Track Listing
1. Cooksferry Queen
2. Sibella
3. Bathsheba Smiles
4. Two-Faced Love
5. Hard on Me
6. Crawl Back (Under My Stone)
7. Uninhabited Man
8. Dry My Tears and Move On
9. Walking the Long Miles Home
10. Sights and Sounds of London Town
11. That's All, Amen, Close the Door
12. Hope You Like the New Me
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Danny Thompson, Mitchell Froom | | Producer: | Rob Schnapf, Tom Rothrock | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Richard Thompson (vocals, guitar, dulcimer, mandolin, hurdy gurdy, harmonium); Teddy Thompson (guitar, background vocals); David McKelsy (harmonica); Jeff Turmis (baritone saxophone); Larry Hall, Charles Davis (cornet); Leslie Benedict, Randall Aldcroft (trombone); Mitchell Froom (keyboards); Danny Thompson (acoustic bass); Atom Ellis (electric bass); Dave Mattacks (drums, percussion); Joey Waronker (drums); Judith Owen (background vocals).
Recorded at Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, California.
MOCK TUDOR is one of Richard Thompson's finest releases in a career that has spanned 30 years. The album was produced by Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, who've worked with Beck and the Foo Fighters. There's a scrappy immediacy to these dozen songs and an earthy quality that's evident as soon as a harmonica joins in the mix on the opening track. Many of the songs chronicle Thompson's time spent growing up in and around London in the '60s. These offerings are fraught with soured romances, lost dreams and scheming hucksters, but always retain a glimmer of hopeful prayer. Though they've never attracted as much attention as his casually innovative guitar playing, Thompson's vocals have always been masterful, and again they dazzle on MOCK TUDOR. Thompson is a genre unto himself, crafting stellar albums one after another. This one is near the top of the list.
Editorial Reviews
...the guitarist's best release in a decade....displays a keen pop sensibility full of distinctive details....a welcome return to form for one of contempoarary music's brightest lights.
Dirty Linen (10/01/1999)
...with a mastery of the [electric guitar] and its vernacular...so complete he pretty much transcends competition... - Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly
...With records as good as this, Richard Thompson cements his reputation as a national treasure.
Mojo (09/01/1999)
4 stars out of 5 - ...vintage bile-spilling Thompson....displays his knack for evocative but non-squirmy songs about adolescence....shows he isn't ready to surrender to market forces just yet.
Q (11/01/1999)
7 out of 10 - ...[Thompson] takes time out to school the neo-roots country crowd...while dipping into his catalog of dysfunctional narratives...
Spin (09/01/1999)
3 1/2 stars (out of 5) - ...Thompson mines the veins that have always replenished him. His melodies recall timeless ballads, while his playing...moves among jazz inventiveness, folk resonance and rock & roll power. He's so deft that his extraordinary originality seems utterly natural...
Rolling Stone (09/02/1999)
3 1/2 stars (out of 5) - ...Thompson mines the veins that have always replenished him. His melodies recall timeless ballads, while his playing...moves among jazz inventiveness, folk resonance and rock & roll power. He's so deft that his extraordinary originality seems utterly natural...
Rolling Stone (09/02/1999)
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