Richard Thompson – Rumor And Sigh (1991/2016) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Richard Thompson – Rumor And Sigh (1991/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:01:25 minutes | 2,49 GB | Genre: Rock
Studio Master, Official Digital Download – Source: HDTracks | © Capitol Records
Recorded: 1991 at Sunset Sound, Los Angeles and Konk Studios, London

This Grammy nominated album from Richard Thompson is one of his most beloved and contains his classic 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, often-covered and included on TIME’s list of the 100 greatest songs of all time.

“When I was a kid, (the Vincent Black Lightning) was always the exotic bike, that was always the one, the one that you went ‘ooh, wow.’ I’d always been looking for English ideas that didn’t sound corny, that had some romance to them and around which you could pin a song. And this song started with a motorcycle, it started with the Vincent. It was a good lodestone around which the song could revolve.” -Richard Thompson

While Richard Thompson’s devotees will tell you the man is a triple-threat genius — passionate vocalist, compelling songwriter, and sterling guitarist — even his most loyal supporters will concede that the dour nature of his songs and the no-frills production of many of his albums make the bulk of his catalog tough sledding for the uninitiated. Given this, 1991’s Rumor and Sigh is arguably the best album for those wanting to sample Thompson’s work for the first time. It captures Thompson at the top of his form on all fronts, but also gives his songs just enough polish to make them approachable for the unconverted, and though it’s several shades darker than the average adult-contemporary album, it honors Thompson’s obsession with romantic despair and the less pleasant quirks of fate without sounding depressing in the process. Producer Mitchell Froom tricked up Thompson’s sound a bit, but his approach added to the material rather than interfering with it; the topsy-turvy keyboards and sharp, snapping drum sound on “Gray Walls” and “You Dream Too Much” actually add to their narrative drama, and Froom coaxed some of Thompson’s most soulful vocals on “Why Must I Plead” and “I Misunderstood.” Thompson actually gets funny on “Don’t Sit On My Jimmy Shands” and the darkly hilarious “Psycho Street,” and Thompson fans who like his work straight with no chaser will be knocked flat by “1952 Vincent Black Lightning,” perhaps the best traditional-style number in his songbook, and the harrowing “God Loves A Drunk,” an unnerving tale of several kinds of addiction. While Rumor and Sigh is quite slick by Thompson’s standards, its clean lines and bright mix serve both the songs and the bandleader quite well, and make Thompson’s tunes sound like the radio hits they’ve always deserved to be. -AllMusic Review by Mark Deming

Tracklist:
1. Read About Love 03:37
2. I Feel So Good 03:22
3. I Misunderstood 04:08
4. Grey Walls 04:25
5. You Dream Too Much 04:05
6. Why Must I Plead 05:00
7. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning 04:42
8. Backlash Love Affair 04:48
9. Mystery Wind 04:36
10. Don’t Sit On My Jimmy Shands 04:26
11. Keep Your Distance 04:12
12. Mother Knows Best 04:59
13. God Loves A Drunk 04:39
14. Psycho Street 04:26

Personnel:
Richard Thompson – guitar, vocals, mandolin, hurdy-gurdy
Mitchell Froom – keyboards
Jerry Scheff – bass guitar
Mickey Curry – drums
Jim Keltner – drums
Alex Acuña – percussion
Christine Collister and Clive Gregson – backing vocals
John Kirkpatrick – accordion, concertina, backing vocals
Phil Pickett – shawm, crumhorn, recorder
Simon Nicol – guitar
Aly Bain – fiddle

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