Angel Delight

by Fairport Convention

Angel Delight cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 11 June 1971
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 38:18
  • Community rating: 3.65/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: John Wood, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Dave Swarbrick

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Serving as their first album without founding guitarist Richard Thompson, 'Angel Delight' finds the influential British group consolidating their folk-rock sound around a core quartet. The release became the band's highest-charting effort in the UK, noted for its rich traditional adaptations and lively, communal spirit.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, melodic, folklore, medieval, folk, traditional, acoustic, male-vocals, female-vocals

Tracklist

  1. Lord Marlborough (3:26)
  2. Sir William Gower (4:57)
  3. Bridge Over The River Ash (2:17)
  4. Wizard Of The Worldly Game (4:08)
  5. The Journeyman's Grace (4:34)
  6. Angel Delight (4:10)
  7. Banks Of The Sweet Primroses (4:15)
  8. Instrumental Medley: The Cuckoo's Nest (3:28)
  9. The Bonny Black Hare (3:08)
  10. Sickness & Diseases (3:50)

Credits

  • Dave Pegg - bass, violin, viola, vocals, bass, vocals, bass, lead guitar, vocals
  • Dave Mattacks - drums, piano, bass, vocals, drums, vocals, drums, guitar, vocals, drums, tambourine, vocals, drums, percussion, drums, percussion, vocals
  • Simon Nicol - guitar, bass, viola, dulcimer, vocals, guitar, dulcimer, vocals, guitar, lead vocals, guitar, vocals, written-by, dulcimer, bass
  • Robin W. Gee - sleeve notes
  • Dave Swarbrick - violin, mandolin, vocals, fiddle, lead vocals, mandolin [mandoline], vocals, written-by, viola, vocals, fiddle, mandolin [mandoline] [cuckoo], fiddle, mandolin [mandoline], vocals
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Richard Thompson - written-by

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