Evensong

by Amazing Blondel

Evensong cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: November 1970
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 33:54
  • Community rating: 3.59/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Paul Samwell-Smith, Terence Alan Wincott, Adam Skeaping, Edward Baird, pipe, John David Gladwin

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Completely abandoning conventional rock instrumentation, the British trio committed fully to an archaic, Elizabethan aesthetic for their highly idiosyncratic sophomore release. Utilizing lutes, crumhorns, and harpsichords, the entirely acoustic arrangements faithfully mimic the highly structured elegance of Renaissance-era court music. It remains a fascinating, deeply atmospheric anomaly within the progressive and folk movements of the era.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, melodic, folk, male-vocals, strings, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Pavan (3:25)
  2. St. Crispin's Day (2:23)
  3. Spring Season (3:42)
  4. Willowood (3:27)
  5. Evensong (3:13)
  6. Queen Of Scots (1:44)
  7. The Ploughman (3:10)
  8. Old Moot Hall (2:43)
  9. Lady Marion's Galliard (3:45)
  10. Under the Greenwood (3:18)
  11. Anthem (2:59)

Credits

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