On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, James Nelson wrote:
> >>> Jerry Curry wrote:
>
> >In my opinion, Richard Thompson is one of the most important
> >and influential artists of the late 70's/80's. His swansong albums >with Linda: _I
>Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight_ and _Shoot >Out the Lights_ are two definite
>desert island recordings for me.
>
> I don't know how influential he was, but he certainly can write a song and play
>guitar. For the record, "I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight" was Richard and
>Linda's first album together. I got import copy back in 1974. It remains one of
>their best, although "Pour Down Like Silver" ain't too shabby.
People often laud Thompson's "Shoot Out The Lights" as being his
best of that period, and maybe that's because it's more of a rock record
with folk overtones. But I myself prefer "I Want To See The Bright Lights
Tonight", which is just about as perfect a blend of folk and rock as
has ever been make. And I think the production on both that album and
"Pours Down Like Silver" is just fine, myself. Nicely understated,
everything sounds "real", tasteful and creative arrangments, etc. etc.
One thing's for sure: these weren't no coffee folk records. (Dar Williams,
take note).
Kip
