Won't Be Long Now

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Won't Be Long Now
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Studio album by
Linda Thompson
Released15 October 2013
Genre Folk rock [1]
Length41:34
Label Pettifer Sounds
Producer Edward Haber
Linda Thompson chronology
Versatile Heart
(2007)		Won't Be Long Now
(2013)		 Family
(2014)

Won't Be Long Now is the fourth studio album by British singer-songwriter Linda Thompson. It was released on 15 October 2013 through Pettifer Sounds. The album was recorded in various studios across New York City, New Jersey and the United Kingdom. Production was handled by Edward Haber, who had also produced Thompson's previous two albums, Fashionably Late (2002) and Versatile Heart (2007).

Contents

Won't Be Long Now received positive reviews from critics. It became Thompson's first album to chart in the UK, where it peaked at number 76. [2]

Overview

As with Linda's previous two albums, many of the songs on Won't Be Long Now are collaborations with the rest of the Thompson family. Many tracks were written with Linda's son Teddy Thompson and ex-husband Richard Thompson appears on the first track, "Love's for Babies and Fools". [3]

"Paddy's Lamentation" was previously recorded by Linda a cappella for the 2002 film Gangs of New York ; the version that appears here is a re-recording with Teddy backing on acoustic guitar. [3]

Reception

Won't Be Long Now received positive reviews from critics. Writing for The Guardian , Robin Denselow awarded the album four stars out of five and stated "[Linda] is on remarkably powerful, confident form." [4] In a review for NPR , Ken Tucker praised her vocals as "both strong and delicate" and believed that "there are many times here when [the album] achieves a kind of instant timelessness." [5] AllMusic's Thom Jurek also gave the album a four out-of-five-star rating and called the album "a creative, relaxed triumph, filled with wit, plaintive charm, and emotional poignancy." [1]

Hal Horowitz, writing for American Songwriter stated that despite the album's dark subject matter, Linda's vocals "sound warm and comforting" and called the album "a lovely and uncompromising set perfect for her emotional readings." [6]

Track listing

Won't Be Long Now
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love's for Babies and Fools" Linda Thompson 3:38
2."Never Put to Sea Boys"
  • L. Thompson
  • John Doyle
3:19
3."If I Were a Bluebird"
6:49
4."As Fast as My Feet"
3:52
5."Father Son Ballad" Teddy Thompson 3:37
6."Nursery Rhyhme of Innocence and Experience"
3:28
7."Mr. Tams"
  • L. Thompson
  • T. Thompson
3:42
8."Paddy's Lamentation" (from the motion picture Gangs of New York )traditional, arranged by L. Thompson, T. Thompson3:09
9."Never the Bride"
  • L. Thompson
  • T. Thompson
5:01
10."Blue Bleezin' Blind Drunk" (live at The Bottom Line)
2:11
11."It Won't Be Long Now"T. Thompson2:36
Total length:41:34

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References

  1. 1 2 Jurek, Thom. "Linda Thompson – Won't Be Long Now". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Linda Thompson". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 Thompson, Linda (15 October 2013). Won't Be Long Now (liner notes).
  4. ↑ Denselow, Robin (10 October 2013). "Linda Thompson: Won't Be Long Now – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Tucker, Ken (22 October 2013). "It's A Family Affair On Linda Thompson's 'Won't Be Long Now'". NPR. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  6. ↑ Horowitz, Hal (21 October 2013). "Linda Thompson: Won't Be Long Now". American Songwriter. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
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