Linda Thompson - Fashionably Late
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Artist: Linda ThompsonBrand: THOMPSON,LINDA
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2002-07-30
Music Label: Rounder / Umgd
Soundtracks:
- Dear Mary
- Miss Murray
- All I See
- Nine Stone Rig
- No Telling
- Evona Darling
- The Banks of the Clyde
- Weary Life
- Paint and Powder Beauty
- Dear Old Man of Mine
Music reviews of Fashionably Late
Music Review: Outta Nowhere
Rating: 5 Stars
This album came out of nowhere. Those who hadn't written Linda Thompson off as a mere vocal accompaniment to ex-husband Richard had pretty much given up hope of her recovering from hysterical dysphonia--a condition that effectively turned her into a musical mute. Meanwhile, her son Teddy began touring with his dad, singing Linda's parts to the songs that gave goose-bumps to a small but devoted following from 1971 to 1983. Richard and Linda Thompson divorced just before their Shoot out the Lights farewell tour, a traveling show featuring actual strife and occasional violence. (Linda bloodied Richard in the forehead with a microphone and stomped off the stage as Richard began the opening bars to Walking on a Wire.) Richard's subsequent, increasingly brilliant, solo albums seemed to burst with cheeky gripes about and fiery retorts to their rocky relationship--while Linda's only solo effort, 1985's One Clear Moment, countered with the memorable Telling Me Lies, an estranged lover's lament I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.I offer this juicy background because it was the turmoil that first drew me (and probably a host of other broken-home products) to this star-crossed duo. When I finally got around to listening to their six records, I realized their music was unlike anything I'd heard, a gritty, morose, Celtic sanctuary from heavy metal, disco and then new wave.
Until now, it was an all-too-finite pursuit. Fashionably Late might as well be a sequel to 1975's Pour Down Like Silver, featuring originals that sound beautifully weathered, like they've evolved out of lifetimes of sadness and hardship. Her voice sounds as wise and wonderful as it did thirty years ago. A nice surprise was learning that Linda co-wrote most of the songs with Teddy, who also does some singing and restrained guitar playing. A complete shock was hearing Richard's voice and guitar in Dear Mary, the deceptively cheery opening number. Any hopes of a reunion, even a musical one, die with the final track, Dear Old Man of Mine, a gloomy toast to Richard that dares to mention "the child that he loved best"-presumably the woman for whom he left his family.
But that's okay. My parents aren't getting back together either; it still makes for a captivating story at the local tavern. Fashionably Late would be great even without the great story behind it.
Description of Fashionably Late
After 17 years away, Fashionably Late signalled Linda Thompson's triumphant return to the world stage. As one of the greatest female rock singers, Thompson reaffirmed her songwriting skills on this release with the moving Nine Stone Rig and Weary Life. Guest appearances by Rufus Wainwright, Van Dyke Parks and, for the first time in 20 years, Richard Thompson, contribute to a truly powerful piece of art.Shortly after her solo debut, One Clear Moment, in 1985, Linda Thompson was stricken with a psychological disorder that left her unable to speak. Seventeen years later, she's found her voice again, and applied that rich, textured instrument to 10 new folk-pop songs largely unforgettable in their depth of human suffering. Morose, quirky, and only occasionally optimistic, they chronicle a homesick prostitute ("On the Banks of the Clyde"), a homeless man at the end of his rope ("No Telling"), a spinster who dies with a close-kept secret ("Miss Murray"), and a woman who "may have to run" for something she's done ("Dear Mary"). Fans who remember Thompson's legendary records with ex-husband Richard (who appears briefly in their first reunion in 20 years) will swear that the closing parlor tune "Dear Old Man of Mine" is a regretful meditation on that relationship. But who's to say? Thompson, who cowrote most of the tunes with her son Teddy, has so much fine company (Van Dyke Parks, Rufus Wainwright, and Martin and Eliza Carthy) that an air of celebration can't help but bubble through the gloom. This is one hell of a comeback. --Alanna Nash
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