Dream Attic - Richard Thompson
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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.
  • Record Label: Shout! Factory
  • Genre(s): Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock, Contemporary Folk, British Folk-Rock, British Folk
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Austin Chronicle
    89
    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.
  2. Mojo
    80
    Almost impossible to replicate in the studio, this is the level of energy and conviction which drives the album as newly buoyant Thompson discovers his second wind. Scintillating. [Sep 2010, p.93]
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  3. BBC Music
    80
    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.
  4. American Songwriter
    60
    If Dream Attic is any indication, recording studios may soon be as irrelevant to Richard Thompson's career as big record companies are.

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  1. Tumbleweed
    8
    Not his best album by far but the musicianship is excellent as usual and I like the clean, unpolished sound of this recording. Itd be nice if RT could go back and rerecord some of his 90s records (which had better songs but were overproduced) in this format.… Collapse

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