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Richard Thompson - Acoustic Classics (2014)

Posted By: Designol

Date: 20 Apr 2023 09:25:13

Acoustic Classics, a collection of newly recorded timeless Richard Thompson songs, features 14 tracks culled from his 40 plus year music career. For the first time ever, acoustic versions of songs like "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight" and "Dimming of the Day" mingle with cornerstone classics like "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" and "Beeswing" as well as other acoustically rendered gems. "I really wanted to have something that would reflect the acoustic shows," Richard explains, "But we didn't have anything like that. Just some old, slightly scratchy recordings of solo sets that I wasn't really happy with." His last proper solo acoustic release was the live Small Town Romance, and that was more than 30 years ago! In the meantime, the acoustic shows have evolved as a full parallel to his band tours. Thompson was named by Rolling Stone Magazine's as one of the Top 20 Guitarists of all time and considered one of the UK's most outstanding songwriters and musicians. The recipient of a BBC Lifetime Achievement Award, Mojo's Les Paul Award and curator of the prestigious Meltdown Festival at the Southbank in 2010, Thompson was most recently honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting by the Americana Music Association.

In his first proper acoustic release since 1982's concert album Small Town Romance, British folk legend Richard Thompson pares back the finery on Acoustic Classics, a totally solo, acoustic reworking of 14 well-loved songs from his back catalog. Considered a studio companion piece to his frequent solo acoustic tours, the album reflects the modern arrangements he's developed for classic songs like "Wall of Death," "I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight," and "Beeswing." His influential guitar playing and showmanship have been well documented through a variety of late-career releases, but it's a true pleasure to hear his effortless command of the instrument as well as his rich, commanding baritone in the warm, unplugged format. While some songs like 1991's already acoustic "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" essentially get a mostly unaltered encore performance, it's interesting to hear something like the lonesome "Down Where the Drunkards Roll" updated with Richard singing instead of ex-wife Linda. This record could easily have been chalked up as a gap-filling acoustic highlight reel between new releases, but he attacks these older songs with true enthusiasm and a tastefulness that make this an essential album for Thompson fans and British folk fans in general.

Review by Timothy Monger, Allmusic.com

When you have four decades of superb music to draw on, it can't be easy deciding which songs to re-record for new acoustic versions.

Richard Thompson has picked well for his new album Acoustic Classics, which sounds as clear as crystal thanks to new recording technology, includes the song Galway to Graceland, a disturbing and tragi-comic tale of a middle-aged woman's obsession with Elvis Presley. There is a fine Shoot Out the Lights, which is a good example of how Thompson can make songs previously performed with a band sound fresh and original played solo. "I really wanted to have something that would reflect the acoustic shows,” Thompson said. “But we didn’t have anything like that. Just some old, slightly scratchy recordings of solo sets that I wasn’t really happy with.”

Thompson was never particularly happy with his 1984 solo acoustic live album Small Town Romance, and though there have also been a number of live solo albums and offcut releases, Acoustic Classics brings across the power and intimacy of the acoustic shows that have evolved as a full parallel to his band tours. I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, Persuasion and Wall of Death are excellent but I did feel Thompson was straining a little on Walking on a Wire to deliver something fresh vocally to a song he must have sung hundreds of time.

The album is full of interesting guitar flourishes and rhythms which bring an imaginative touch to classics such as as Beeswing and 1952 Vincent Black Lightning. Down Where the Drunkards Roll sounds even more mournful in the hands of a wise old bird of 65.

If (oh dear) you haven't got a Richard Thompson album in your collection, then this is a great way to get to know a truly inspired songwriter. But even if you know his work inside out, then you will still find much to enjoy listening to a master re-touch some of his best works.

Review by Martin Chilton, Telegraph.co.uk

Richard Thompson at Allmusic
Richard Thompson at Wiki

Tracklist:

01. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (02:57)
02. Walking On A Wire (03:53)
03. Wall Of Death (03:23)
04. Down Where The Drunkards Roll (04:04)
05. One Door Opens (03:46)
06. Persuasion (03:54)
07. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (05:12)
08. I Misunderstood (03:57)
09. From Galway To Graceland (03:29)
10. Valerie (04:24)
11. Shoot Out The Lights (04:16)
12. Beeswing (05:42)
13. When The Spell Is Broken (04:19)
14. Dimming Of The Day (03:18)

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