Given the lullaby that Richard Thompson wrote to commemorate his son's birth ("There's nothing at the end of the rainbow / There's nothing to grow up for anymore"), Teddy Thompson turned out reasonably cheerful. True, when the British folk...more.
The first song, "Wake Up", is a moving masterpiece and in an ideal world would have been a huge hit. "So Easy" is a silky, clever duet with Rufus Wainwright (who, by the way, co-wrote "Missing Children" with Thompson on...more.
I bought this after hearing Persuasion on the Richard Thompson Greatest Hits cd. It's very good. Teddy is a strong songwriter and has a much better voice than his father. A strong addition to the Gramercy Park brat pack.
I wonder why the official reviewer and most of the other reviewers on here fail to mention Linda Thompson? One of the virtues of Teddy Thompson is that he inherited more of his voice from his mom than from his dad...more.
How this cd didn't have Teddy proclaimed as the next James Taylor is incredible. The first three tracks are 'You've Got a Friend' good. They're 'Fire and Rain' good.'Sweet Baby James,' you name it. They're that...more.
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