Richard Thompson - Action Packed: Best of the Capitol Years
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Artist: Richard ThompsonEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
Published: 2001
CD Release Date: 2001-03-27
Music Label: Capitol
Soundtracks:
- Turning of the Tide
- Waltzing's for Dreamers
- 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
- I Misunderstood
- I Feel So Good
- Keep Your Distance
- King of Bohemia
- I Can't Wake up to Save My Life
- Beeswing
- The Ghost of You Walks
- Razor Dance
- Cold Kisses
- Bathsheba Smiles
- Cooksferry Queen
- Uninhabited Man
- Walking the Long Miles Home
- Persuasion
- Mr. Rebound
- Fully Qualified to Be Your Man
Music reviews of Action Packed: Best of the Capitol Years
Music Review: one of the best solo artists ever
Rating: 5 Stars
this guy was actually my second concert ever (the first was The Melvins). the collection is nearly flawless and to really appreciate RT you need to see him live and get into his ridiculous British humour. "cooksferry queen" and "52 vincent black lightning" on one CD?!?!?!?!??! are you kidding?
if you are uninitiated, get initiated now. SCHNELL!!!
Description of Action Packed: Best of the Capitol Years
Eric Clapton had better marketing. That's the only way to explain why Richard Thompson isn't as famous as that other British guitar god. A brilliant, albeit subtle, guitar genius, Thompson writes wonderful songs that are sometimes rockin', sometimes haunting, and sometimes a little bit of both. And he presents them all in a voice that can only be called unique. Unlike most guitar heroes, Thompson is less based in the blues than he is in folk--dating back to his early years with the seminal Fairport Convention--but his has always been a folk music with bite and soul, adding things to the folk lexicon like rockabilly and zydeco. "Cooksferry Queen"--one of the 19 tracks on this compilation culled from the six albums Thompson released on Capitol between 1988 and 1999--features a guitar solo that's downright punk. Tracks like the semihit "I Feel So Good," "Razor Dance," and "Bathsheba Smiles" remain as exhilarating as anything you're apt to hear. Longtime fans will need to hear the three tracks previously unreleased on CD, including a new duet with son Teddy Thompson on "Persuasion" (co-written with Tim Finn) that is absolutely gorgeous. Ultimately, one longs for a box set that encompasses all eras (and labels) of this master's career, but Action Packed proves that the recent last third of it has been topnotch. --Bill HoldshipCountry CDs
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