Faithless (album) explained

Faithless
Type:	live
Artist:	Richard Thompson
Cover:	RT_Faithless.jpg
Released:	July 2004
Recorded:	March 1985
Venue:	United States
Genre:	Rock
Length:	75:18
Label:	Beeswing
Producer:	Edward Haber
Prev Title:	Ducknapped!
Prev Year:	2003
Next Title:	The Chrono Show
Next Year:	2004

Faithless is a live album by English singer, songwriter, and guitarist Richard Thompson. Released in 2004 on Thompson's own Beeswing label, it is compiled from recordings made during Thompson's 1985 tour in support of his Across a Crowded Room album, and consequently features six of the nine songs from that album.

The backing band for the 1985 tour included the duo of Clive Gregson and Christine Collister whose vocals had been a feature of Across A Crowded Room. The band line-up for this tour placed most of the burden for instrument colour on Thompson and his guitar playing, but Gregson trades solos with Thompson on "Tear Stained Letter".

Track listing

All songs composed by Richard Thompson, except "Skull and Cross Bones" by Barbara Morgan and "Did She Jump or Was She Pushed" by Richard and Linda Thompson.^[1]

1. "Fire in the Engine Room"
2. "Nearly In Love"
3. "Did She Jump or Was She Pushed"
4. "You Don't Say"
5. "For Shame of Doing Wrong"
6. "Little Blue Number"
7. "How I Wanted To"
8. "I Ain't Going to Drag My Feet No More"
9. "Shoot Out the Lights"
10. "She Twists the Knife Again"
11. "Love in a Faithless Country"
12. "Wall of Death"
13. "Tear Stained Letter"
14. "Withered and Died"
15. "Skull and Cross Bones"

Personnel

• Richard Thompson – guitar and vocals
• Clive Gregson – guitar, backing vocals and electric organ
• Christine Collister – backing vocals, percussion and acoustic guitar on Wall Of Death
• Gerry Conway – drums
• Rory McFarlane – bass guitar and backing vocals

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2004: Faithless . Richard Thompson . 30 September 2023.