Label: Proper Records (UK), PRPCD032
Style: Rock, Folk Rock
Country: Notting Hill, London, England (3 April 1949)
Time: 68:10
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 503 Mb
Thompson
financed the recording of this album himself and then licensed the
finished album to various labels for distribution. On its release, Sweet
Warrior entered Amazon.com's top 20 for music sales.
The album's
sleeve notes are prefaced by Sonnet LVII by Edmund Spenser, "Sweet
warrior! when shall I have peace with you", one of his 1595 Amoretti
sonnet cycle.
The track "Dad's Gonna Kill Me" was given an advance
release via Thompson's own web site and iTunes. The song was singled out
for praise by critics and featured prominently in Thompson's live
performances in early 2007. This song's lyrics make extensive use of US
military slang (the "Dad" of the title is GI slang for "Baghdad"), and
convey the thoughts and feelings of an uneasy U.S. soldier fighting in
Iraq. It was subsequently used on the closing montage of the first
episode of the third season of the American action crime drama
television series Sons of Anarchy.
The cover photograph is taken from the Collection d'Adhemar de Panat.
The
albums' advance release enjoyed airplay on several radio stations and
attracted generally favourable comments from the press and advance
publicity for the album.
The album received very favourable reviews.
Writing in The Guardian, Robin Denselow said: "He hasn't brought out his
electric guitar to work with a band on an album of new songs in four
years now, but it has been well worth the wait. He has always
specialised in writing about loss, bitterness and horror, and this is
one of the most brilliantly gloomy albums in his long career." Gemma
Padley, writing for the BBC, said: "Sweet Warrior is a collection of
songs that refuses to be taken too seriously. While the slower tracks
radiate genuine feeling, the rambunctious up-tempo numbers evaluate with
an ever-present cheeky glint in the eye - an eye that the irrepressible
Thompson has firmly on the ball."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Warrior)
01. Needle and Thread (04:43)
02. I'll Never Give It Up (03:22)
03. Take Care The Road You Choose (06:44)
04. Mr.Stupid (03:53)
05. Dad's Gonna Kill Me (05:16)
06. Poppy-Red (04:37)
07. Bad Monkey (05:13)
08. Francesca (05:17)
09. Too Late To Come Fishing (04:36)
10. Sneaky Boy (02:59)
11. She Sang Angels To Rest (03:25)
12. Johnny's Far Away (04:53)
13. Guns Are The Tongues (07:27)
14. Sunset Song (05:38)
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