Thank You For…

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Total Tracks: 21   Total Length: 76:02

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Well Worth a Listen

anorak

This is an interesting record, true it veers towards the bland-tracks 1,2, 3, 7 & 8 but at times it really delivers- Silver Coin is a perfect little gem and Fly High absolutely stunning. John Martyn adds echoplex guitar to the studio version taking it into hyperspace. The Dylan and Holly covers work and the overall feeling of is that bridget has made a good solid album. The live tracks are interesting but hardly essential- it would be good if Bridget's tracks from the BBC lp John Peel Presents rounded off the cd as that version of The River is superior but as I say this is a good album and worth an unbiased listen.

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Bridget St. John has a small legion of fans willing to do battle for their hero, but to most she sounds like a pleasant, secondary British folk-rock artist of the early 1970s. Those impressions won’t be changed by this, her third album, mixing low-key originals with covers of songs by Bob Dylan and Buddy Holly, as well as one of her most popular tracks, an interpretation of the traditional folk tune “Lazarus.” Simply put, St. John doesn’t come within bow-and-arrow range of Sandy Denny or Maddy Prior. She favors a low, slightly husky delivery that sometimes brings to mind what Marianne Faithfull might have sounded like in the late ’70s had Faithfull’s voice lowered naturally, instead of being ravaged. Reserve can be effective, but it sounds like St. John would need to be roasted over an open flame before her temperature rose. [The album was reissued on CD in 1995, with the addition of eight bonus tracks from a live performance in 1972.] – Richie Unterberger

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