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- Summary: Mark Knopfler produced the eight solo album for the Northern Ireland singer-songwriter, who previously was in the the band, Energy Orchard.
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- Record Label: Proper Records
- Genre(s): Folk, Pop/Rock
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MojoJul 19, 2012There's country stoicism, sentimentality and sparkling sadness on the songs. [Aug 2012, p.96]
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Jul 19, 2012All 11 songs are of high quality.
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Jul 19, 2012Mark Knopfler has brought some star power to The Sailor's Revenge, but he's also treated Bap Kennedy's skills as a performer and tunesmith with the care they deserve, and this is a dark but frequently beautiful set of Celtic-flavored contemporary folk.
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Sep 4, 2012How much one enjoys this record depends on how much tolerance one has for the manly nautical descriptions.
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Jul 19, 2012It is derivative and woebegone and its musical twists are seldom hard to predict, but it is also finely crafted and devoid of the phoniness which can make such works unbearable.