Richard & Linda Thompson, Shoot Out the Lights

Hannibal HNBL 1303 (LP, US, March 1982) - Hannibal HNCD 1303 (CD, US, 1986)

Richard e Linda raggiungono qui  il momento migliore della loro carriera, supportati da tanti amici e compagni dei Fairport (Pegg,  Nicol, Mattacks). L'album è energico, le chitarre hanno spesso un ritmo nevrotico: forse uno dei passaggi migliori è rappresentato da "Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed". Il disco è illustrato da splendide fotografie di Gered Mankowitz e dai disegni di Bill Smith.

Tracks Side A:

Don't Renege on Our Love (4:15) - Walking on a Wire (5:24) - Man in Need (3:32) - Just the Motion (5:16)

Tracks Side B:

Shoot Out the Lights (5:20) - Back Street Slide (4:29) - Did She Jump (4:45) - Wall of Death (3:42)

Recorded and mixed in Olympic Studios, Chelsea, London - Engineered by Bill Gill - Produced by Joe Boyd - Cover photo by Gered Mankowitz

Musicians:

Richard Thompson: vocals, lead guitar, accordion and hammered dulcimer; Linda Thompson: vocals; Simon Nicol: rhythm guitar; Dave Pegg: bass; Pete Zorn: bass and backing vocals; Dave Mattacks: drums
with
The Watersons (Norma, Mike, Lal Waterson and Martin Carthy): backing vocals definitely on Man in Need and Back Street Slide, and possibly on Don't Renege on Our Love; Clive Gregson: backing vocals; Stephen Corbett, Brian Jones: cornet; Phil Goodwin: tuba; Stepen Barnett, Mark Cutts: trombone