Songs for the Gentle Man

by Bridget St John

Songs for the Gentle Man cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: April 1971
  • Label: Dandelion
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 36:04
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 5 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released on John Peel's Dandelion label, the second outing from this revered English folk singer is a masterclass in quiet, atmospheric chamber-folk. Featuring spare, acoustic guitar accompaniment and her deeply resonant, characteristically dark vocal tone, the record captures a profoundly intimate and pastoral mood. It is widely considered an essential, hauntingly beautiful document of the British folk-songwriter movement.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, female-vocals, acoustic, folk, melodic, traditional

Tracklist

  1. A Day Away (3:09)
  2. City-Crazy (2:45)
  3. Early Morning Song (1:56)
  4. Back To Stay (4:46)
  5. Seagull-Sunday (3:09)
  6. If You'd Been There (4:08)
  7. Song For The Laird Of Connaught Hall - Part 2 (1:27)
  8. Making Loser Better (3:54)
  9. The Lady And The Gentle Man (3:10)
  10. Downderry Daze (3:20)
  11. The Pebble And The Man (3:34)
  12. It Seems Very Strange (0:41)

Credits

  • Lucio De Rimanez - primary artist
  • Beau Thomas - lacquer cut by

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