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:''The term can also refer to the [[1911]] [[Xinhai Revolution]] that led to the establishment of the [[Republic of China]].''

Name = Thirst For Romance |

Type = [[Album]] |

Artist = [[Cherry Ghost]] |

Cover = Thirstforromance.jpg |

Released = [[July 9]], [[2007]] |

Recorded = Ape Studios, [[Cheshire]] |

Genre = [[Britpop]], [[Indie Rock]] |

Length = 69:10 |

Label = [[Heavenly Records]] |

Producer = [[Cherry Ghost|Simon Aldred]], [[Dan Austin]] |

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* [[Times Online]] {{rating-5|3}}[http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/cd_reviews/article2032326.ece link]

* [[Guardian Unlimited]] {{rating-5|2}} [http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2119345,00.html link]

* [[Q Magazine]] {{rating-5|4}}

* [[BBC.co.uk]] (favorable rating) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/jxzf/ link]

* Twisted Ear {{Rating-5|5}} [http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1032&Itemid=31 link]

* [[Yahoo Music]] UK {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/070713/33/21e5e.html link]

* [[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/cherry_ghost/reviews/9958 link]

* [[Manchester Evening News]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/entertainment/music/album_reviews/s/1011/1011186_cherry_ghost__thirst_for_romance_heavenly_.html link]

* InTheNews.co.uk {{rating-10|9}} [http://www.inthenews.co.uk/entertainment/reviews/music/rockindie/cherry-ghost-thirst-romance-$1107449.htm link] |

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This album = ''Thirst For Romance''<br />(2007) |

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'''''Thirst For Romance''''' is the debut album by [[Cherry Ghost]]. It was recorded at Ape Studios in [[Cheshire]]. The first single, "[[Mathematics (Cherry Ghost song)|Mathematics]]," was released on [[April 9]], [[2007]], while the second single "[[People Help The People]]" was released on [[June 25]], [[2007]], just two weeks ahead of the album's release date. The album is available on CD, double vinyl LP, and digital download. "Thirst For Romance" was produced by [[Dan Austin]] (programmer on [[Massive Attack]]'s ''[[Collected]]'' bonus disc). The album leaked in its entirety on [[P2P]] websites at the end of June 2007.

The '''Republican Revolution''' refers to the success of [[Republican Party (United States)| Republican Party]] in the [[1994]] [[United States|U.S.]] midterm elections, which resulted in [[U.S. House election, 1994|a net gain of 54 seats]] in the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]], and [[U.S. Senate election, 1994|a pickup of eight seats]] in the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. The day after the election, Democratic Senator [[Richard Shelby]] of Alabama changed parties, becoming a Republican.

[[Jimi Goodwin]] of the band [[Doves]] plays drums on "People Help the People" as well as contributing bass and drums on the track "Mathematics." The hidden track "The Same God" appears roughly 14 minutes after "Mathematics" has ended. The track starts at run time 18:53, first beginning with an orchestral interlude and then moving into "The Same God."

The gains in seats in the mid-term election resulted in the Republicans gaining control of both the House and the Senate in January 1995. Republicans had not held the majority in the House for forty years, since the [[Eighty-third United States Congress|83rd Congress]] (elected in [[United States House election, 1952|1952]]) under Republican Speaker [[Joseph William Martin, Jr.]].

''Thirst For Romance'' entered the UK albums chart at an impressive #7 upon its first week.<ref>[http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003611963 Rihanna's 'Umbrella' Nearing U.K. Chart History, July 16, 2007]</ref>

Large Republican gains were made in statehouses as well when the GOP picked up twelve governor seats and 472 legislative seats. In so doing, it took control of 20 state legislatures from the Democrats. Prior to this, Republican had not held the majority of governorships since 1972. In addition, this was the first time in 50 years that the GOP controlled a majority of state legislatures.

==Track listing==

Discontent against the Democrats was foreshadowed by a string of elections after 1992, the more notable among them being the capture of the mayoralties of [[New York]] and [[Los Angeles]] by the Republicans in 1993. In that same year, [[Christine Todd Whitman]] captured the New Jersey governorship from the Democrats and [[Brett Schundler]] became the mayor of overwhelmingly Democratic Jersey City. The pace of Republican victories in off-year elections gained momentum. Republican [[Kay Bailey Hutchison]] took a senate seat from the Democrats in Texas. Republican [[Ron Lewis]] picked up a congressional seat from Democrats in Kentucky in May 1994.

# "Thirst For Romance" - 3:54

Democratic [[Bill Clinton|President Bill Clinton]] said in his January 1996 [[State of the Union Address]], "The era of big government is over." Later in 1996, Republicans would fail to defeat Clinton's re-election bid, suggesting to some at the time that Americans were simply wary of entrusting a single party with the reins of power.

# "4 A.M." - 3:39

# "Mountain Bird" - 3:58

# "[[People Help The People]]" - 3:59

# "Roses" - 3:48

# "Dead Man's Suit" - 5:42

# "False Alarm" - 3:53

# "Alfred The Great" - 3:29

# "Here Come The Romans" - 4:00

# "Mary On The Mend" - 7:50

# "[[Mathematics (Cherry Ghost song)|Mathematics]]" / "The Same God" (Hidden Track) - 24:53

==Singles==

== Freshmen of 1994 ==

Many current leaders in the Republican Party and other notables were first elected to national or state office as part of the Republican Revolution:

* ''[[Mathematics (Cherry Ghost song)|Mathematics]]'' (April 9, 2007)

* [[George W. Bush]] - Now [[President of the United States]], Bush defeated incumbent [[Texas]] Governor [[Ann Richards]], a Democrat. He was re-elected as Governor in [[1998]], and was elected President in 2000.

* ''[[People Help The People]]'' (June 25, 2007)

* ''Roses'' (TBA)

==Credits==

* [[Bill Frist]] - [[Senate Majority Leader]], Frist was the senior Senator from [[Tennessee]], first elected in 1994 when he defeated incumbent Democrat [[Jim Sasser]]. He will retire in 2007, after deciding not to seek reelection.

* The band:

** Simon Aldred - vocals, guitars

** Jim Rhodes - guitar

** Ben Parsons - keyboards, string arrangements

** Edgar Jones - bass

** Phill Anderson - bass

** Grenville Harrop - drums

** [[Jimi Goodwin]] - drums, bass

* Produced by Simon Aldred and Dan Austin at Ape Studios, Little Neston, [[Cheshire]]. Additional production by Ben Parsons.

* [[John Shadegg]] - Former chairman of the [[House Republican Policy Committee]], Shadegg was first elected to the house in 1994 to represent Arizona's fourth district, replacing Republican [[Jon Kyl]], who was elected to the Senate in 1994 to replace retiring Democrat [[Dennis DeConcini]]. Shadegg is the only member of the 1994 freshman class currently in the House Republican leadership.

* Engineered and mixed by Dan Austin at Moles Studios, [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]]. Assisted by Dan Hulme and Nick Joplin.

* Mastered by Miles Showell at Metropolis Studios.

* Desing by storeylondondesign.co.uk (website: [http://www.storeylondondesign.co.uk/ link]).

==References==

* [[Saxby Chambliss]] - Now the senior Senator from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], Chambliss was first elected to the House in 1994 to represent Georgia's eighth district, replacing retiring Democrat [[J. Roy Rowland]].

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==External links==

* [[Sam Brownback]] - Now the senior Senator from [[Kansas]], Brownback was first elected to the House in 1994 to represent Kansas' second district, replacing Democrat [[Jim Slattery]], who was running for Governor.

* [http://www.cherryghost.co.uk Cherry Ghost's official website]

* [http://www.myspace.com/cherryghostband Cherry Ghost's MySpace page]

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* [[Robert Ehrlich]] - Now the outgoing Governor of [[Maryland]], Ehrlich was first elected to the House in 1994 to represent Maryland's second district, replacing retiring Republican [[Helen Delich Bentley]].

* [[John Ensign]] - Now the junior Senator from [[Nevada]], Ensign was first elected to the House in 1994 to represent Nevada's first district, defeating three-term incumbent Democrat [[James Bilbray]].

* [[George Pataki]] - Pataki was elected Governor of [[New York]] in 1994, defeating three-term incumbent [[Mario Cuomo]]. He is currently the longest-serving Governor in the United States; he decided not to run for reelection in 2006 in order to prepare for a potential White House run.

* [[Tom Coburn]] - Now the junior Senator from [[Oklahoma]], Coburn was first elected to the House in 1994 to represent Oklahoma's second district, replacing Democrat [[Mike Synar]] (who was defeated in the Democratic primary). Coburn's Senate companion, [[James Inhofe]], was first elected to the Senate in 1994, replacing resigned Democrat [[David L. Boren]].

* [[Mark Sanford]] - Now Governor of [[South Carolina]], Sanford was first elected to the House in 1994 to represent South Carolina's first district, replacing outgoing Republican [[Arthur Ravenel, Jr.]]

* [[Lindsey Graham]] - Now the senior Senator from [[South Carolina]], Graham was first elected to the House in 1994 to represent South Carolina's third district, replacing outgoing Democrat [[Butler Derrick]].

* [[Joe Scarborough]] - Now the host of ''[[Scarborough Country]]'' on [[MSNBC]], Scarborough was first elected to the House in 1994 to represent [[Florida]]'s first district. Scarborough served in the House for three terms before retiring.

== Ramifications ==

When the [[104th United States Congress]] convened in January 1995, House Republicans voted former [[Minority Whip]] [[Newt Gingrich]] &ndash; the chief architect of their victory and author of the [[Contract with America]] &ndash; [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker of the House]], while the new senatorial Republican majority chose [[Bob Dole]], previously [[Senate Minority Leader|Minority Leader]], as [[Senate Majority Leader|Majority Leader]]. With their newfound power, Republicans pursued an ambitious agenda but were often forced to compromise with President Clinton, who wielded [[veto]] power.

In the House, the Republican takeover was accompanied by significant structural changes in House rules. The relative power of once-powerful [[committee]] and [[subcommittee]] chairs was weakened, centralizing power within the Republican House delegation under the party leadership. For example, a six-year [[term limit]] was imposed on committee chairmanships, and a "subcommittee bill of rights" passed in the [[1970s]] was repealed. Speaker Gingrich also bypassed the seniority system in appointing conservative loyalists to lead key committees such as [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|Appropriations]], [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|Judiciary]], and [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce|Commerce]]. In the Senate, changes were less substantial.

The 1994 election also marked the end of the [[Conservative Coalition]], a bipartisan coalition of conservative Republicans and Democrats (often referred to as "[[Boll weevil (politics)|boll weevil Democrats]]" for their association with the [[U.S. South]]), which had often managed to control Congressional outcomes since the [[New Deal]] era.

== Subsequent events ==

In the 1996 and 1998 elections, Republicans lost Congressional seats but still retained control of the House and, more narrowly, the Senate. After the 2000 election, the Senate was divided evenly between the parties, with Republicans retaining the right to organize the Senate due to the election of Dick Cheney as Vice President and ex officio presiding officer of the Senate. The Senate shifted to control by the Democrats after GOP senator [[Jim Jeffords]] changed party registration to "Independent" in June 2001, but later returned to Republican control after the November 2002 elections. The Republican Revolution era is thought to be coming to an end in January 2007, following the results of the [[United States general elections, 2006|2006 elections]], when Democrats won back both the House of Representatives and the Senate (49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and 2 Independents caucusing with Democrats) as well as the majority of state governorships (28-22).[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15674090/site/newsweek/]

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