Prince – drums, percussion
• The Tribe (Scott, Prairie, Kolleen, Dick, Jill and Forrest) – chants

Technical personnel

• Joel Jaffe – engineering (Studio D)
• Allen Sudduth, Rob Baldwin, Wolf Kessler – engineering (Brilliant Studios)
• Allen Sudduth – mixing (Brilliant Studios)
• Paul Stubblebine – mastering (Rocket Lab, San Francisco)

References