| Henry the Human Fly | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Richard Thompson |
| Cover: | File:Henry the Human Fly.jpg |
| Released: | April 1972 |
| Recorded: | February 1972 |
| Studio: | Sound Techniques, London |
| Genre: | Folk rock |
| Length: | 37:01 |
| Label: | Island Reprise Hannibal Fledg'ling |
| Producer: | Richard Thompson, John Wood |
| Next Title: | I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight |
| Next Year: | 1974 |
Henry the Human Fly is the debut solo album by Richard Thompson, his first release following his leaving former group Fairport Convention.[1] [2] It was released on the Island label in the U.K. and the Reprise label in the U.S.A. in April 1972. The album was reissued by Rykodisc in 1991.
Thompson has stated that at one point this was the worst-selling album in the Warner Bros. catalog.[3] [1]
Although Thompson's first solo album, two other ex-Fairport Convention members (Sandy Denny and Ashley Hutchings) make appearances. Linda Peters, who married Thompson shortly after the album was released, sings backup on Henry the Human Fly.[4]
The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the songs "tinged with perversity and populated by oddballs," writing that it "reveals Thompson as the one Fairporter most fiercely determined to redefine folk rock at every turn."
Mojo counted Henry the Human Fly as one of the hundred greatest guitar albums ever produced.[5]
All songs written by Richard Thompson.