The Ruby Cord

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The Ruby Cord
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Studio album by
Richard Dawson
Released18 November 2022 (2022-11-18)
Genre Progressive folk
Length80:49
Label Domino Recording Company
Richard Dawson chronology
Henki
(2021)		The Ruby Cord
(2022)		 End of the Middle
(2025)

The Ruby Cord is the seventh studio album by the British avant-garde folk musician Richard Dawson, released on 18 November 2022 by Domino Recording Company.

Contents

The record was described as the final piece in a trilogy of albums, together with previous releases Peasant and 2020, set in "a sort of liminal reality that straddles real life and something more virtual" in the future. [1] [2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81%
Review scores
SourceRating
The Observer 3/5 [3]
Mojo 4/5 [2]
Uncut 4.5/5 [1]
AllMusic 4/5 [4]

The Ruby Cord received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81 based on fifteen reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Richard Dawson.

No.TitleLength
1."The Hermit"41:00
2."Thicker Than Water"5:35
3."The Fool"5:46
4."Museum"8:06
5."The Tip of an Arrow"10:06
6."No-one"2:22
7."Horse and Rider"7:54
Total length:80:49

References

  1. 1 2 Pattison, Louis (2022-11-25). "Richard Dawson – The Ruby Cord". UNCUT. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. 1 2 "Richard Dawson Reviewed!". Mojo. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. ↑ Mongredien, Phil (20 November 2022). "Richard Dawson: The Ruby Cord review – an excellent album trying to get out". The Observer. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  4. ↑ The Ruby Cord at AllMusic
  5. ↑ The Ruby Cord by Richard Dawson , retrieved 2023-01-10
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