Walking on a Wire

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Walking on a Wire
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Compilation album by
Richard Thompson
ReleasedAugust 26, 2009 (2009-08-26)
Label Shout! Factory

Walking on a Wire is a 2009 compilation CD set of songs by Richard Thompson. [1] It was released on August 26, 2009, a set of four CDs. The set contains the bulk of Thompson's songs, but contains no unreleased material.

Contents

Track listing

Disc: 1

  1. Time Will Show The Wiser - Fairport Convention
  2. Meet On The Ledge - Fairport Convention
  3. Genesis Hall - Fairport Convention
  4. Crazy Man Michael - Fairport Convention
  5. Sloth - Fairport Convention
  6. Roll Over Vaughn Williams
  7. Poor Ditching Boy
  8. The Angels Took My Racehorse Away
  9. The Great Valerio - Richard & Linda Thompson
  10. When I Get To The Border - Richard & Linda Thompson
  11. Withered And Died - Richard & Linda Thompson
  12. I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard & Linda Thompson
  13. Down Where The Drunkards Roll - Richard & Linda Thompson
  14. Calvary Cross - Richard & Linda Thompson
  15. I'll Regret It All In The Morning - Richard & Linda Thompson
  16. Old Man Inside A Young Man - Richard & Linda Thompson
  17. For Shame Of Doing Wrong - Richard & Linda Thompson
  18. Night Comes In - Richard & Linda Thompson

Disc: 2

  1. Dimming Of The Day/Dargai - Richard & Linda Thompson
  2. A Heart Needs A Home - Richard & Linda Thompson
  3. Don't Let A Thief Steal Into Your Heart - Richard & Linda Thompson
  4. Strange Affair - Richard & Linda Thompson
  5. Sunnyvista - Richard & Linda Thompson
  6. Sisters - Richard & Linda Thompson
  7. Rockin' In Rhythm
  8. Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed - Richard & Linda Thompson
  9. Man In Need - Richard & Linda Thompson
  10. Shoot Out The Lights - Richard & Linda Thompson
  11. Wall Of Death - Richard & Linda Thompson
  12. Walking On A Wire - Richard & Linda Thompson
  13. Tear Stained Letter
  14. How I Wanted To
  15. Hand Of Kindness
  16. Beat The Retreat
  17. I Ain't Going To Drag My Feet No More

Disc: 3

  1. Little Blue Number
  2. She Twists The Knife Again
  3. Valerie
  4. Turning Of The Tide
  5. I Still Dream
  6. Waltzing's For Dreamers
  7. Read About Love
  8. I Feel So Good
  9. I Misunderstood
  10. 1952 Vincent Black Lightning
  11. Put Your Trust In Me
  12. From Galway To Graceland
  13. I Can't Wake Up To Save My Life
  14. MGB GT
  15. Mingus Eyes
  16. Beeswing
  17. Taking My Business Elsewhere
  18. King Of Bohemia
  19. Don't Roll Those Bloodshot Eyes At Me - with Danny Thompson
  20. Razor Dance

Disc: 4

  1. Hide It Away
  2. Last Shift - with Danny Thompson
  3. Big Chimney - with Danny Thompson
  4. Lotteryland - with Danny Thompson
  5. Persuasion
  6. Cooksferry Queen
  7. Bathsheba Smiles
  8. Hard On Me
  9. Gethsemane
  10. A Love You Can't Survive
  11. A Legal Matter
  12. Grizzly Man
  13. Al Bowlly's In Heaven
  14. I'll Never Give It Up
  15. Dad's Gonna Kill Me
  16. She Sang Angels To Rest

Reception

Critical reception for the CD set was mixed to positive, [2] with the majority of reviews praising Thompson's work as a whole while criticizing the lack of unreleased material. [3] BBC Music and Pitchfork Media both echoed this sentiment, [4] with Pitchfork Media remarking that it was "the closest thing Thompson's got to the career-spanning greatest-hits album he deserves-- but if you're not already part of his cult, it's more a moat than a drawbridge." [5]

References

  1. ↑ Fusili, Jim (21 August 2009). "A Richard Thompson Retrospective". WSJ. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ↑ Ward, Ed (18 August 2009). "For Richard Thompson's 60th, A Musical Gift". NPR. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  3. ↑ CALIGIURI, JIM (11 September 2009). "Review: Richard Thompson". Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  4. ↑ Jones, Chris. "A national treasure, for sure". BBC. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Wolk, Douglas. "Walking on a Wire: Richard Thompson (review)". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
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