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| Allmusic Biography : One of the better British progressive bands of the early 70s, the Strawbs differed from their more successful compatriots -- the Moody Blues, King Crimson, Pink Floyd -- principally in that their sound originated in English folk music rather than rock. Founded in 1967 as a bluegrass-based trio called the Strawberry Hill Boys by singer/guitarist Dave Cousins, the group at that time consisted of Cousins, guitarist/singer Tony Hooper, and mandolinist Arthur Phillips, who was replaced in 1968 by Ron Chesterman on bass. That same year, the group -- now rechristened the Strawbs, and doing repertory well beyond the bounds of bluegrass music -- briefly became a quartet with the temporary addition of Sandy Denny, who stayed long enough to record a relative handful of tracks with the group on the Hallmark label before joining Fairport Convention. In 1969, the Strawbs were signed to A&M; Records, and cut their first album, the acoustic-textured Strawbs, that same year. For their second album, Dragonfly, recorded and released the following year, the group broadened their sound with the presence of a group of session musicians, including piano/organist Rick Wakeman. Soon after the release of this record, the group became a full-fledged band with the addition not only of Wakeman but also Richard Hudson and John Ford, on drums and bass, respectively. These changes, coupled with Cousins increasing dexterity on electric guitar, gave the Strawbs a much more powerful sound that was showcased on their next album. The live Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios (1970) sold well, and was followed up the next year with From the Witchwood. In 1971, Wakeman left the Strawbs in order to join Yes; he was replaced by Blue Weaver formerly of the Amen Corner. Grave New World (1972) showed the band entering its strongest period, with Cousins songwriting augmented by the new prowess of the composing team of Hudson and Ford. The record became their best-selling album to date. Unfortunately, its release also heralded the exit of Tony Hooper. He was replaced by Dave Lambert, a more aggressive, rock-oriented guitarist, and his addition brought the group into its peak period. The Strawbs 1973 album, Bursting at the Seams, featured two Top Ten U.K. hits, "Lay Down" and "Part of the Union," and one album track, "Down by the Sea," racked up substantial airplay on American FM radio. It was all too good to last, and it didnt. Blue Weaver left after one more tour, while Hudson and Ford exited to form Hudson-Ford, also signed to A&M.; The Strawbs regrouped in 1974 with Hero and Heroine, recorded with a new lineup consisting of Cousins, Lambert, keyboardist John Hawken, bassist Chas Cronk, and drummer Rod Coombes. The new album was a critical and commercial failure in England, but proved popular in America. Their next two albums, Ghosts (1975) and Nomadness (1976), both did better in the U.S. than they did in the U.K. None of this was enough to sustain the group, however, which continued to lose members and also left A&M; Records. Two more albums on the Oyster label were poorly distributed and received, and one album for Arista, Deadlines (1978), was a failure, while a second record for the label was never released. The group ceased to exist at the end of the 1970s, and Cousins embarked on some solo projects in association with guitarist Brian Willoughby that attracted the interest of die-hard fans but few others. That might have been the end of the groups history, if it hadnt been for an invitation to play the 1983 Cambridge Folk Festival. The Strawbs responded, in the guise of Cousins, Hooper, Hudson, Ford, Weaver, and Willoughby, and the response was so favorable that a tour was scheduled, which, in turn, led to their return to America in the mid-80s. The group followed this up with two new studio albums released in Canada. In 1993, they released their own retrospective concert album, Greatest Hits Live!, which summed up many of the high points of their history. The group continued to play throughout the decade and into the following century, issuing a slew of live efforts and studio albums. The original lineup from the Hero and Heroine era returned to the studio in 2008 to record The Broken Hearted Bride, a return-to-form effort that solidified the bands staying power. In 2009, the group released Dancing to the Devils Beat, while 2011s Hero & Heroine in Ascencia found Cousins and his bandmates revisiting the material from 1974s Hero and Heroine. After several years of touring in both acoustic and electric lineups, in 2017 the Strawbs released The Ferrymans Curse, their first studio album of original material in eight years. | ||
 | Album: 1 of 30 Title: Strawbs Released: 1969 Tracks: 11 Duration: 38:15 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Man Who Called Himself Jesus (03:56) 2 That Which Once Was Mine (02:49) 3 All the Little Ladies (02:19) 4 Pieces of 79 and 15 (03:00) 5 Tell Me What You See in Me (05:00) 6 Oh How She Changed (02:55) 7 Or Am I Dreaming (02:27) 8 Where Is This Dream of Your Youth (03:08) 9 Poor Jimmy Wilson (02:37) 10 Where Am I / Ill Show You Where to Sleep (03:27) 11 The Battle (06:33) |
| Strawbs : Allmusic album Review : The Strawbs had done an album with Sandy Denny handling many of the vocals, and had also done quite a bit of unreleased recordings (now on the double CD Preserves Uncanned) prior to 1969s Strawbs. This is still their first proper album, but their wealth of prior live and studio experience most likely helped make it sound more confident and fully formed than many a debut effort. The group distinguished itself among the burgeoning school of British folk-rockers by delivering bittersweet folk-rock with a storytelling flavor. Dave Cousins songwriting was on the sober and occasionally over-earnest side, but nonetheless the record was strong and alluring enough to immediately establish the Strawbs as one of the better first-generation U.K. folk-rock outfits. Some of these songs had been around for a while, as the presence of some of them on Preserves Uncanned and Sandy Denny & the Strawbs attests. However, the group took big strides from bare-bones folk-rock in the studio by dressing these in arrangements -- sometimes with light recorder, choral backup vocals, and orchestration -- that gave the Elizabethan melodies a pastoral, quasi-classical feel at times, without losing sight of an acoustic base. "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" and "Where Is This Dream of Your Youth" are among their best and most ambitious songs, and even if the compositions can sometimes take themselves too seriously, the musics never less than respectable. | ||
 | Album: 2 of 30 Title: Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios Released: 1970 Tracks: 6 Duration: 39:54 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Martin Luther Kings Dream (02:56) 2 The Antique Suite (12:14) 3 Temperament of Mind (04:53) 4 Fingertips (06:16) 5 Song of a Sad Little Girl (04:24) 6 Where Is This Dream of Your Youth? (09:09) |
| Just a Collection of Antiques and Curios : Allmusic album Review : This album, cut live at Londons Queen Elizabeth Hall in July of 1970, was the first Strawbs album to be released in the United States. It didnt do much in the U.S., but it did chart in England, and the original concert also got Rick Wakeman his first front-page coverage in the British music press, owing to his bravura performance on the solo piano spot, "Temperament for a Mind." The group is trying really hard here to make the jump from folk to folk-rock. They still play a lot of acoustic music, and some of it is surprisingly diverse, but this is a fairly successful album bridging the gap between the acoustic Strawbs combo of their first incarnation and the harder, more strident folk-rock stylings that followed on From the Witchwood, with hints of progressive leanings. The original finale, the rocking, searing nine-minute epic "Where Is the Dream of Your Youth," which clearly showed where the band was heading, was supplemented on a remastered CD reissue (A&M; 540-938-2) with a haunting, moody "Vision of the Lady of the Lake," featuring Dave Cousins and Rick Wakeman, and Tony Hoopers showcase number, the surprisingly rousing "Well Meet Again," from the same concert, and the contemporary studio creation "Forever." The latter is the only track that doesnt fit, its heavy string overdubs and studio ambience clashing with the live sound on the rest of the CD, although it does have Cousins best vocals of the album. The sound throughout is excellent, as one might expect since the producers returned to the original concert recordings, with rich detail and an especially robust presence to John Fords bass playing. | ||
 | Album: 3 of 30 Title: Dragonfly Released: 1970-02 Tracks: 9 Duration: 36:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 The Weary Song (03:50) 2 Dragonfly (05:35) 3 I Turned My Face Into the Wind (02:37) 4 Josephine, for Better or for Worse (03:21) 5 Another Day (03:05) 6 Til the Sun Comes Shining Through (03:32) 7 Young Again (02:53) 8 The Vision of the Lady of the Lake (10:50) 9 Close Your Eyes (00:53) |
| Dragonfly : Allmusic album Review : Dragonfly was the second album to be released by the Strawbs, though much other material unissued in the late 60s that preceded it has since been made available. (In fact, earlier versions of two of the songs, "I Turned My Face into the Wind," and "Josephine, For Better or for Worse," appear on the archival releases Strawberry Music Sampler, No. 1 and Preserves Uncanned, respectively.) Dragonfly was also the only LP the band recorded with cellist Claire Deniz in the lineup. Though an attractive and competent record, its not as impressive as their debut. The songs arent as striking, and the arrangements -- even with the addition of a fourth full-time member in Deniz -- arent as effective as the mating of folk-rock, medieval, and classical music that characterized the best songs on the first album. Its a more subdued effort, and not as grave in its mood, Denizs cello doing much to mellow the sound. Dave Cousins retained his appetite for epics, though, in the ten-minute "The Vision of the Lady of the Lake," which had piano by soon-to-be Strawb Rick Wakeman. When the fuzz guitar unexpectedly piles into the mix a few minutes into the track, joined by strange hissing background noises, it reaches a tense height that the rest of the record doesnt match, though its an accomplished and pleasingly introspective dawn of 70s British folk-rock. | ||
 | Album: 4 of 30 Title: From the Witchwood Released: 1971 Tracks: 11 Duration: 41:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 A Glimpse of Heaven (03:51) 2 Witchwood (03:24) 3 Thirty Days (02:53) 4 Flight (04:26) 5 The Hangman & The Papist (04:13) 6 Sheep (04:16) 7 Cannondale (03:46) 8 The Shepherds Song (04:37) 9 In Amongst the Roses (03:50) 10 Ill Carry on Beside You (03:09) 11 Keep the Devil Outside (03:04) |
| From the Witchwood : Allmusic album Review : This album was originally the weak link in the transition of the Strawbs from an acoustic folk-rock outfit to a progressive folk band, being neither fish nor fowl and suffering from an anemic mix. The 1998 British reissue (A&M; 540-939-2), however, solves some inherent problems that plagued both the original vinyl edition and the first CD reissues. The new remastering toughens up the bass sound, and brings out more of the sheer power of Rick Wakemans organ and synthesizer playing, accenting the harder side of the groups sound that was obviously there in the studio but lacking in the analog mix. "A Glimpse of Heaven" and "The Hangman and the Papist," in particular, benefit from the remastering, and "Sheep" finally has the musical fury to match its lyrics. Dave Cousins voice also comes off as really close, and the effect is to make this a much more potent album than it previously seemed. Overall, its now far easier to visualize this recording as the step leading to full-blown progressive rock releases such as Grave New World, which followed. The disc includes one bonus track, John Fords "Keep the Devil Outside," which has an acoustic opening and a hard rock break and finale, which was cut at these same sessions, and which turned up months later as the B-side of "Benedictus," a single drawn from the next album. | ||
 | Album: 5 of 30 Title: Grave New World Released: 1972 Tracks: 12 Duration: 36:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Benedictus (04:24) 2 Hey, Little Man... Thursdays Child (01:05) 3 Queen of Dreams (05:31) 4 Heavy Disguise (02:50) 5 New World (04:13) 6 Hey Little Man... Wednesdays Child (01:05) 7 The Flower and the Young Man (04:17) 8 Tomorrow (04:44) 9 On Growing Older (01:54) 10 Ah Me, Ah My (01:21) 11 Is It Today, Lord? (03:04) 12 The Journeys End (01:35) |
| Grave New World : Allmusic album Review : Fulfillment! Singer/songwriter Dave Cousins finds a space somewhere between Bob Dylan and John Bunyan, Hudson and Ford come up with some superb hooks, and the electric sound is powerful and majestic. The music is serious -- perhaps too much so -- bracing, and sincere, if a bit downbeat. Reissued on CD in 1998 in remastered form, the band sounds really loud and close, so you can practically feel the room ambience of the studio. Cousins electric guitar in "The Flower and the Young Man" crunches right in your ear, and his acoustic fills the room in "On Growing Older," with new notes and two extra tracks. Of the latter, "Here It Comes" (recorded before this album) is bouncy and pleasant enough, even if it doesnt fit the mood of most of the original album, and the previously unissued "Im Going Home" is one of the best hard rock sides the group ever recorded -- a piece of 70s rock & roll in the manner of Badfingers "Rock of Ages" and T. Rexs "Get It On," which it resembles. | ||
 | Album: 6 of 30 Title: Bursting at the Seams Released: 1973 Tracks: 13 Duration: 51:56 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Flying (04:49) 2 Lady Fuschia (03:59) 3 Stormy Down (02:45) 4 The River (02:20) 5 Down by the Sea (06:17) 6 Part of the Union (02:56) 7 Tears and Pavan (06:35) 8 The Winter and the Summer (04:07) 9 Lay Down (04:31) 10 Thank You (02:15) 11 Will You Go (03:54) 12 Backside (03:49) 13 Lay Down (single version) (03:34) |
| Bursting at the Seams : Allmusic album Review : The 1998 remastering of the Strawbs best album (A&M; 540-936-2 is the new catalog number) sports the finest sound of any of their CDs, which, by itself, would make this purchase worthwhile -- the detailed notes and the presence of three bonus tracks -- the shorter, punchier single version of "Lay Down," "Will Ye Go," and "Backside" -- only add to the enticements offered. Additionally, the song order has been changed to the correct one (on the LP, "The River" had to follow "Down by the Sea" to end the first side, because of its heavy bass part), but the main virtue is the sound, which is extraordinary: every instrument sounds as though its miked directly into your speakers. The result is that Dave Lamberts heavy chording is so close that the record does come off closer in texture to a Who album at certain points than it does to the groups folk roots. But the kettle drums at the end of "Down by the Sea" also sound close, and you can practically hear the bowing on the strings. The bonus tracks are a treat -- "Backside," a B-side "credited" to "Ciggy Barlust and the Whales from Venus" (which would have been Tits from Venus if not for the censors) thats a pretty fair burlesque of "Space Oddity," et al., and "Will Ye Go" is a version of "Wild Mountain Thyme" that is equal parts Cousins voice, acoustic harmonium, and heavy power chords and bass. In all, in this version, Bursting at the Seams is the greatest Strawbs album of all, and the most overpowering. | ||
 | Album: 7 of 30 Title: Hero and Heroine Released: 1974 Tracks: 10 Duration: 39:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify TrackSamples Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Autumn: (I) Heroines Theme - (II) Deep Summers Sleep - (III) The Winter Long (08:25) 2 Sad Young Man (04:07) 3 Just Love (03:40) 4 Shine on Silver Sun (02:48) 5 Hero and Heroine (03:20) 6 Midnight Sun (03:12) 7 Out in the Sun (03:18) 8 Round and Round (04:44) 9 Lay a Little Light on Me (03:27) 10 Heros Theme (02:27) |
| Hero and Heroine : Allmusic album Review : The groups ballsiest album to date, a surging, hard-rocking follow-up to Bursting at the Seams, which debuted a new lineup, Richard Hudson, John Ford, and Blue Weaver having left to form their own group. In their places, ex-Nashville Teens keyboardman John Hawken and the more muscular rhythm section of Rod Coombes and Chas Cronk make their debut, on what is the Strawbs first fully electric album. Dave Cousins songwriting (augmented by Dave Lambert, who also contributes some slashing electric lead guitar) is still as romantic as ever in various spots ("Shine On Silver Sun," "Deep Summers Sleep"), but also boasts dark visions ("Round and Round") which, coupled with new bands muscular playing, made the Strawbs one of the hardest-rocking progressive bands in the world. They should have been able to blow acts like the Moody Blues off the stage, so what went wrong with this album and the tour? One suspects it was a little too serious and complex for kids who were just looking for a soundtrack to their drug experiences, and it rocked too hard for the "sensitive" English-major types who got off on Cousins lyrics -- in a sense, the Strawbs were squeezed out of the middle in a very small-scale, subtle 1970s version of the old folk-versus-rock battles of the 60s. Hero and Heroine deserved better, being one of the best guitar-driven progressive rock albums of its period. | ||
 | Album: 8 of 30 Title: Nomadness Released: 1975 Tracks: 10 Duration: 40:21 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 To Be Free (04:15) 2 Little Sleepy (04:09) 3 Golden Salamander (04:57) 4 Absent Friend (04:40) 5 Back on the Farm (02:44) 6 So Shall Our Love Die? (03:40) 7 Tokyo Rosie (02:48) 8 A Mind of My Own (04:33) 9 Hanging in the Gallery (04:32) 10 The Promised Land (04:03) |
| Nomadness : Allmusic album Review : This chameleon of an album sounds more like ten different bands on a compilation than a unified Strawbs effort; fortunately, those ten bands are very good indeed. The album roars to life with spot-on imitations of Peter Gabriel in "To Be Free" and the Who in the windmilling riffs of "Little Sleepy." The bluesy torch song "Absent Friend" features some fine piano work and pensive electric guitar, while drummer Rod Coombes contributes a superbly withering (and still timely) blast at campaign finance and corruption in "A Mind of My Own." Rick Wakeman even shows up to pitch in a harpsichord part on the otherwise goofy throwaway "Tokyo Rosie." Unjustly neglected on its release by fans bewildered by the bands sudden reinvention of its sound, in retrospect this album easily stands among the best of their work. | ||
 | Album: 9 of 30 Title: Ghosts Released: 1975 Tracks: 9 Duration: 41:01 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Ghosts: Sweet Dreams / Night Light / Guardian Angel (08:33) 2 Lemon Pie (04:01) 3 Starshine / Angel Wine (05:15) 4 Where Do You Go (When You Need a Hole to Crawl In) (03:02) 5 The Life Auction: Impressions of Southall From the Train / The Auction (06:53) 6 Dont Try to Change Me (04:27) 7 Remembering (00:54) 8 You and I (When We Were Young) (04:00) 9 Grace Darling (03:55) |
| Ghosts : Allmusic album Review : Ghosts was the last album by the Strawbs to appear while the band was on its upward curve of commercial success; a more lyrical follow-up to Hero and Heroine, it was the groups last thrust at wide-audience appeal, with a hoped for-hit ("Lemon Pie") that didnt materialize. The groups mix of acoustic guitars, electric lead and bass, and Rod Coombes heavy drumming was very compelling on this, their smoothest album. The title track introduction, mixing multiple overdubbed harpsichords, acoustic guitars, and church bells was a gorgeous beginning, and the melodies only got better further into the album. The hauntingly beautiful "Starshine/Angel Wine" was a magnificent successor to "Lay Down" off of Bursting at the Seams, with a moment of Led Zeppelin-like flash from Dave Lamberts playing in the break, while "The Life Auction" was a bigger, bolder follow-up to "The Hangman and the Papist." The original finale, "Grace Darling," is probably the prettiest tune Dave Cousins ever wrote. Alas, Ghosts would be the groups last record to be released before the changes in music -- with the introduction of punk rock in the middle of the 70s -- began hemming them in, and they never again put out an album with as much panache as this. Previously available on CD only from Japan, in 1998 Ghosts was reissued by A&M; in England with a sharp, clean digital sound that greatly enhanced the rich textures of the playing, and one bonus track, Coombes unexpectedly lyrical "Changes Arrange Us," which had previously been available only as a single B-side. (British import) | ||
 | Album: 10 of 30 Title: Deep Cuts Released: 1976 Tracks: 10 Duration: 34:17 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 I Only Want My Love to Grow in You (03:05) 2 Turn Me Round (03:45) 3 Hard Hard Winter (02:57) 4 My Friend Peter (02:18) 5 The Soldiers Tale (04:19) 6 Simple Visions (04:43) 7 Charmer (03:16) 8 (Wasting My Time) Thinking of You (02:31) 9 Beside the Rio Grande (04:21) 10 So Close and Yet So Far Away (03:01) |
| Deep Cuts : Allmusic album Review : After credibly reinventing themselves with the previous years "Nomadness," and this album sent the band into a downward spiral. Starting with the embarrassing soft pop of "I Only Want My Love to Grow in You" and the limp arena posturing of "Turn Me Round," and ending with the unforgivably sappy "So Close and Yet So Far Away," Deep Cuts finds the Strawbs stumbling into banal lyrics and ill-judged attempts at mainstreaming their sound. Not every song is a dud: "Beside the Rio Grande" revives the epic sound and moral outrage of "Grave New World" in its tale of a frontier ministers grisly religious martyrdom, and the pleasant strumming of "Thinking of You" soft-shoes its way through a music-hall love song. If anything, though, these few successes heighten the sense of wasted talent in the rest of the album. | ||
 | Album: 11 of 30 Title: Dont Say Goodbye Released: 1987 Tracks: 9 Duration: 41:06 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 A Boy and His Dog (05:05) 2 Let It Rain (04:55) 3 We Can Make It Together (03:33) 4 Tina Dei Fada (03:52) 5 Big Brother (03:05) 6 Something for Nothing (06:35) 7 Evergreen (04:47) 8 Thats When the Crying Starts (04:05) 9 Beat the Retreat (05:05) |
| Don't Say Goodbye : Allmusic album Review : Like many a former folk and art-rock bands, the Strawbs dutifully released a forgettable bit of slick pop in the late 80s. "Something for Nothing" does work up a certain indignant heat, and the uptempo "Big Brother" does hearken back to the wry social commentary "Part of the Union," but otherwise theres not much here. Its hobbled by rather simple compositions and hackneyed synth -- "Evergreen," for example, could be a more heartfelt song without the awful Casiotone piano patch. This disc is not as grievous a fall from their old work as, say, the eighties work of Barclay James Harvest, but its mediocre enough that only Strawbs completists will want this album. | ||
 | Album: 12 of 30 Title: Preserves Uncanned Released: 1991 Tracks: 38 Duration: 1:46:39 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Coal Creek March (02:15) 2 Sail Away to the Sea (03:51) 3 That Which One Was Mine (02:01) 4 How Everyone but Sam Was a Hypocrite (03:03) 5 October to May (03:10) 6 On My Way (03:05) 7 All I Need Is You (02:55) 8 Josephine, for Better or for Worse (03:21) 9 Well Meet Again Sometime (03:05) 10 Spanish Is the Loving Tongue (03:35) 11 Handsome Molly (02:18) 12 Hard Times (01:29) 13 How I Need You (03:30) 14 The Man Who Called Himself Jesus (03:43) 15 Pieces of 79 & 15 (03:08) 16 Following the Rainbow (03:56) 17 Always on My Mind (02:00) 18 Martin Luther Kings Dream (02:04) 19 Bitter Sunshine (01:31) 1 All the Little Ladies (02:20) 2 Just the Same in Every Way (02:50) 3 Strawberry Picking (01:37) 4 A Good Womans Love (02:37) 5 The Battle (06:09) 6 Jenny OBrien (02:59) 7 Sweetling (02:28) 8 Flinthill Spcial (01:18) 9 The Blantyre Explosion (02:57) 10 Tell Me What You See in Me (03:37) 11 Or Am I Dreaming (02:13) 12 Ill Show You Where to Sleep (03:00) 13 And You Need Me (03:13) 14 You Keep Going Your Way (02:54) 15 Where Is the Dream of Your Youth (02:35) 16 Why? (01:57) 17 Lawrence Brown (03:55) 18 Wild Strawberries (01:45) 19 Song to Alex (02:15) |
| Preserves Uncanned : Allmusic album Review : A double CD of 38 previously unreleased songs (one is unlisted on the sleeve) dating from 1966-68, prior to the recording of their proper debut album. Most of these are demos, and many would surface (sometimes in altered form) on future Strawbs and Dave Cousins albums, although quite a few were never officially rerecorded. Its appeal isnt just limited to Strawbs specialists -- its good, versatile (if slightly derivative) late-60s British folk-rock, recalling Fairport Convention and (to a lesser degree) Pentangle in its eclecticism, though the Strawbs were no match for the Fairports in the vocal department. Most of the songs are Cousins originals, including tuneful, almost poppy harmony numbers and wordy tracts that take their lyrical cues from Bob Dylan and Ray Davies; the traditional folk tunes and bluegrass instrumentals, though indicative of the groups multi-faceted talents, are less interesting. Self-penned compositions like "October to May," "Martin Luther Kings Dream," "Where Is the Dream of Your Youth," and "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus" are among the best (not to mention lyrically ambitious) songs Cousins has ever done; "All I Need is You" and the Beatles-ish "And You Need Me" are among the poppiest. Good sound quality, and detailed liner notes by Cousins himself. | ||
 | Album: 13 of 30 Title: Sandy Denny and the Strawbs Released: 1991 Tracks: 13 Duration: 37:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Nothing Else Will Do (02:26) 2 Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (04:08) 3 How Everyone but Sam Was a Hypocrite (03:02) 4 Sail Away to the Sea (03:23) 5 And You Need Me (03:18) 6 Poor Jimmy Wilson (02:35) 7 All I Need Is You (02:23) 8 Tell Me What You See in Me (03:40) 9 Ive Been My Own Worst Friend (02:42) 10 On My Way (03:06) 11 Two Weeks Last Summer (02:06) 12 Always on My Mind (01:52) 13 Stay Awhile With Me (02:23) |
 | Album: 14 of 30 Title: A Choice Selection of Strawbs Released: 1992 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:14:32 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Lay Down (04:33) 2 Lemon Pie (04:01) 3 Lady Fuschia (04:00) 4 Autumn i) Heroines Theme ii) Deep Summers Sleep iii) The Winter Long (08:26) 5 A Glimpse of Heaven (03:51) 6 The Hangman and the Papist (04:14) 7 New World (04:13) 8 Round and Round (04:44) 9 I Only Want My Love to Grow in You (03:01) 10 Benedictus (04:23) 11 Hero and Heroine (03:21) 12 Song of a Sad Little Girl (05:31) 13 Tears and Pavan i) Tears ii) Pavan (06:37) 14 To Be Free (04:16) 15 Part of the Union (02:56) 16 Down by the Sea (06:19) |
| A Choice Selection of Strawbs : Allmusic album Review : As its title suggests, A Choice Selection of Strawbs is more a cross section of the Strawbs work, rather than a formal history. It was a handy collection in the early 90s, and it remains a decent place for potential fans to start listening to the group, even though its long since been supplanted in range by the more expensive Halcyon Days and in sound quality by all of the groups post-1996 reissues of their original albums. There hadnt been a serious Strawbs compilation in print since the end of the 1970s, and this 74-minute, 16-track CD covers their strongest period and many of the most important bases (though not in chronological order). That includes their U.K. hit singles and more limited American successes, many of their most popular LP tracks, and songs representing their growth as an ensemble and founder/leader Dave Cousins as a composer across a six-year period, from 1970 through 1975. It skips over their bluegrass-style roots and early acoustic folk-style recordings, beginning at the point they became a band -- which is to say, ceased being a three-person folk ensemble -- and finishes with the end of their stay on A&M; Records. Thus, the earliest track is "Song of a Sad Little Girl" with its previously unheard, unedited opening (showcasing Rick Wakemans playing) from the groups concert at Queen Elizabeth Hall, and Wakeman can also be heard on the oldest song in the groups stage repertoire, "The Hangman and the Papist" off of From the Witchwood -- at that time, they were a low-amperage folk-rock band that had just switched to electric bass and added drums, and they suddenly had a flamboyant keyboard virtuoso in their midst. Theyd already begun expanding their sound beyond the boundaries of traditional folk; Wakemans rippling piano work and extended organ excursions, although they were never fully integrated into the groups sound, gave the Strawbs a direction into progressive rock and longer song forms, where they later added an expansive quasi-orchestral timbre to their sound through the work of Wakemans successors, Blue Weaver and John Hawken. The only real issue is the representation of the songwriting influence of members John Ford and Richard Hudson, who achieved great popularity working within the group and, finding that there wasnt enough room for three songwriters, parlayed that into a separate career -- their work is limited to the ubiquitous, singalong-style chart-topping U.K. hit single "Part of the Union" and the surreally romantic LP cut "Lady Fuchsia," which the group never performed live -- missing is their "Heavy Disguises," which was popular enough to be in the groups stage repertoire and was one of the groups catchiest album tracks. Their sound from 1973 on was also influenced by the departure of acoustic guitarist Tony Hooper and Cousins increasing reliance on electric players with a heavier sound, beginning with Dave Lambert. The post-1973 lineup of the group, which traded more freely in high-wattage hard rock as well as pop/rock sensibilities, while retaining a strong sense of melody, is also given a coherent profile. The annotation is also very informative, with some frank admissions by Cousins concerning the exhaustion, romantic disillusionment, and other maladies of body and heart (as well as some of the joys, where the catchy "Lemon Lady" is concerned) that inspired some of his most striking work as a composer. With an upgrade in sound, this CD would be essential even for veteran fans, and its still the easiest way into their work and history. | ||
 | Album: 15 of 30 Title: Strawbs in Concert Released: 1995 Tracks: 16 Duration: 00:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 New World (?) 2 Sheep (?) 3 Tears and Pavan (?) 4 The Hangman and the Papist (?) 5 Benedictus (?) 6 Heavy Disguise (?) 7 The River (?) 8 Down by the Sea (?) 9 The Winter and the Summer (?) 10 Part of the Union (?) 11 Lay Down (?) 12 Autumn (?) 13 Out in the Cold (?) 14 Round and Round (?) 15 Hero and Heroine (?) 16 Lay a Little Light on Me (?) |
 | Album: 16 of 30 Title: Strawberry Music Sampler No. 1 Released: 2001 Tracks: 17 Duration: 49:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 All I Need Is You (03:07) 2 Stay Awhile With Me (02:42) 3 Sail Away to the Sea (03:28) 4 Two Weeks Last Summer (02:06) 5 Nothing Else Will Do (02:16) 6 Who Knows Where the Time Goes (04:10) 7 Ive Been My Own Worst Friend (02:43) 8 I Turned My Face Into the Wind (02:42) 9 On Growing Older (02:00) 10 And You Need Me (03:16) 11 Ah Me, Ah My (01:22) 12 And You Need Me/Josephine, for Better or Worse (04:29) 13 Just the Same in Every Way (03:01) 14 How Everyone but Sam Was a Hypocrite (02:47) 15 Young Again (02:57) 16 Whichever Way the Wind Blows (02:52) 17 Sweetling (03:05) |
| Strawberry Music Sampler No. 1 : Allmusic album Review : In 1969, the Strawbs assembled a privately pressed sampler of unreleased material to circulate among publishers to solicit possible cover versions. Actually, some of the songs would appear, in the exact same or different versions, on subsequent Strawbs releases. However, some of the tracks were never issued, and as only 99 copies were pressed (with only two known to survive), it probably qualifies as the ultimate 1960s British folk-rock rarity. This 2001 CD reissue makes it easily available for the first time. While it isnt as good as either the Strawbs first official album or their album of late-60s sessions with Sandy Denny as lead singer, for anyone who liked those records a lot, this is a recommended purchase. Among the 17 songs are different versions of songs that have appeared on the Sandy & the Strawbs, Preserves Uncanned, Dragonfly, and Grave New World albums, as well as one tune, the lush pop-folk ballad "Whichever Way the Wind Blows," which was never released anywhere else. As it turns out, half a dozen of these do appear in exactly the same version on the Sandy & the Strawbs releases, but what the heck, that still leaves almost a dozen cuts that are otherwise unavailable. Although the differences between those and the other takes in circulation are sometimes slight, there are some notable and sometimes intriguing differences, as in the ambient pub voices and piano of "How Everyone but Sam Was a Hypocrite?"; the strings on the Cousins-sung versions of "And You Need Me" and "Stay Awhile"; the jaunty orchestral arrangement of "Sweetling"; and a downright strange instrumental waltz rendition of "And You Need Me" that segues into "Josephine." Its unfortunate there are virtually no liner notes detailing the origin of these tracks (for that youll have to dig out the May 1994 issue of Record Collector), but on the whole, its good late-60s British pop-folk-rock. | ||
 | Album: 17 of 30 Title: The Collection Released: 2002 Tracks: 18 Duration: 1:01:47 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Part of the Union (02:56) 2 Ill Carry on Beside You (03:09) 3 The Man Who Called Himself Jesus (03:51) 4 Oh How She Changed (02:53) 5 I Turned My Face Into the Wind (02:37) 6 Song of a Sad Little Girl (05:24) 7 Witchwood (03:24) 8 Benedictus (03:37) 9 Heavy Disguise (02:57) 10 Keep the Devil Outside (02:59) 11 Shine on Silver Sun (02:48) 12 Grace Darling (03:57) 13 Lemon Pie (04:01) 14 Martin Luther Kings Dream (02:50) 15 Tokyo Rosie (02:49) 16 Will You Go (03:54) 17 I Only Want My Love to Grow Into You (03:00) 18 Lay Down (04:33) |
 | Album: 18 of 30 Title: Tears and Pavan Released: 2002-09-09 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:08:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 New World (04:13) 2 I Turned My Face Into the Wind (02:38) 3 Oh How She Changed (02:55) 4 Witchwood (03:24) 5 Where Is the Dream of Your Youth (09:08) 6 Grace Darling (03:56) 7 Queen of Dreams (05:35) 8 Tears and Pavan (06:40) 9 Round and Round (04:44) 10 So Shall Our Love Die (03:44) 11 Single Version (03:34) 12 Down by the Sea (06:21) 13 Ghosts (08:31) 14 Hero and Heroine (03:21) |
 | Album: 19 of 30 Title: Blue Angel Released: 2003-03 Tracks: 13 Duration: 58:36 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Blue Angel: Divided / Half Worlds Apart / The Rest (11:13) 2 Oh So Sleepy (03:44) 3 Furher Down the Road (03:25) 4 Ther Will Come the Day (06:05) 5 Strange Day Over the Hill (03:56) 6 Cry No More (03:18) 7 The Plain (05:48) 8 Do You Remember (03:12) 9 Rhythm of the Night (03:19) 10 Morning Glory (04:52) 11 Sealed With a Traitors Kiss (02:57) 12 Lay Down (04:09) 13 The King (02:38) |
| Blue Angel : Allmusic album Review : Blue Angel was the Strawbs first studio album of new material featuring the full band in over ten years (since 1991s Ringing Down the Years). What exactly constituted the full band named the Strawbs at this point wasnt entirely straightforward, with several different lineups, including three drummers and two bassists, playing on various tracks. The core, however, was Dave Cousins, Brian Willoughby, and Blue Weaver, and Cousins remained the driving creative force, taking lead vocals and writing or co-writing every song. The traits that established the Strawbs style three decades prior to this release are in evidence, with ambitious songs that tell involved stories and wrestle with involved weary self-reflection, particularly on the 11-minute, three-part title track. Its also typical Strawbs in its combination of folk-rock and progressive rock melodies and arrangements. After all that, though, the material isnt too exciting, and sometimes the production (particularly some grandstanding muscular guitar solos) is too consciously modern to suit the songs. Frequent guest female backup and harmony vocals, particularly by Mary Hopkin, do add some needed texture to the singing. As a bonus track, the CD tacks on the 1980 recording "The King," with Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span contributing vocals. | ||
 | Album: 20 of 30 Title: Full Bloom - Live at Natural Sound Released: 2004 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:12:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% AlbumCover | 1 Autumn (08:46) 2 Shine on Silver Sun (03:18) 3 Ghosts (07:43) 4 The Flower and the Young Man (04:27) 5 Remembering (00:48) 6 You and I (When We Were Young) (04:28) 7 The Winter and the Summer (04:45) 8 Tears & Pavan (06:01) 9 Out in the Cold (03:28) 10 Round & Round (05:59) 11 Alices Song (02:51) 12 Hero & Heroine (04:26) 13 A Glimpse of Heaven (03:54) 14 The River (03:04) 15 Down by the Sea (07:29) 16 Goodbye (dialogue Only) (00:42) |
 | Album: 21 of 30 Title: Painted Sky Released: 2005 Tracks: 9 Duration: 56:03 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Oh How She Changed (04:47) 2 Grace Darling (05:58) 3 Shine on Silver Sun (03:25) 4 The Antique Suite (14:06) 5 Benedictus (03:50) 6 Midnight Sun (05:04) 7 Cold Steel (04:42) 8 If (04:54) 9 Autumn (09:17) |
| Painted Sky : Allmusic album Review : Although these are live-in-the-studio performances from October 2004 and May 2005, all but two of the songs were originally released by the Strawbs between the late 60s and mid-70s. So its essentially an album of remakes, including some of their more popular early numbers, such as "Oh How She Changed," "The Antique Suite," "Benedictus," and the multi-part "Autumn." It is more tasteful than most such albums, both because the production is understated and because the arrangements are different from the originals, as the Strawbs were by this point the acoustic-oriented trio of David Cousins, Dave Lambert, and Chas Cronk. Cousins is the prime personality as both singer and songwriter, and the material is effective, if subdued, haunting British folk-rock. Still, like several releases on the Witchwood label, its more for committed Strawbs fans who want souvenirs of one of their favorite bands, rather than it is a recommended entry point to either these specific songs or to the band as a whole. | ||
 | Album: 22 of 30 Title: All Our Own Work Released: 2005 Tracks: 24 Duration: 1:04:42 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 On My Way (03:03) 2 Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (04:03) 3 Tell Me What You See in Me (03:38) 4 Always on My Mind (01:50) 5 Stay Awhile With Me (02:23) 6 Wild Strawberries (01:31) 7 All I Need Is You (02:18) 8 How Everyone but Sam Was a Hypocrite (02:43) 9 Sail Away to the Sea (03:21) 10 Sweetling (02:33) 11 Nothing Else Will Do (02:13) 12 And You Need Me (03:13) 13 Two Weeks Last Summer (02:16) 14 Nothing Else Will Do (02:21) 15 Tell Me What You See in Me (03:36) 16 Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (04:05) 17 Stay Awhile With Me (02:23) 18 And You Need Me (03:15) 19 Ive Been My Own Worst Friend (02:37) 20 Poor Jimmy Wilson (02:31) 21 Strawberry Picking (01:34) 22 Pieces of 79 and 15 (02:18) 23 The Falling Leaves (02:29) 24 Indian Summer (02:17) |
| All Our Own Work : Allmusic album Review : In 1967, folksinger Dave Cousins heard a young woman named Sandy Denny singing at a club in London, and was so impressed with her voice that he immediately invited her to join his group, the Strawbs. Before the year was out, Sandy & the Strawbs landed a deal with a small label based in Denmark and recorded an album, though a few months after it was released, Denny parted ways with the Strawbs and joined Fairport Convention, replacing founding vocalist Judy Dyble. Dennys short tenure with the Strawbs made their album together, All Our Own Work, something of an orphan in both of their catalogs, but its a fine record that shows both Denny and Cousins to their advantage. While Cousins was the principal songwriter on All Our Own Work, Denny recorded her signature tune, "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," for the first time on these sessions, and it sounds like an immediate classic, while Dennys vocals, strong, clear, and wise, leave no doubt she was already a talent to be reckoned with, both as a lead singer and harmonizing with her bandmates. And if the Strawbs are somewhat outclassed by Denny on this album, here Cousins is a more than capable singer, a splendid guitarist, and a strong tunesmith who offers up gems like "Ive Been My Own Worst Friend," "Tell Me What You See in Me," and "Two Weeks Last Summer." (Cousins bandmates Tony Hooper and Ron Chesterman also shine on the instrumental features.) Both Denny and the Strawbs would move on to bigger and more ambitious projects in the years that followed, but All Our Own Work is a lovely souvenir of their short-lived collaboration that shows they made the most of their time together. | ||
 | Album: 23 of 30 Title: Live at Nearfest Released: 2005-08-01 Tracks: 16 Duration: 1:13:25 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify AlbumCover | 1 Out in the Cold (03:13) 2 Round & Round (05:31) 3 Lay Down (04:19) 4 Vocal Intro-Burning for Me (00:30) 5 Burning for Me (05:55) 6 Vocal Intro-New World (01:07) 7 New World (03:53) 8 Autumn (10:11) 9 Remembering-You and I (When We Were Young) (05:37) 10 Heartbreaker (04:40) 11 This Barren Land (04:42) 12 The River (03:01) 13 Down by the Sea (08:36) 14 Hero & Heroine (03:32) 15 Round & Round (reprise) (03:34) 16 Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (05:04) |
 | Album: 24 of 30 Title: Live in America Released: 2007-06-25 Tracks: 10 Duration: 56:41 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Last Resort (04:24) 2 Ghosts (10:10) 3 No Return (04:45) 4 Heartbreaker (04:59) 5 Simple Visions (09:16) 6 Out in the Cold (03:36) 7 Round and Round (06:31) 8 Hero and Heroine (04:41) 9 Sagittarius (04:19) 10 Aquarius (04:00) |
 | Album: 25 of 30 Title: Best, Part of the Union Released: 2007-10-05 Tracks: 15 Duration: 1:19:22 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Part of the Union (02:57) 2 I Only Want My Love to Grow in You (03:03) 3 Grace Darling (07:02) 4 Burning for Me (03:58) 5 Evergreen (04:32) 6 Lay Down (04:10) 7 The River/Down by the Sea (10:12) 8 The King (02:41) 9 Forever Ocean Blue (03:38) 10 Cold Steel (05:08) 11 If (05:10) 12 Heartbreak Hill (07:30) 13 Deep in the Darkest Night (06:08) 14 Hero and Heroine (03:53) 15 Where Is This Dream of Your Youth? (live) (09:13) |
 | Album: 26 of 30 Title: The Broken Hearted Bride Released: 2008-09 Tracks: 11 Duration: 59:44 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 The Call to Action (07:40) 2 Christmas Cheer (04:40) 3 Too Many Angels (05:57) 4 The Broken-Hearted Bride (05:13) 5 Shadowland (04:49) 6 Through Aphrodites Eyes (07:27) 7 Deep in the Darkest Night (04:39) 8 You Know as Well as I (03:46) 9 Everybody Knows (04:32) 10 Action Replay (04:59) 11 Well Meet Again Sometime (06:02) |
| The Broken Hearted Bride : Allmusic album Review : Few bands that first rose to prominence in the late 1960s and 70s have been as prolific releasers of new material in the early 21st century as the Strawbs. The fusion of folk and progressive rock with which they established themselves remains intact on this 2008 album, with several of the members from their most highly regarded lineups remaining aboard, foremost among them of course chief singer and songwriter David Cousins. Its an accomplished if rather grim effort; even when the ominous opening track "The Call to Action" is followed by a song titled "Christmas Cheer (Everythings Going to Be Alright)," the mood hardly brightens at all, or certainly at least becomes scarcely any less somber. The title track, as foreboding as it might look on paper, is actually one of the more upbeat, hard-rocking tunes, musically at least if not lyrically. "You Know as Well as I" verges on the sunny and wistful, almost sounding like a graver Cat Stevens. Observational lyrics with a mini-vignette feel are used not infrequently, as youd expect in a Strawbs record, but there are also more tender sentiments acknowledging the healing power of love, particularly in "Everybody Knows." | ||
 | Album: 27 of 30 Title: Dancing to the Devils Beat Released: 2009 Tracks: 9 Duration: 45:19 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic Wikipedia AlbumCover | 1 Revenge (Can Be So Sweet) (05:18) 2 Beneath the Angry Sky (04:29) 3 Copenhagen (04:46) 4 Pro Patria Suite (07:44) 5 Where Silent Shadows Fall (05:45) 6 The Man Who Would Never Leave Grimsby (05:01) 7 The Ballad of Jay and Rose Mary (04:17) 8 Dancing to the Devils Beat (03:38) 9 Oh How She Changed (04:21) |
| Dancing to the Devil's Beat : Allmusic album Review : Few bands from the classic rock era that had some commercial success, yet never attained true stardom, have maintained such a steady release schedule in the 21st century as the Strawbs have. About 40 years on from the release of their debut, Dancing to the Devils Beat finds them still at it, with a lineup in which all but one of the members served with the group back in its heyday. It would be quite unusual for a band with such a long career to be making major stylistic departures at this point, and the record has the kind of bittersweet, somber, narrative songs for which the Strawbs are known, as well as their characteristic mixture of folk and progressive rock. Both wistful regret and muted anger at the vagaries of war and conflict are voiced in the lyrics. The musical settings within the Strawbs format do vary over the course of the disc, taking in delicate acoustic folky arrangements and a bit of lightly swinging jazz (on "The Ballad of Jay and Rose Mary") in addition to the more rock-oriented tracks. Finishing the CD is a new version of "Oh How She Changed," which they first released on their first album 40 years prior to this disc. | ||
 | Album: 28 of 30 Title: Acoustic Gold Released: 2011-08-08 Tracks: 14 Duration: 1:13:09 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Ghosts (08:00) 2 Copenhagen (04:46) 3 A Glimpse of Heaven (04:06) 4 Midnight Sun (04:59) 5 Evergreen (04:31) 6 Grace Darling (05:56) 7 Cold Steel (04:42) 8 Autumn: (i) Heroines Theme / (ii) Deep Summers Sleep / (iii) The Winter Long (08:48) 9 Josephine, for Better or for Worse (04:15) 10 Witchwood (03:42) 11 The Man Who Called Himself Jesus (04:19) 12 Benedictus (03:49) 13 Beat the Retreat (05:44) 14 Ringing Down the Years (05:28) |
| Acoustic Gold : Allmusic album Review : Although this 14-song collection features Strawbs recordings done with acoustic arrangements, its not an album made specifically with writing and recording (or re-recording) acoustic material in mind. Its an anthology of acoustic recordings, all but two done between 2001 and 2011, and just three of which were previously unreleased (though a couple of others had only been available on DVD). As a source of possible confusion, some of these are early 21st century re-recordings of songs that had first been recorded or issued decades earlier, such as "Josephine, For Better or Worse" and "The Man Who Called Himself Jesus." Two previously unreleased bonus tracks, dubbed "Heritage Gold" on the back cover, were recorded in 1979 and 1980 with just Dave Cousins on guitar and vocals and Brian Willoughby on guitar. Despite the rather patchy assemblage around the acoustic concept, it does hang together pretty well as a portrait of the Strawbs lower-key side. The arrangements arent overdone or self-conscious, and combined with the moody-to-the-point-of-somber folk-rock songwriting (mostly by Cousins), a consistently reflective mood is created in tasteful settings. A couple of contributors of note are Rick Wakeman (on "A Glimpse of Heaven") and Robert Kirby (who did the string arrangement for "Evergreen"). | ||
 | Album: 29 of 30 Title: Access All Areas Released: 2015 Tracks: 9 Duration: 00:00 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 Cut Like A Diamond (?) 2 Something For Nothing (?) 3 Ringing Down The Years (?) 4 The Hangman And The Papist (?) 5 Grace Darling (?) 6 The River/Down By The Sea (?) 7 Lay Down (?) 8 Part Of The Union (?) 9 Hero And Heroine (?) |
 | Album: 30 of 30 Title: The Ferryman’s Curse Released: 2017-11-03 Tracks: 10 Duration: 50:34 Scroll: Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Spotify Allmusic AlbumCover | 1 In the Beginning (02:01) 2 The Nails from the Hands of Christ (06:07) 3 The Song of Infinite Sadness (05:02) 4 The Familiarity of Old Lovers (06:08) 5 When the Spirit Moves (06:50) 6 The Ten Commandments (05:34) 7 The Reckoning (01:53) 8 The Ferrymans Curse (08:58) 9 Bats & Swallows (04:03) 10 We Have the Power (03:58) |