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. ToddW

   8

   You've got to either admire or feel sorry for artists like Richard Thompson. Maybe I've got it all wrong, but it seems to me that the goal of any performance artist is to have their art affect and be seen or heard by as many people as possible. A guitar virtuoso, Thompson has been producing incredibly complex music and insightful lyrics for more than 40 years and he's sold, what, 10 units? It only goes to reinforce how bad "popular" music truly is when someone like Richard Thompson still elicits a blank stare from the dark side of the rock denizens of the Sewerstream some 40-plus years after his beginnings in Fairport Convention and working with Van Morrison. Whereas Morrison criminally has never won a Grammy Award, I'll wager Thompson hasn't even been invited to the ceremony. Of course, those same dumbasses somehow saw fit to vote an album by a washed up Jethro Tull the first Best Heavy Metal gold gramophone. But I digress. It doesn't mean Thompson's music isn't important and worthy of repeated listens. It means the obvious: Thompson is doing us all a huge favor by ignoring popular foolery in continuing to record and most so-called audiophiles are simpletons.… Collapse

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4. 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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