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 | Title : Fashionably Late
Author : Thompson, Linda
Release Date : 20020730
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
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Editorial Reviews :
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.
Buyer Reviews :
Fans of Linda Thompson and folk music will rejoice; the voice has not lost one measure of the velvety richness that properly made Linda the Time/Rolling Stone female rock singer of the early 80's. The songs, themselves, are equally wonderful: a set of reflective folk ballads that somehow sound both fresh and timeless. The vocals and arrangements capture the best of the diversity of American and British folk styles of the last 30 years. This recording will not collect any dust on my cd shelves. Great in its own right, why waste time comparing it to anything else?
(by Bob)
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