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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.
- Record Label: Shout! Factory
- Genre(s): Rock, Singer-Songwriter
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Top Track
Dad's Gonna Kill Me | |
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Out in the desert there's a soldier lying dead Vultures pecking the eyes out of his head Another day that could have been me there instead Nobody... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Positive: 14 out of 14
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Mixed: 0 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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This is one of the most brilliantly gloomy albums in his long career.
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Entertainment WeeklyThe 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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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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If you’re a lapsed Dickhead, Sweet Warrior would make for a great reintroduction to Richard Thompson. Likewise, should you require only one RT album per decade, this disc may well stand as his best of the 2000s.
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UncutHe sounds more like a loner--intense, precise, impervious to fashion--than ever. [Jul 2007, p.102]
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Running nearly 70 minutes, Sweet Warrior is perhaps too indulgent in the album's flabbier second half. But fans surely are happy to let Richard be Richard.
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Even when Mr. Thompson uses his caustic wit for laughs, the songs on “Sweet Warrior” hold a tension and vehemence that make their bitterness linger.
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Positive: 10 out of 11
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Mixed: 1 out of 11
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Negative: 0 out of 11
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PhilWOct 25, 2007One of the best albums of our generation.
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judyeJun 26, 2007
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DarrelLAug 4, 2007RT > all. Yet another reason why.
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DerekDJun 14, 2007Another amazing masterpiece by one of the sickest guitar players of our time!
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pluckyTJun 16, 2007
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ToddWJul 30, 2007
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ChristopherW.Sep 25, 2007
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