Freedom and Rain explained

Freedom and Rain
Type:studio
Artist:Oysterband and June Tabor
Cover:File:Freedom and Rain.jpg
Recorded:The Yard, Southall, England
Genre:British folk rock
Label:Cooking Vinyl
Producer:Oysterband
Chronology:Oysterband
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Prev Year:1990
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Freedom and Rain is a 1990 album by British folk rock band Oysterband and singer June Tabor.[1] [2] The album features a mixture of traditional material and contemporary covers including "Lullaby of London" by Shane MacGowan, "All Tomorrow's Parties" by Lou Reed, "Valentine's Day Is Over" by Billy Bragg and "Night Comes In" by Richard Thompson. It was produced by Oysterband.

Oysterband and Tabor would reunite for the 2011 album Ragged Kingdom.

Critical reception

The Edmonton Journal said that "Tabor's solemn magnificence commands the usual reverence, while the Oysters bump and grind in typical cavalier fashion."[3]

Track listing

  1. "Mississippi" (Si Kahn) - 3:18
  2. "Lullaby of London" (Shane MacGowan) - 2:45
  3. "Night Comes In" (Richard Thompson) - 4:54
  4. "Valentine's Day Is Over" (Billy Bragg) - 3:26
  5. "All Tomorrow's Parties" (Lou Reed) - 3:47
  6. "Dives and Lazarus" (Trad.) - 4:18
  7. "Dark Eyed Sailor" (Trad.) - 4:15
  8. "Pain or Paradise" (John Tams) - 3:13
  9. "Susie Clelland" (Trad.) - 5:16
  10. "Finisterre" (Ian Telfer) - 3:45

Notes and References

  1. News: Lifting folk out of the doldrums . Birmingham Post . 6 Mar 1998 . 15.
  2. Book: Burke . David . Singing Out: A Folk Narrative of Maddy Prior, June Tabor and Linda Thompson . 2015 . Soundcheck Books . 151.
  3. News: Campbell . Rod . Oysters overcome host of problems . Edmonton Journal . 21 Oct 1990 . C4.

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