Shoot Out the Lights

Shoot Out the Lights
Shoot Out the Lights
Studio album by Richard and Linda Thompson
Released	15 March 1982
Recorded	November 1981
Studio	Olympic Studios, London
Genre	British folk rock
Length	38:15
Label	Hannibal
Producer	Joe Boyd
Richard and Linda Thompson chronology
Richard Thompson chronology

Last updated January 30, 2024

1 2 3 4 Deming, Mark. Shoot Out the Lights at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2005.
1 2 3 Christgau, Robert (6 July 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide: Pick Hit: Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights". The Village Voice . Retrieved 14 November 2011. Also posted at "Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights > Consumer Album Guide". Robert Christgau . Retrieved 13 November 2005.
1 2 Smith, Dave, The Great Valerio - a study of the songs of Richard Thompson, 2004
1 2 3 4 5 Humphries, Patrick, Richard Thompson - The Biography, Schirmer, 1997. ISBN 0-02-864752-1
↑ Childs, Hayden (2008). Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights. London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 5. ISBN 9780826427915.
↑ Heylin, Clinton (2003). Bootleg: The Rise & Fall of the Secret Recording Industry. London, UK: Omnibus Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-1844491513.
↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.
1 2 Considine, J.D. (2004). "Richard and Linda Thompson". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 812–813. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
↑ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 405, 406.
↑ "The 1982 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 22 February 1983. Retrieved 14 November 2011.
↑ DeCurtis, Anthony; M. Coleman (27 August 1987). "The Best 100 Albums of the Last Twenty Years". Rolling Stone . No. 507. p. 45.
↑ Azerrad, Michael; DeCurtis, Anthony (16 November 1989). "The 100 Best Albums of the Eighties: Richard and Linda Thompson, 'Shoot Out the Lights'". Rolling Stone . No. 565. p. 53. Retrieved 14 December 2007.
↑ Levy, Joe; Steven Van Zandt (2006) [2005]. "333 | Shoot Out the Lights - Richard and Linda Thompson". Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (3rd ed.). London: Turnaround. ISBN 1-932958-61-4. OCLC 70672814. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007.
↑ "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
↑ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 156. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.
↑ "Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights". Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

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[Allmusic-1] 1 2 3 4 Deming, Mark. Shoot Out the Lights at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2005.

[Christgau-2] 1 2 3 Christgau, Robert (6 July 1982). "Christgau's Consumer Guide: Pick Hit: Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights". The Village Voice . Retrieved 14 November 2011. Also posted at "Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out the Lights > Consumer Album Guide". Robert Christgau . Retrieved 13 November 2005.

[TGV-3] 1 2 Smith, Dave, The Great Valerio - a study of the songs of Richard Thompson, 2004

[RTbiog-4] 1 2 3 4 5 Humphries, Patrick, Richard Thompson - The Biography, Schirmer, 1997. ISBN 0-02-864752-1

[5] Childs, Hayden (2008). Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights. London, UK: Bloomsbury Academic. p. 5. ISBN 9780826427915.

[6] Heylin, Clinton (2003). Bootleg: The Rise & Fall of the Secret Recording Industry. London, UK: Omnibus Press. p. 297. ISBN 978-1844491513.

[7] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0857125958.

[RS2004-8] 1 2 Considine, J.D. (2004). "Richard and Linda Thompson". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 812–813. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.

[SP-9] Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 405, 406.

[PazzJop-10] "The 1982 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. 22 February 1983. Retrieved 14 November 2011.

[RS1987-11] DeCurtis, Anthony; M. Coleman (27 August 1987). "The Best 100 Albums of the Last Twenty Years". Rolling Stone . No. 507. p. 45.

[RS1989-12] Azerrad, Michael; DeCurtis, Anthony (16 November 1989). "The 100 Best Albums of the Eighties: Richard and Linda Thompson, 'Shoot Out the Lights'". Rolling Stone . No. 565. p. 53. Retrieved 14 December 2007.

[RS500-13] Levy, Joe; Steven Van Zandt (2006) [2005]. "333 | Shoot Out the Lights - Richard and Linda Thompson". Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (3rd ed.). London: Turnaround. ISBN 1-932958-61-4. OCLC 70672814. Archived from the original on 7 February 2007.

[14] "500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

[Larkin-15] Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 156. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.

[16] "Richard & Linda Thompson - Shoot Out The Lights". Discogs.com. Retrieved 27 March 2022.

v t e Linda Thompson
Studio albums	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) Hokey Pokey (1975) Pour Down Like Silver (1975) First Light (1978) Sunnyvista (1979) Shoot Out the Lights (1982)
Live albums	In Concert, November 1975 Live at the BBC
Other releases	Family
Compilation albums	(guitar, vocal) Live! (More or Less) Watching the Dark The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Record Years
Related articles	Richard Thompson The Bunch Kamila Thompson Teddy Thompson Telling Me Lies