Front Parlour Ballads

by Richard Thompson

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 9 August 2005
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 46:48
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded entirely in the legendary guitarist's own home studio, this intimate release strips away full-band instrumentation to focus squarely on his acoustic fingerpicking and narrative songwriting. The sparse, melodic tracks highlight his enduring ability to weave darkly observant tales of traditional British life.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, melodic, folk, male-vocals, storytelling, minimal, ballad, guitars

Tracklist

  1. Let It Blow (4:52)
  2. For Whose Sake? (2:30)
  3. Miss Patsy (3:57)
  4. Old Thames Side (4:03)
  5. How Does Your Garden Grow? (2:09)
  6. My Soul, My Soul (5:33)
  7. Cressida (3:26)
  8. Row, Boys, Row (2:33)
  9. The Boys Of Mutton Street (2:53)
  10. Precious One (3:48)
  11. A Solitary Life (4:10)
  12. Should I Betray? (3:29)
  13. When We Were Boys At School (3:25)

Credits

  • Debra Dobkin - percussion

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