Richard & Linda Thompson - I Want To Poll the Bright Lights Tonight

No 3 was Mock Tudor.
I just looked at the new issue on the racks of the Newsagent so don't have a copy at hand for the next few days.

I can support mock Tudor in its live album guise as semi detached mock Tudor. The songs are great but I don't quite get on with their studio recordings

Okay, Mock Tudor is fine & good but I believe that Rumor & Sigh is superior to it.

Which album has "Valerie" on it?

Apparently Daring Adventures (I don't think I've ever heard it)

Pour Down Like Silver is so amazing.
I probably have it Pour>Shoot>Bright>Hokey

Daring Adventures is the first of the Frooms, right? It's got "Al Bowlly's in Heaven."

In general none of the frooms hang together as a full listen for me. They all have some songs on them that are all-time though.

I think they all have one or two or three all timers on them at least, some of them are mostly awesome. His past few are perhaps more consistent, but fewer future canon standouts.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

Well, every track got a vote, that tells you something.

I will also stan for "Amnesia", definitely in my top 4, the drumming on that album is really monstrous, love it.

Amnesia is pretty fab, and the subsequent albums have too much flimFroomery and CD-era bloat but from which anybody could have burned an an excellent CD-R back in the day.

oooooh wow, tough tie!

Guess I'm not surprised but CC is so dire. Appreciate the feeling but Border and the title track just have more life.

Yeah, I've never loved "The Calvary Cross" either. That opening guitar bit is so captivating that it's always a let down when the song itself turns out to be something considerably more plodding and normal.

I assembled an RT list in February.

Well, every track got a vote, that tells you something.

Well done.

Ah, last post was meant to reply to Alfred.

Lovely results. Good to see this tie and that every track got a vote

"Daring Adventures is the first of the Frooms, right? It's got "Al Bowlly's in Heaven.""

and 'How Will I ever be Simple Again'

good results -- yeah, i think the only song i don't realllllly like here is "little beggar girl."
thompson-related -- the rhino handmade Shoot Out The Lights is on spotify. the live bonus disc has some insanely great stuff on it.

haha I didn't vote because I couldn't choose, could've made the difference

i like this rarity (from around the time of henry the human fly / bright lights, i think)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swrii8xO3dA

This is where I confess I've never been able to really get into any of the other Thompson albums, either solo or with Linda.

Same!

He is definitley best appreciated live.

surprised that anyone who digs bright lights wouldn't find plenty to love on henry the human fly, hokey pokey and pour down like silver — they're all of a piece to me.

yah seeing him live was pretty eye opening/mind blowing

i got a few of Richard's mid-80's albums in a remainder box in new york earlier this year, before i heard Bright Lights for the first time - they were ok, but i have to revisit them having heard this. one of them had a bunch of clocks on the cover

surprised that anyone who digs bright lights wouldn't find plenty to love on henry the human fly, hokey pokey and pour down like silver — they're all of a piece to me

I've never heard "Henry the Human Fly"! But, yes, those first three R & L albums are very much a set.

yah seeing him live was pretty eye opening/mind blowing

He's very funny and engaging. Plus he's just the best guitarist. I've never seen anyone play like that in person.

yeah after seeing him live i gained more of an appreciation for his post-linda years which i always thought were kinda cheezy

(xp) OTM. Also he can't half belt out a song, his singing is so much more powerful than you might expect.

xp kinda cheezy! can't believe you think that.
https://resources.tidal.com/images/cc75bbd5/de97/4229/ba12/b6805c5a1b16/1280x1280.jpg

Great interview with Linda.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/apr/12/they-said-i-was-worse-than-the-sex-pistols-folk-legend-linda-thompson-on-trashing-dressing-rooms-and-losing-her-voice

Excellent thanks
Had never seen this : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnP07s_O14Q

Looking for a Richard interview I listened to earlier this week and saw this
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5bCNtLtEvdx9A3IKJI7Eas?si=7ec8d81819e24247
where he's on a show with Lemmy I think.

& the one I heard this week which is current
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4K6lez0e8FfYg5GKJZZL96?si=ae505645dacd452a

This album is obviously alltime, but jeez, I could vote for any of these:

The Calvary Cross
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
When I Get to the Border
Withered and Died
The End of the Rainbow
The Great Valerio
The Little Beggar Girl

But I would probably vote for that last one. I have such an irrational love for the narrator's cheerful cynicism, how it's almost worth it to her to be in her desperate situation just to be able to pull one over on these rich assholes.

the linda interview ignited one of my occasional attempts to enjoy nick drake but lol no dice, p good songs (some of them) but such a boring voice

The fact that Linda's brother is Brian Pettifer always kind of blows my mind.

xp switched to pour down like silver, much happier now*

*= sadder but in a good way

mark s, Bryter Layter is the one if you don't like the other two. the instrumentation and songwriting is more "fun" and less obviously folky

yes i know them all, i have the 1986 fruit-tree CD set and i've owned bryter layter on vinyl since i was a teenager -- BL is perkier yes but i think it's time to accept i am just not drawn to his voice

There's like three instrumentals on it, or sumthin', too.

some good bits in this interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdhaGEhiPdo

Thanks for that!

Never heard of the connection between the title track and Up on Cripple Creek, but now I can't unhear it.