Electric
When the axe of six-string wizard Buddy Miller is relegated to supporting-role status, you know you\'ve got a heavyweight guitar hero at the helm. Miller produced *Electric* and added a bit of instrumental support, but Richard Thompson\'s combination of inspiration and exactitude on his weapon of choice is as unmatchable here as ever. The British folk-rock icon also remains a monster songwriter, of course, so while the thorny riffs and licks of visceral tunes like \"Sally B.\" and \"Stuck on the Treadmill\" will keep guitar aficionados happy, Thompson\'s pen proves as powerful as his pick. When he takes aim at his targets on \"Good Things Happen to Bad People\" and \"Straight and Narrow,\" you almost feel sorry for them, knowing their takedown is imminent and unstoppable. As always, the softer side of Thompson\'s muse gets its day as well, as on the beautiful-but-ominous, goosebump-inducing \"The Snow Goose\" (with harmonies courtesy of Alison Krauss) and the sweet (but not sugary) acoustic ode to a latter-day love, \"Saving the Good Stuff for You.\"
Richard Thompson recorded Electric with Americana producing pro Buddy Miller in a Nashville studio.
The title is artless and blunt but it gets the job done: it makes it clear that after a decade or so of concentrating on his acoustic guitar, Richard Thompson has returned to his electric.
As one of the world's most inventive guitarists, a minor quibble among Richard Thompson fans is that there aren't enough flashes of that bri...
The folk-rock guitar hero has plugged in for his latest album, but the results are anything but predictable, writes <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>
This album is described as 'folk-funk', but it's classic Richard Thompson, packed with bleak stories of male failings, writes <strong>Robin Denselow</strong>
[xrr rating=3.5/5]Richard Thompson is one of the most revered guitarists in rock—although a causal listen to any of his dozens of records will not necessarily demonstrate why.