A Pilgrim's Tale

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A Pilgrim's Tale
Studio album by
Seth Lakeman
Released7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)
Length41:36
Label BMG
Seth Lakeman chronology
The Well Worn Path
(2018)		A Pilgrim's Tale
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 72/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
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A Pilgrim's Tale is a studio album by English folk musician Seth Lakeman. It was released on 7 February 2020 under BMG Rights Management. [4]

Contents

The album is inspired by the English ship Mayflower and its four-centuries since the first departure from the UK. [5] English actor, Paul McGann, features on the album as narrator, alongside Cara Dillon, Benji Kirkpatrick and Ben Nicholls. [6]

Critical reception

A Pilgrim's Tale was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 72, based on 4 reviews. [1]

Track listing

A Pilgrim's Tale track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Watch Out"3:37
2."Pilgrim Brother"3:33
3."Westward Bound"3:53
4."A Pilgrim's Warning"4:45
5."Sailing Time"3:00
6."The Great Iron Screw"3:50
7."Dear Isle of England"2:43
8."Saints and Strangers"3:08
9."Foreign Man"3:25
10."Bury Nights"3:29
11."The Digging Song"3:22
12."Mayflower Waltz"2:51

Charts

Chart performance for A Pilgrim's Tale
Chart (2020)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [7] 34
UK Albums (OCC) [8] 39
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [9] 4

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References

  1. 1 2 "Metacritic Review". Metacritic . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ↑ Spencer, Neil (16 February 2020). "Seth Lakeman: A Pilgrim's Tale review – all aboard the Mayflower". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ↑ Hubbard, Michael (5 February 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH . Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "Seth Lakeman announces Mayflower-inspired album 'A Pilgrim's Tale'". Spiral Earth . 29 October 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (4 November 2019). "Seth Lakeman new release". Entertainment-focus.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "New Album and Single". Folk Radio UK . 23 October 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 6, 2020.



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