Richard Thompson (ex Fairport Convention) - Sweet Warrior (2007)

Year: 28 May 2007 (CD May 28, 2007)
Label: Proper Records (UK), PRPCD032
Style: Rock, Folk Rock
Country: Notting Hill, London, England (3 April 1949)
Time: 68:10
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 503 Mb

Thompson financed the recording of this album himself and then licensed the finished album to various labels for distribution. On its release, Sweet Warrior entered Amazon.com's top 20 for music sales.
The album's sleeve notes are prefaced by Sonnet LVII by Edmund Spenser, "Sweet warrior! when shall I have peace with you", one of his 1595 Amoretti sonnet cycle.
The track "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" was given an advance release via Thompson's own web site and iTunes. The song was singled out for praise by critics and featured prominently in Thompson's live performances in early 2007. This song's lyrics make extensive use of US military slang (the "Dad" of the title is GI slang for "Baghdad"), and convey the thoughts and feelings of an uneasy U.S. soldier fighting in Iraq. It was subsequently used on the closing montage of the first episode of the third season of the American action crime drama television series Sons of Anarchy.
The cover photograph is taken from the Collection d'Adhemar de Panat.
The albums' advance release enjoyed airplay on several radio stations and attracted generally favourable comments from the press and advance publicity for the album.
The album received very favourable reviews. Writing in The Guardian, Robin Denselow said: "He hasn't brought out his electric guitar to work with a band on an album of new songs in four years now, but it has been well worth the wait. He has always specialised in writing about loss, bitterness and horror, and this is one of the most brilliantly gloomy albums in his long career." Gemma Padley, writing for the BBC, said: "Sweet Warrior is a collection of songs that refuses to be taken too seriously. While the slower tracks radiate genuine feeling, the rambunctious up-tempo numbers evaluate with an ever-present cheeky glint in the eye - an eye that the irrepressible Thompson has firmly on the ball."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Warrior)

01. Needle and Thread (04:43)
02. I'll Never Give It Up (03:22)
03. Take Care The Road You Choose (06:44)
04. Mr.Stupid (03:53)
05. Dad's Gonna Kill Me (05:16)
06. Poppy-Red (04:37)
07. Bad Monkey (05:13)
08. Francesca (05:17)
09. Too Late To Come Fishing (04:36)
10. Sneaky Boy (02:59)
11. She Sang Angels To Rest (03:25)
12. Johnny's Far Away (04:53)
13. Guns Are The Tongues (07:27)
14. Sunset Song (05:38)

Download:     TurboBit     KatFile     FreeDlink     FikPer     DailyUploads

All my files:    TurboBit     KatFile     FikPer     DailyUploads