Beat The Retreat and Dimming Of The Day were further sublime expressions of spiritual longing, but the sardonic wit of Thompson's songwriting up until then wasn't entirely absent. The opening track Streets Of Paradise was particularly good on that score, and the album as a whole still features plenty of his brilliant guitar playing. Always inspired by Scottish music, Thompson ends the album with a cover of James Scott Skinner's fiddle tune Dargai. Pour Down Like Silver was the most stripped-down sounding of all of Richard & Linda's albums, and the bare-bones sound (filled out where necessary, most distinctively by John Kirkpatrick's accordion playing) suits these starkly beautiful songs well.
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Surprisingly good!
ReplyDeleteI couldn't help myself with corrupting two of those song titles - so here goes, Beating The Meat, and Rimming Of the Day. Grow up, me ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the share.Wonderful songs,sing,and playing.No excess of whimsy here is there?
ReplyDeleteWow, you like this better than =I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight=? I even like =Hokey Pokey= better than =Pour Down Like Silver=, though that's a minority opinion. (I do like =Pour Down Like Silver=, just the other two I listed have no eh songs [in my opinion], while =Silver= is less consistent, and only has two really great songs ("Night Comes In" and "For Shame of Doing Wrong").
ReplyDeleteCheers.
Believe me, it's a great record!!!
ReplyDeleteEvery time I listen to it the music brings me in a melangoly mood...and I like it! Thanks Alan.
Danny Milo, Belgium.