Track Listing 1. When I Get to the Border 2. Calvary Cross, The 3. Withered and Died 4. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight 5. Down Where the Drunkards Roll 6. We Sing Hallelujah 7. Has He Got a Friend For Me 8. Little Beggar Girl, The 9. End of the Rainbow, The 10. Great Valerio, The 11. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - (live, BonusTrack) 12. Together Again - (live, Bonus Track) 13. Calvary Cross - (live, Bonus Track)
| Details | | Producer: | John Wood, Richard Thompson | | Distributor: | Fontana Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Personnel: Richard Thompson (vocals, guitar); Linda Thompson (vocals); Simon Nicol (dulcimer); Brian Gulland, Richard Harvey (krummhorn); John Kirkpatrick (concertina, accordion); Pat Donaldson (bass); Timi Donald (drums); Royston Wood, Trevor Lucas (background vocals). Recorded at Sound Techniques Studio, London, England. The debut album from Richard and Linda started a career that has placed Thompson in the 'forever to be a huge cult figure' bracket. They did everything on this album, bar make the charts and sell records. Folk, rock, country and pop are brilliantly covered in a tasteful and controlled package that is a delight from beginning to end, with Linda singing beautifully. Concert favourites such as 'The Calvary Cross' and 'When I Get To The Border' are to be found here. It is not flippant to say that Richard Thompson is a world class songwriter and guitarist, albeit totally under-appreciated.
Editorial Reviews Included in Q Magazine's Best Folk Albums of All Time - ...confirmed Richard Thompson as the authentic voice of English music....The fearless use of seemingly incompatible instruments...provided a compelling backdrop for Linda's bruised voice and rarely has misery sounded so persuasive. Q (11/01/1999)
4.5 out of 5 stars - ...Captures all the intensity that made their work together so gripping, so full of possibility and so impossible to sustain. Rolling Stone (07/05/2001)
[S]eductively bleak... Spin
5 stars out of 5 -- [Richard Thompson] gives full vent to his talent on this dark, brooding album. Q
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