RICHARD THOMPSON
''STILL''
JUNE 23 2015
50:26
1 She Never Could Resist a Winding Road 04:27
2 Beatnik Walking 03:52
3 Patty Don’t You Put Me Down 04:29
4 Broken Doll 03:48
5 All Buttoned Up 04:04
6 Josephine 03:22
7 Long John Silver 03:57
8 Pony in the Stable 02:43
9 Where’s Your Heart 04:02
10 No Peace, No End 04:14
11 Dungeons for Eyes 03:47
12 Guitar Heroes 07:37
Richard Thompson/Guitars, Vocals
Jeff Tweedy/Guitar, Vocals
Michael Jerome/Drums
Taras Prodaniuk/Bass Guitar
Jim Elkington/Guitar
Liam Cunningham/Vocals
Sima Cunningham/Vocals
REVIEW/AMG
by Mark Deming
It seems after more than four decades of record-making, Richard Thompson has decided he prefers to have a musician in the producer's chair rather than a studio wiz. After producing himself since 2005's Front Parlour Ballads, Thompson recruited fellow guitar ace Buddy Miller to oversee the sessions for 2013's Electric, which featured some of Thompson's best six-string work in years. Two years later, Thompson has returned with Still, which finds him working with another songwriter of note, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. The sessions for Still were recorded at the Loft, Wilco's personal recording studio and rehearsal space in Chicago, and Tweedy and Jim Elkington (who has worked with Eleventh Dream Day and Jon Langford & Skull Orchard) sit in on some tracks. Though the sound and approach of the album is a shade more ambitious and adventurous than much of Thompson's work in the new millennium, rest assured this sounds very much like a Richard Thompson album, spare and clean and allowing his songs and guitar work to take center stage at all times. One of the best things about Still is that Tweedy clearly respects Thompson enough to stay out of his way, and the intimacy of numbers like "Josephine" and "Beatnik Walking" capture a feel that suggests you're sitting in the room with Thompson and his rhythm section (Taras Prodaniuk on bass and Michael Jerome on drums). And when the production does add some layers to the songs, they complement the material nicely, such as the spectral keyboards on "Broken Doll." Thompson sounds both comfortable and confident on Still, playing and singing with incisive force while maintaining a natural feel that recalls the man's legendary live shows, and songs like "No Peace, No End," "Patty Don't You Put Me Down," "Broken Doll," and "Dungeons for Eyes" show Thompson remains a peerless songwriter. And if closer "Guitar Heroes" stops and starts too much to keep up its momentum, hearing Thompson put his own spin on the style of his favorite pickers -- including Django Reinhardt, Les Paul, and Chuck Berry -- is a hoot. If fans were wondering if Jeff Tweedy would turn Still into Thompson's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the news (good or bad) is that Tweedy helped Thompson make just the sort of album that's made him one of our greatest legacy artists, and it's an example of why Thompson is still worth hearing 43 years into a career that shows no signs of stopping.
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Still is the sixteenth solo studio album by British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson. It will be released by Fantasy Records on 23 June 2015 in the USA and by Proper Records on 29 June 2015 in the UK.
The album Still is produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and recorded at Wilco's The Loft Studio in Chicago. Thompson approached Tweedy as he wished to shake up his approach to making records, stating that "Jeff is musically very sympathetic. Although some of his contributions are probably rather subtle to the listener’s ear, they were really interesting and his suggestions were always very pertinent.” Tweedy stated that "Richard's been one of my favorite guitar players for a very long time...he's also one of my favorite songwriters and favorite singers".
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''STILL''
JUNE 23 2015
50:26
1 She Never Could Resist a Winding Road 04:27
2 Beatnik Walking 03:52
3 Patty Don’t You Put Me Down 04:29
4 Broken Doll 03:48
5 All Buttoned Up 04:04
6 Josephine 03:22
7 Long John Silver 03:57
8 Pony in the Stable 02:43
9 Where’s Your Heart 04:02
10 No Peace, No End 04:14
11 Dungeons for Eyes 03:47
12 Guitar Heroes 07:37
Richard Thompson/Guitars, Vocals
Jeff Tweedy/Guitar, Vocals
Michael Jerome/Drums
Taras Prodaniuk/Bass Guitar
Jim Elkington/Guitar
Liam Cunningham/Vocals
Sima Cunningham/Vocals
REVIEW/AMG
by Mark Deming
It seems after more than four decades of record-making, Richard Thompson has decided he prefers to have a musician in the producer's chair rather than a studio wiz. After producing himself since 2005's Front Parlour Ballads, Thompson recruited fellow guitar ace Buddy Miller to oversee the sessions for 2013's Electric, which featured some of Thompson's best six-string work in years. Two years later, Thompson has returned with Still, which finds him working with another songwriter of note, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco. The sessions for Still were recorded at the Loft, Wilco's personal recording studio and rehearsal space in Chicago, and Tweedy and Jim Elkington (who has worked with Eleventh Dream Day and Jon Langford & Skull Orchard) sit in on some tracks. Though the sound and approach of the album is a shade more ambitious and adventurous than much of Thompson's work in the new millennium, rest assured this sounds very much like a Richard Thompson album, spare and clean and allowing his songs and guitar work to take center stage at all times. One of the best things about Still is that Tweedy clearly respects Thompson enough to stay out of his way, and the intimacy of numbers like "Josephine" and "Beatnik Walking" capture a feel that suggests you're sitting in the room with Thompson and his rhythm section (Taras Prodaniuk on bass and Michael Jerome on drums). And when the production does add some layers to the songs, they complement the material nicely, such as the spectral keyboards on "Broken Doll." Thompson sounds both comfortable and confident on Still, playing and singing with incisive force while maintaining a natural feel that recalls the man's legendary live shows, and songs like "No Peace, No End," "Patty Don't You Put Me Down," "Broken Doll," and "Dungeons for Eyes" show Thompson remains a peerless songwriter. And if closer "Guitar Heroes" stops and starts too much to keep up its momentum, hearing Thompson put his own spin on the style of his favorite pickers -- including Django Reinhardt, Les Paul, and Chuck Berry -- is a hoot. If fans were wondering if Jeff Tweedy would turn Still into Thompson's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the news (good or bad) is that Tweedy helped Thompson make just the sort of album that's made him one of our greatest legacy artists, and it's an example of why Thompson is still worth hearing 43 years into a career that shows no signs of stopping.
ABOUT THE ALBUM
BY WIKIPEDIA
Still is the sixteenth solo studio album by British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson. It will be released by Fantasy Records on 23 June 2015 in the USA and by Proper Records on 29 June 2015 in the UK.
The album Still is produced by Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and recorded at Wilco's The Loft Studio in Chicago. Thompson approached Tweedy as he wished to shake up his approach to making records, stating that "Jeff is musically very sympathetic. Although some of his contributions are probably rather subtle to the listener’s ear, they were really interesting and his suggestions were always very pertinent.” Tweedy stated that "Richard's been one of my favorite guitar players for a very long time...he's also one of my favorite songwriters and favorite singers".
WEBSITE
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2 comments :
Should be another good one from RT. thanks Davi
Thanks for Richard's latest 'Still'. Can you post the extra tracks from the deluxe version? These are: Fork In The Road, Wounding Myself, The May Queen, Don't Take It Lying Down and Fergus Laing.
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