Live Warrior

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Live Warrior
AlbumCoverLiveWarrior.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedApril 2009
Recorded2007 in the UK and United States
Genre Rock
Length73:51
Label Beeswing
Producer Simon Tassano
Richard Thompson chronology
Sweet Warrior
(2007)
Live Warrior
(2009)
Dream Attic
(2010)

Live Warrior is a live album by Richard Thompson recorded during the 2007 tours of the UK and United States to support the Sweet Warrior studio album. It is released on Thompson's boutique Beeswing label.

Contents

The album's track selection emphasises material from Sweet Warrior, released two years before, with Live Warrior featuring eight of the fourteen tracks from that album.

Track listing

All songs composed by Richard Thompson except Mingulay Boat Song, traditional with additional lyrics by Hugh Robertson. [1]

  1. "Needle and Thread"
  2. "Bad Monkey"
  3. "Take Care The Road You Choose"
  4. "Dad's Gonna Kill Me"
  5. "I Still Dream"
  6. "The Wrong Heartbeat"
  7. "I'll Never Give It Up"
  8. "Mingulay Boat Song"
  9. "Guns Are The Tongues"
  10. "A Man In Need"
  11. "A Bone Through Her Nose"
  12. "Read About Love"
  13. "Sunset Song"
  14. "Mr. Stupid"

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References

  1. 1 2 "2009: Live Warrior". Richard Thompson.