Mirror Blue

by Richard Thompson

Mirror Blue cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 17 January 1994
  • Label: Capitol
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 55:11
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Mitchell Froom, this solo effort places the Fairport Convention veteran's unparalleled acoustic and electric guitar virtuosity in a slightly more idiosyncratic, modern sonic setting. Despite the somewhat polarizingly dense production style, the album houses some of Thompson's most enduring and razor-sharp songwriting of the decade.

Genres

Descriptors: Acoustic, melodic, male-vocals, guitars, british, satirical

Tracklist

  1. For The Sake Of Mary (4:19)
  2. I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life (3:11)
  3. MGB-GT (3:37)
  4. The Way That It Shows (6:07)
  5. Easy There, Steady Now (4:46)
  6. King Of Bohemia (3:44)
  7. Shane And Dixie (4:05)
  8. Mingus Eyes (4:47)
  9. I Ride In Your Slipstream (4:07)
  10. Beeswing (5:33)
  11. Fast Food (2:45)
  12. Mascara Tears (3:38)
  13. Taking My Business Elsewhere (4:26)

Credits

  • Richard Thompson - primary artist, vocals, guitar, mandolin, written-by
  • John Kirkpatrick - accordion, concertina [anglo-concertina, bass concertina]
  • Christine Collister - backing vocals
  • Michael Parker - backing vocals
  • Jerry Scheff - bass, double bass
  • Alistair Anderson - concertina [english], northumbrian pipes
  • Danny Thompson - double bass
  • Pete Thomas - drums, percussion

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