- Band Name: Roy Harper
- Record Label: Bella Union
- Release Date: Sep 23, 2013
- Summary: The first new studio release in over 13 years for the British folk singer-songwriter includes a guest appearance by Pete Townsend on guitar.
- Record Label: Bella Union
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 9
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Mixed: 0 out of 9
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Negative: 0 out of 9
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Sep 20, 2013100While his guitar-playing remains robust and his vocal range undiminished, it’s the characteristically immersed, impassioned songwriting that most vividly illustrates his ongoing vigour.
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Sep 20, 201390A magnificent comeback. [Oct 2013, p.57]
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Oct 4, 201390At the grand age of 72, he’s grown into his voice and can sing with conviction and honesty, but not at the expense of youthful venom.
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Sep 20, 201380There are thoughtful, highly personal songs about love, lust, ageing and identity, with the final two segued tracks lasting for 23 minutes. He's still unique.
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Sep 23, 201380Seventy-two not out: a great record.
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Sep 20, 201380A poetic, typically untethered set within bouzouki pecks and mellotron complement Roy's latest voyage into open-tuned land. [Oct 2013, p.90]
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Sep 20, 201370There may be nothing here that pricks emotion like ‘When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease’ and this may not be the truly brazen, bold Harper of the Seventies but it’s a record of reflection, of experimentation, sometimes of egotism, often of near-mystical sadness.