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Husband and wife Richard Thompson and Linda Thompson did record from 1974 to 1982 as a duo. This period saw a great amount of critical praise for Richard’s songwriting and Linda’s voice, though not much popular success. Since their divorce, both have pursued solo careers.
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight showed a clear development from Richard Thompson’s first solo effort, Henry The Human Fly, with Linda’s vocals adding grace, as well as the opportunity for Richard to write from a female perspective. Although Thompson’s trademark gloom is already evident, the lightness and beauty of the arrangements counterbalances this to produce moments of great beauty. The use of brass, from the renowned CWS silver band in particular takes forward Thompson’s continuing crusade to find a more contemporary and ordinary expression of Englishness in music, (as opposed to the forays into the Morris form of his Fairport contemporary Ashley Hutchings, solo, and with The Albion Band). The next year’s release, Hokey Pokey, to some extent repeated the formula, although it wass improved in production values, and was stylistically more adventurous still.
Pour down Like Silver extended the reach of the Thompsons’ music, and without the occasional weaker tracks of the preceding releases.
In 1975 they decided to leave the music business and move to a Sufi commune in East Anglia.
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight showed a clear development from Richard Thompson’s first solo effort, Henry The Human Fly, with Linda’s vocals adding grace, as well as the opportunity for Richard to write from a female perspective. Although Thompson’s trademark gloom is already evident, the lightness and beauty of the arrangements counterbalances this to produce moments of great beauty. The use of brass, from the renowned CWS silver band in particular takes forward Thompson’s continuing crusade to find a more contemporary and ordinary expression of Englishness in music, (as opposed to the forays into the Morris form of his Fairport contemporary Ashley Hutchings, solo, and with The Albion Band). The next year’s release, Hokey Pokey, to some extent repeated the formula, although it wass improved in production values, and was stylistically more adventurous still.
Pour down Like Silver extended the reach of the Thompsons’ music, and without the occasional weaker tracks of the preceding releases.
In 1975 they decided to leave the music business and move to a Sufi commune in East Anglia.
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rickskin wrote:
Yes, they need to be merged. Such a great artist.
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kismetcow wrote:
MusicBrainz has settled on the "&" and that's my preference as well. I don't really care which one is used, I just want them consolidated. This is my #1 wrong-data peeve on last.fm.
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_KevMusic_ wrote:
It's one of the best closers to any album imaginable.
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goldione wrote:
let me ride on the wall of death one more time. (2)
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Mr_Phosphorous wrote:
And the winner is.... the ampersand. Richard & Linda Thompson has roughly 4x more plays and 3x more listeners than Richard AND Linda Thompson. Looking at the album sleeves, they're all '&' except Bright Lights. So I suggest that anyone who wants to see them combined should click on 'Suggest a correction' and select Richard & Linda Thompson. Then at the autocorrection should kick in at some point.
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zz-eon wrote:
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Shrink125 wrote:
PLEASE PUT THEM TOGETHER!!! :). I now have them recorded in my profile as 2 separate artists due to tagging vagaries on the originals, but have decided to stick with and for this combo!
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SmilinSkullRing wrote:
I just stick with the "and" for all.
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Judas_Iscariot wrote:
Just hurry up and combine them.
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Grosseteste wrote:
It's also "and" on "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight" and "Hokey Pokey". I'd say it's roughly 50:50.
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deadjoe wrote:
y'all can download the "Rafferty's Folly" bootleg via my blog: http://boxingduck.blogspot.com/search/label/thompson
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Eclectic-G wrote:
What I find aggravating is that they are billed as Richard and Linda Thompson on the cover of I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight and as Richard & Linda Thompson on Shoot Out the Lights. It seems, however, the the ampersand tends to prevail.
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arcane wrote:
This profile should be merged with the one for Richard & Linda Thompson. Really, why can't last.fm recognize that and and & are the same thing?
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