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- Summary: Talk about apt titles. The British folk legend's first album in a whopping 17 years features 10 new songs recorded mainly with her son, Teddy Thompson, and numerous guests such as Rufus Wainwright, Van Dyke Parks, and ex-husband and recording partner Richard Thompson.
- Record Label: Rounder
- Genre(s): Rock, Folk
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Positive: 5 out of 8
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Mixed: 3 out of 8
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This is a comeback record to be proud of; it not only sates the appetite of those fans who felt Linda Thompson left the scene too abruptly, but it is also the British folk record that everyone interested in the genre has been waiting such a long time for.
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Q MagazineA set of songs so cockle-warmingly familiar that you're left scanning the credits to see who did them the first time. [Oct 2002, p.118]
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Its admirable honesty and unswerving beauty proves that she's retained her ability as a vocalist to enthrall us.
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The material plays to Linda Thompson's strengths, with her quiet, primarily acoustic, doggedly traditionalist ballads showcasing her thick, eloquent voice.
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UncutA return that is as warmly welcome as it is wholly unexpected. [Oct 2002, p.122]
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Nearly everything on Fashionably Late has a pristinely modulated solemnity, a refined, literal-minded perfection.... In a sense, Fashionably Late is too good--too enamored of the aesthetic straight and narrow, of reverse sentimentality--for its own good.
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BlenderThompson's pure, effortlessly soaring vocals feel undimmed by time. [#9, p.156]
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Positive: 1 out of 1
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MartinEDec 2, 2002
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