Sweet Warrior

Richard Thompson - Sweet Warrior

Sweet Warrior
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Artist: Richard Thompson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Music Label: Shout Factory
Soundtracks:
  1. Needle And Thread
  2. I'll Never Give It Up
  3. Take Care The Road You Choose
  4. Mr. Stupid
  5. Dad's Gonna Kill Me
  6. Poppy-Red
  7. Bad Monkey
  8. Francesca
  9. Too Late To Come Fishing
  10. Sneaky Boy
  11. She Sang Angels To Rest
  12. Johnny's Far Away
  13. Guns Are The Tongues
  14. Sunset Song

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Music Review: Sweet Warrior
Rating: 5 Stars

Lovely and Lively music by the Legendry Richard Thompson. The lyrics of each song is meaningful; not just 'yeah, yeah, yeah' - Great to listen to RT's music. His Lyrics, voice give the listener that "Get Up and Go" feeling, also can be quite relaxing, enjoyable music. This CD is definitely one for any lover of good music, lyrics sung with emotion, RT's guitar playing is seemingly effortless; his performance is Fantastic Live, This CD allows RT's to give you a private performance! Would recommend to anyone who values the song for the lyrics and great music by RT.

Description of Sweet Warrior

Literate rocker Richard Thompson's new album, Sweet Warrior, is a return to his classic electric sound, his first plugged-in album since 2003's The Old Kit Bag. Filled with 14 songs of stories of loss and betrayal, the album also contains one of Thompson's most overtly political songs to date, "Dad's Gonna Kill Me," told from the perspective of a nervous young soldier stationed in Baghdad (abbreviated as "Dad" in the song). Richard Thompson is a consummate singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career stretches back to the late '60s, when he was a founding member of the British folk-rock Fairport Convention. In the late '70s, with his then-wife, Linda, he recorded Shoot Out the Lights, which regularly makes critics' lists of the best records of all time. In the '90s, he experienced another career renaissance with the album Rumor & Sigh and he remains an elder-statesman of alternative rock.
Back in the '80s and '90s, Richard Thompson could be depended upon to release a well-crafted collection of Celtic-influenced folk-rock every few years. But when he left Capitol after 1999's Mock Tudor, Thompson headed off on side projects, all of typically high quality, but not the solo albums his established cult expected. Those fans can now rejoice, because on Sweet Warrior Thompson roars back with his first electric set of originals since 2003, and it's a winner. As the disc's title implies, he revisits the familiar territory of love as a battlefield in these 14 originals. The concept is emphasized by a liner photo of the singer/songwriter in army gear and camouflage flanked by two beautiful women planting kisses on either cheek. Supported by longtime backing cohorts, the guitarist adds to his six-string talents with occasional mandolin, autoharp, accordion, and even organ, all used as icing on a cake of tunes that further refine his established style. Perhaps the most startling song is the viciously anti-war "Dad's Going to Kill Me," about a soldier stationed in Baghdad (the "Dad" of the title), wondering if he will survive another day. "Guns are the Tongues" finds Thompson telling the tragic tale of a young man enticed by a woman's charms ending up as a suicide-bombing terrorist. Thompson's dramatic guitar solos are kept on low boil, occasionally bubbling up but never hogging the spotlight. They are, along with his distinctive vocals, actors in a play of characteristically classy tunes that will thrill Thompson's fans, who have been waiting for just such a set of literate and challenging music from a musician who never delivers less. --Hal Horowitz

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