Richard Thompson, You? Me? Us?

 

1996 Capitol Records  (D212911)

 

Un doppio cd di grande pregio: saremmo tentati di dire che il cd 2 è una delle cose più belle del repertorio di Thompson. Il suono è acustico, il violino di Sid Page è splendido, non ci sono altre parole, senza dimenticare il cello di Suzie Katayama e la voce di Christine Collister. Apprezzabile anche il CD1 le cui composizioni sono ipnotiche. Le illustrazioni e la copertina di Dave Plunkert lasciano indifferenti.

Tracks:
1. Razor Dance - 2. She Steers By Lightning - 3. Dark Hand Over My Heart - 4. Hide It Away - 5. Put It There Pal - 6. Business On You - 7. No's Not A Word - 8. Am I Wasting My Love On You? - 9. Bank Vault In Heaven - 10. The Ghost Of You Walks - 11. Baby Don't Know What To Do With Herself - 12. She Cut Off Her Long Silken Hair - 13. Hide It Away - 14. Burns Supper - 15. Train Don't Leave - 16. Cold Kisses - 17. Sam Jones - 18. Razor Dance - 19. Woods Of Darney

 

Musicians:

Richard Thompson: guitar, vocal, mandolin, hurdy gurdy - Simon Nicol: guitar - Mitchell Froom: keyboards - Jerry Scheff: electric bass, disc 1 - Danny Thompson: acoustic bass, disc 2 - Jim Keltner: drums - Pete Thomas: drums - Suzie Katayama: cello - Sid Page: violin - Tchad Blake: guitar on Razor Dance - Christine Collister: vocals - Teddy Thompson: vocals

 

All songs written by Richard Thompson and published by Beeswing Music - Produced by Mitchell Froom and Tchad Blake - Recorded at Sunset Sound Factory, Hollywood, California - Engineered by Tchad Blake - Additional recording and 2nd engineer: John Paterno - Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering Studios Inc., Portland, Maine