Daring Adventures

by Richard Thompson

Daring Adventures cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1986
  • Label: Polydor
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 47:06
  • Community rating: 3.63/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Teaming up with producer Mitchell Froom, the virtuosic British guitarist and songwriter embraced a surprisingly polished, contemporary sound. The inclusion of lush keyboard arrangements alongside traditional folk instrumentation effectively expanded his deeply melancholic, critically acclaimed songwriting into a more accessible rock format.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, folk, guitars, storytelling, male-vocals, guitar-driven

Tracklist

  1. A Bone Through Her Nose (4:06)
  2. Valerie (4:18)
  3. Missie How You Let Me Down (3:43)
  4. Dead Man's Handle (3:50)
  5. Long Dead Love (4:40)
  6. Lovers' Lane (3:28)
  7. Nearly In Love (3:53)
  8. Jennie (5:13)
  9. Baby Talk (2:48)
  10. Cash Down Never Never (3:06)
  11. How Will I Ever Be Simple Again (3:32)
  12. Al Bowlly's In Heaven (4:29)

Credits

  • Richard Thompson - primary artist, vocals, theremin, mandolin, electric guitar, dulcimer [hammered], written-by
  • John Kirkpatrick - accordion, concertina
  • Jerry Scheff - acoustic bass, bass guitar
  • Christine Collister - backing vocals
  • Clive Gregson - backing vocals
  • Steve Joule - calligraphy
  • Brian Taylor - cornet
  • Tony Goddard - cornet

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