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Richard Thompson – Across A Crowded Room (VG+/VG+) – LP, Australasia 1985
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Across A Crowded Room is an LP by Richard Thompson from 1985 released on the Polydor label.
About this album
Across A Crowded Room is a sharp, emotionally charged folk-rock statement from Richard Thompson, balancing hard-edged guitar work with dark, finely written songs. Released in 1985, the album finds Thompson turning personal tension and social unease into vivid, compact storytelling, with ‘When The Spell Is Broken’ standing out as one of his most forceful openers. Its combination of folk tradition, rock attack and sardonic lyricism shows why Thompson is widely regarded as one of Britain’s most distinctive songwriters and guitarists. The record deepened his reputation beyond his Fairport Convention legacy and remains a key mid-1980s album in his solo catalogue.
Genre: Folk
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Richard ThompsonLabel: Polydor – 825421-1Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustralasiaReleased: 1985Genre: FolkStyle: Folk RockA1 When The Spell Is Broken
A2 You Don'T Say
A3 I Ain'T Going To Drag My Feet No More
A4 Love In A Faithless Country
B1 Fire In The Engine Room
B2 Walking Through A Wasted Land
B3 Little Blue Number
B4 She Twists The Knife Again
B5 Ghosts In The Wind