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• "An album of artfully
crafted songs, beautifully performed -such boldly coloured narratively
compelling and lyrically assured songs are a rare pleasure - they get
the performances they deserve too. - wry, sharp and beautifully turned."
Songlines
• "This isn’t just an amazing comeback album: it’s
surely a strong contender for Album of the Year!" Taplas
• "One of the year's essential albums" The Scotsman
• "The voice has never sounded more exquisite"    Q
magazine
• "..returns with a wonderful
collection of folk-based storytelling songs full of stark and sombre beauty.
A return that is as welcome as it is unexpected." The Times
• "Exquisite - now for the comeback concert.    "
The Guardian
• "It's one of the pleasures of the century to welcome
the voice of Linda Thompson back after 17 years - in all its halting maturity
- and to find it so sympathetically caressed by the guitars of ex-hubby
Richard, son Teddy and all manner of other
folk. She writes, sings
and emanates womanly compassion. Listen to 'No Telling' and weep."
The Independent on Sunday
• "Fashionably Late is a gem that grows with each play. Linda's
voice is as wondrous as we remember it
Linda's effortlessly supple
vocals add colour and emotional depth to a sharply observed, highly melodic
set of songs - highlights abound. A beautifully realised return to the
musical spotlight" Get Rhythm
• "songs... unforgettable
in their depth. This is one hell of a comeback. a graceful, authoritive,
expressive voice, the backing of serenely gifted musicians, rich, yet
uncluttered, arrangements and the telling of modern folk tales"
Amazon.com
• "Her rich voice has all the power that grabbed listeners
years ago - as the return of an important artist who has lost none of
her touch it marks an especially welcome moment in contemporary English
music." Dirty Linen
• "..the honesty, generosity and deep, deep emotion of
her voice" London Evening Standard
• "Firmly grounded in folk idioms and traditional ballad
forms, the songs feel as though they are bursting at the seams with intimate,
personal experience." The Guardian
• "Thompson’s
return to the studio after many years is an unqualified success. Her voice
is an iron fist in a velvet glove, forceful in its conveyance of credible
emotions on vastly intelligent and appealing songs …. she strips
love songs of sentimentality with her uncannily exquisite sense of shading
and understatement." Down Beat
• "One of the top ten albums of 2002" HMV
Choice
• "The best album of 2002 full stop! – a
welling up in contemporary song of timeless themes" Pay the Reckoning
magazine
• "An album of simple and breath-taking class"
Irish Times
• "Folk music the way it’s supposed to be played:
full of heartbreak, free of sanctimony" Fortune magazine
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