This is a review of the 2004 Island Records remastered C.D 'I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight' was Richard Thompson's first collaboration with his wife Linda, though he wrote all the material, Linda's pure and beautiful folk voice provided the perfect showcase for her husband"s songs. After Richard's debut 'Henry The Human Fly' had sold very poorly he was perhaps beginning to regret his decision to leave Fairport Convention, a band he co-founded in 1967 at the tender age of 17. But this album confirmed that his decision had been correct with many 'Thompson standards' contained within. I love the album and listen to it on a pretty regular basis, in ...  Read the complete review

A compilation of songs by Richard Thompson and Linda Thompson taken from material written during the fairport covention and later solo work. The songs are all performed and re recorded by Richard and Linda Thompson (not original recordings). Richard Thompson was a member of the popular folk group Fairport Convention of the late sixties and seventies. After he left he produced recordings as a solo artist and with Linda Thompson. This album contains music of the same genre (folk rock) and includes hits from the days of Fairport convention. In my opinion this album does not reflect the brilliance of some of Richard Thompson's solo work and it lacks the ...  Read the complete review

Even after thirty years or so, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Richard Thompson is still one of our best-kept musical secrets. He’s never had (and probably doesn’t want) a hit single, and none of his albums sold in enough quantities to make even the lower reaches of the album chart until the late 80s. He was a founder member of evergreen folk-rock institution Fairport Convention, though he left them around 1971 to perform first a solo career, then work as a duo with his first wife Linda, then after they split, as a soloist again. 'I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight', from 1974, was the first of six albums Richard and Linda recorded as a ...  Read the complete review