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Richard Thompson (born 3 April 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist.Thompson first gained prominence in the late 1960s as the lead guitarist and songwriter for the folk rock group Fairport Convention, which he had co-founded in 1967. After departing the group in 1971, Thompson released his debut solo album Henry the Human Fly in 1972. The next year, he formed a duo with his wife Linda Thompson, which produced six albums, including the critically acclaimed I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) and Shoot Out the Lights (1982). After the dissolution of the duo, Thompson revived his solo career with the release of Hand of Kindness in 1983. He has released eighteen solo studio albums. Three of his albums—Rumor and Sigh (1991), You? Me? Us? (1996), and Dream Attic (2010)—have been nominated for Grammy Awards, while Still (2015) was his first UK Top Ten album. He continues to write and record new material and has frequently performed at venues throughout the world, although the COVID-19 pandemic forced him to suspend his touring. Music critic Neil McCormick described Thompson as "a versatile virtuoso guitarist and a sharp observational singer-songwriter whose work burns with intelligence and dark emotion". His songwriting has earned him an Ivor Novello Award and, in 2006, a lifetime achievement award from BBC Radio. His 1991 song "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" was included in Time magazine's "All-TIME 100 Songs" list of the best English-language musical compositions released between 1923 and 2011. Thompson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to music. Many varied musicians have recorded Thompson's compositions.In 2021, his book Beeswing: Losing my Way and Finding my Voice, 1967-1975 was released. Published by Algonquin Books, it is mainly a memoir of his life as a musician from 1967 to 1975.
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Live At Rockpalast [2017]
Song | Duration |
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Night Comes In | 8:42 |
Man In Need | 3:47 |
Back Street Slide |
This Is Us [Original TV Soundtrack] [2017]
Song | Duration |
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The Calvary Cross | 3:52 |
Live at Celtic Connections [2012]
Song | Duration |
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Wall of Death | |
A Man In Need |
Live at the BBC [2011]
Song | Duration |
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The Great Valerio | 5:04 |
A Heart Needs a Home | 3:45 |
A Man In Need | 3:32 |
Back Street Slide | 4:44 |
The End of the Rainbow | 4:06 |
Did She Jump or Was She Pushed |
The Old Grey Whistle Test [2010]
Song | Duration |
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A Heart Needs A Home | 4:04 |
Folk Routes [Decca] [2009]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | 3:08 |
Meet on the Ledge: An Island Records Folk-Rock Anthology [2009]
Song | Duration |
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Withered & Died | 3:27 |
Walking on a Wire: 1968-2009 [2009]
Song | Duration |
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The Great Valerio | 5:22 |
Withered and Died | 3:25 |
Down Where the Drunkards Roll | 4:05 |
The Calvary Cross | 3:51 |
Old Man Inside a Young Man | 4:26 |
A Heart Needs a Home | 4:03 |
Strange Affair | 3:07 |
Did She Jump or Was She Pushed | 4:46 |
Man in Need | 3:33 |
Four Decades of Folk Rock [2007]
Song | Duration |
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Wall of Death | 3:42 |
RT: The Life and Music of Richard Thompson [2006]
Song | Duration |
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Withered and Died | 3:25 |
The Great Valerio | 4:47 |
Never Again | 3:00 |
The End of the Rainbow | 3:54 |
Shoot out the Lights | 5:49 |
Down Where the Drunkards Roll | 4:20 |
Wall of Death | 3:22 |
Night Comes In | 8:12 |
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood [2002]
Song | Duration |
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Dimming of the Day | 3:59 |
The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Records Years [2000]
CMJ the Year in Alternative Music 1982 [1998]
Song | Duration |
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Shoot Out the Lights | 5:20 |
Island 40, Vol. 3: 1968-1975 -- Acoustic Waves [1998]
Song | Duration |
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I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight | 3:08 |
Two Letter Words [1996]
Song | Duration |
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Shoot Out the Lights | 6:28 |
Back Street Slide | 4:27 |
Troubadours of British Folk, Vol. 2: Folk into Rock [1995]
Song | Duration |
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Night Comes In | 8:09 |
Doom & Gloom [1994]
Song | Duration |
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Borrowed Time | |
The End of the Rainbow |
Folk Routes [Island] [1994]
Song | Duration |
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When I Get to the Border |
Watching the Dark [1993]
Song | Duration |
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A Man in Need | 3:33 |
Wall of Death | 3:42 |
For Shame of Doing Wrong [#] | 4:27 |
Back Street Slide [#] | 4:23 |
Strange Affair | 3:06 |
Borrowed Time | 5:33 |
Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair | 2:46 |
Old Man Inside a Young Man | 4:28 |
Never Again | 3:06 |
Beat the Retreat | 5:51 |
Withered and Died | 3:27 |
The Great Valerio | 5:21 |
Shoot Out the Lights [1982]
Song | Duration |
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Walking on a Wire | 5:29 |
Man in Need | 3:36 |
Just the Motion | 6:19 |
Shoot Out the Lights | 5:24 |
Back Street Slide | 4:33 |
Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? | 4:56 |
Wall of Death | 3:43 |
Shoot Out the Lights [Bonus Track] [1982]
Song | Duration |
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Walking on a Wire | 5:28 |
Man in Need | 3:36 |
Just the Motion | 6:19 |
Shoot Out the Lights | 5:24 |
Back Street Slide | 4:33 |
Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? | 4:52 |
Wall of Death | 3:46 |
Shoot Out the Lights [Deluxe Edition] [1982]
Song | Duration |
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Walking on a Wire | |
Man in Need | |
Just the Motion | |
Shoot Out the Lights | |
Back Street Slide | |
Did She Jump or Was She Pushed? | |
Wall of Death |
Richard & Linda Thompson's Sunnyvista [1979]
Song | Duration |
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Borrowed Time | 5:34 |
First Light [1978]
Song | Duration |
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Strange Affair | 3:06 |
Guitar, Vocal [1976]
Song | Duration |
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A Heart Needs a Home | 4:04 |
Night Comes In | 12:24 |
Calvary Cross | 13:27 |
Live (More or Less) [1976]
Hokey Pokey [1975]
Song | Duration |
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Hokey Pokey | 3:20 |
Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song) | 3:23 |
I'll Regret It All in the Morning | 3:37 |
Never Again | 3:09 |
Old Man Inside a Young Man | 4:28 |
A Heart Needs a Home | 3:50 |
Hokey Pokey [1975]
Song | Duration |
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A Heart Needs a Home [BBC Session] | 3:47 |
Hokey Pokey [Live at the Roundhouse] | 3:40 |
Hokey Pokey [Bonus Tracks] [1975]
Song | Duration |
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Never Again | 3:09 |
Old Man Inside a Young Man | 4:27 |
A Heart Needs a Home | 3:49 |
A Heart Needs a Home [#][*] | 3:46 |
Pour Down Like Silver [1975]
Song | Duration |
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For Shame of Doing Wrong | 4:44 |
Night Comes In | 8:12 |
Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair | 2:49 |
Beat the Retreat | 6:25 |
Pour Down Like Silver [Bonus Tracks] [1975]
Song | Duration |
---|---|
For Shame of Doing Wrong | 4:44 |
Night Comes In | 8:12 |
Jet Plane in a Rocking Chair | 2:48 |
Beat the Retreat | 5:52 |
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight [1974]
Song | Duration |
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When I Get to the Border | 3:27 |
The Calvary Cross | 9:56 |
Withered and Died | 3:27 |
Down Where the Drunkards Roll | 4:07 |
Has He Got a Friend for Me | 3:34 |
The Little Beggar Girl | 3:26 |
The End of the Rainbow | 3:57 |
The Great Valerio | 5:27 |
Together Again | 2:51 |
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight [Bonus Tracks] [1974]
Song | Duration |
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When I Get to the Border | 3:27 |
The Calvary Cross | 3:53 |
Withered and Died | 3:26 |
Down Where the Drunkards Roll | 4:06 |
Has He Got a Friend for Me | 3:34 |
The Little Beggar Girl | 3:26 |
The End of the Rainbow | 3:57 |
The Great Valerio | 5:26 |
Rafferty's Folly [Bootleg]
Song | Duration |
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Back Street Slide | |
Walking on a Wire | |
The Wrong Heartbeat | |
Shoot Out the Lights | |
For Shame of Doing Wrong | |
Just the Motion | |
Wall of Death |
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