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84 out of 100

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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 18 Ratings

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  • Summary: The famed guitarist and one-time Fairport Convention member reverts to plugged-in form for his latest collection of originals.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The Guardian
    100
    This is one of the most brilliantly gloomy albums in his long career.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    The guy's a six-string hero whose artistic sweep runs from plangent ballads to fiery barnstormers to, well, a heap of engaging styles in between. [1 Jun 2007, p.69]
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  3. Slant Magazine
    90
    The tightness of Thompson's compositions grounds the explosive, whimsical meandering of his improvs; Sweet Warrior, and "Guns Are The Tongues" in particular, captures that glory as well as anything else from this century.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. PhilW
    10
    One of the best albums of our generation.
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  2. DarrelL
    10
    RT > all. Yet another reason why.
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  3. ChristopherW.
    5
    My experience with Richard Thompson has been an incredibly frustrating one. While he writes wonderful songs and has impeccable skills on the guitar, his voice (ugggg!!) has to be one of the most unpleasant and annoying of any modern singer in my memory. (Imagine this...I actually love Dylan!) It's too bad really! If he'd step away from vocals and let a more competent and enjoyable singer take over, I'm sure his albums would be the wonderful pleasures they should be. Very sad!… Expand
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