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Genre: Folk rock
Places I remember: Hope family collection
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Wall of Death
Gear costume: Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Wall of Death
Gear costume: Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4; Part 5; Part 6; Part 7
Active compensatory factors: Richard Thompson and his wife Linda had a lengthy back catalogue before all turned sour in their relationship. Shoot Out the Lights was their final album together.
Active compensatory factors: Richard Thompson and his wife Linda had a lengthy back catalogue before all turned sour in their relationship. Shoot Out the Lights was their final album together.
It's more rock than folk rock when Richard sings, and more folk than rock when Linda takes over the vocals. Her singing is a joy - even if she's singing about painful circumstances.
The AllMusic review highlights the production by Joe Boyd (clean, uncluttered), the arrangements (Spartan), and Richard Thompson's guitar work (wiry,remarkable, displaying a blazing technical skill that never interfered with his melodic sensibilities).
Where do they all belong? The only album of theirs in my collection.
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