Fairport Convention Liege & Lief
Q: Included in Q Magazine's Best Folk Albums of All Time - "...the group's most influential hour....it revolutionized the genre....Folk-rock's defining moment."
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CD Details
- Released: November 15, 1988
- Originally Released: 1988
- Label: A&M
Entertainment Reviews:
Q - 11/99, p.163
Included in Q Magazine's Best Folk Albums of All Time - "...the group's most influential hour....it revolutionized the genre....Folk-rock's defining moment."Uncut - p.84
4 stars out of 5 -- "[R]ightly considered a folk-rock landmark, Fairport's fourth album contains music too mercurial to be constrained within one genre."Uncut - p.174
"LIEGE & LIEF set out a template for how rock and British folk could fuse together and become at once mystical and vital..."The Wire - 12/00, p.39
"...The group's masterpiece....this is one of the monumentally great records of the last 40 years....A focused and thematically coherent work, the whole record steams along at an excited pace..."Q (Magazine) - p.122
"[A] folk-rock landmark, an amalgamation of traditional songs and self-penned ones that sounded just as authentically ancient."Mojo (Publisher) - p.72
"LIEGE & LIFE saw the Fairports burrow further into the comfort and shade of English folklore to give birth to folk rock."Tracks:
- 1.Come All Ye
- 2.Reynardine
- 3.Matty Groves
- 4.Farewell, Farewell
- 5.The Deserter
- 6.Medley: The Lark in the Morning / Rakish Paddy / The Foxhunter's Jig / Toss T: The Lark In The Morning / Rakish Paddy / Fox-Hunter's Jig / Toss The Feathers
- 7.Tam Lin
- 8.Crazy Man Michael
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 37,922
- UPC: 075021425729
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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