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- Summary: The live album was recorded during Richard Thompson's tour of the West Coast in February, with a majority of the tracks from performances at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall.
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- Record Label: Shout! Factory
- Genre(s): Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Folk, British Folk-Rock, British Folk
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| If Love Whispers Your Name | |
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| Next time I promise I will be ready Ready to move When the clouds roll apart Next time I promise I will do it better When the sun shines on me And... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 13 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Thompson's never been less than inspiring in concert, but here his singing seems especially urgent, while a few of his guitar leaps will leave you shaking your head in wonderment.
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Though devoid of wobbly notes and feedback echos, Thompson unleashes some of the most visceral guitar solos of his career, and Dream Attic stands beside the best efforts in his catalog.
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This is gloriously vicious, bitter, sad and bleak, even by Richard Thompson's standards.
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Although not unanimously blinding, Dream Attic is replete with the kind of deft flourishes and considered wordplay that fans of the singer will be more than familiar with. Chalk up another triumph, then.
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For his latest album, Thompson has aimed to inject a batch of new songs with the energy and spontaneity of live performance, a goal he achieves convincingly.
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At 73 minutes, the album is kind of long, and perhaps could stand to lose one of its six-minute ballads, but they're all so damn good that we might as well keep them.
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Q MagazineWhile you'd hope there is some post-concert studio enhancement afoot, the result is in effect an overly basic live album of new songs. [Oct 2010, p.120]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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Mixed: 0 out of 1
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Negative: 0 out of 1
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Nov 23, 2010
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