The Fade in Time

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The Fade in Time
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Studio album by
Released15 March 2015 (2015-03-15)
Genre Folk
Length1:05:41
Label The Next Collective
Sam Lee chronology
Ground of Its Own
(2012)
The Fade in Time
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 89/100 [1]
Review scores
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MusicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [3]
PopMatters Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
StereoboardStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Financial Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Songwriting MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
CultureflyStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Australian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Northern Sky MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

The Fade in Time is the second studio album by English musician Sam Lee. It was released in March 2015 under The Next Collective. In 2016, the album won the Songlines Music Awards in the category Europe. [12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Jonny o' the Brine"4:50
2."Bonny Bunch of Roses"4:11
3."Blackbird"4:12
4."Lord Gregory"6:38
5."Over Yonders Hill"6:23
6."Moorlough Maggie"7:18
7."Phoenix Island"4:50
8."The Moon Shone On My Bed Last Night"6:06
9."Willie-O"5:15
10."Airdog"5:03
11."Lovely Molly"5:19
12."Moss House"5:36

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