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Fantastic album. Maybe a notch below Leigh and Leif but fantastic nonetheless. Sandy Denny is a beautiful emotive singer and Who Knows Where The Time Goes is the peak of her varied career.

I liked this, and I liked the following album, Liege and Lief. Though I enjoyed both, I again doubt the necessity of a band having more than one album on the list, except on rare circumstances. Since I'm not the author, but just a guy listening to albums, I'll rate the album and move on

⭐⭐⭐.49

folk my goat genre

I thoroughly enjoyed this album. It's a short, pleasant folk record with some interesting arrangements, superb production, and some psychedelic jams.

Unhalfbricking, Like Fairport Convention's other album, was a pretty decent listen. While the issue wasn't as bad as Liege and Lief, I still found myself losing track of what song i was on a little bit. I still was able to tell when the songs did actually end and move on to a different song. It still didn't change the fact that the songs did sound very samey though. I still thought the album as a whole sounded nice though. The folk rock vibe it had going on was relaxing and the vocals are very good too. I just still thought it kinda blended together for the whole album. It wasn't bad, it was just very forgettable.
Best Song: Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
Worst Song: Million Dollar Bash

All over the place. Not in a good way.

Favorite track(s): Genesis Hall, Autopsy, A Sailor's Life, Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Heard before
Previous rating: 7/10

Low cortisol music to study/relax to. (this is me realising that a lot of folk music is really only unappealing due to the vocals)

Prachtige folkplaat. Super divers en het klinkt allemaal heel natuurlijk ofzo. Gaat zeker nog een keertje op binnenkort. Sterke 4 sterren.

As a fan of many a british folk rock albums and seeing that my favorite (and FC's best) 'Liege & Lief' is included on this list, I am happy to listen to more of Sandy Denny's in this context. I just hope its inclusion is not at the detriment of John Martyn, Dave Bixby, Richard Thompson or even Spirogyra. There are many worse british albums in this list to get rid of, however.

8/10 [KEEP]

A lush, hauntingly beautiful trip through English history, all cozy and beautiful but with a bit of a trippy edge. Sandy Denny's voice is seriously amazing, so soulful and smooth. Whether she's singing about time or leading them on a crazy 11-minute jam, the band just clicks together.

They even make Bob Dylan songs their own, with a cool Celtic feel and the hippy vibe. It's not your typical music, mixing jazzy bass and wild fiddle for this dreamy, country sound. If you're into that whole cottagecore thing, medieval folk but with a Woodstock twist, this is the ticket.

Jeg har hørt mye på Folque, som kanskje plukket opp fela og langeleiken samtidig som Fairport plukket opp fela og dulcimer?

Uansett om de tilsynelatende er to band i samme sjanger, så høres de ganske ulike ut, og det har vel med folkemusikken de tar utgangspunkt i. Fairport forsvinner ofte uti noe tsom sender meg i en transelignende tilstand. Mens Folque har en tyngre slagside mot prog.

Bandet er sterkest når de går mest inn i de klimprende låtene, slik som "A Sailor's Life", "Genesis Hall" og "Autopsy".

At det har lurt seg inn 3 Dylan-låter, som på det tidspunktet ikke var utgitt av Dylan selv, er først og fremst artig. Jeg har hørt mye på både "Si tu dois partir" og originalen "If You Gonna Go" uten å skjønne at det er samme låta før i dag. Men "Si tu dois partir" høres mest ut som en køddelåt. På de to resterende Dylan-låtene kunne de vært et hvilket som helst 60770-tallsband med tilbøyeligheter for country. Kanskje jeg hadde likt dette bedre om jeg kjente bedre til utgangspunktet for britisk folkrock, slik jeg kjenner utgangspunktet for norsk folkrock.

I'm decidedly unimpressed.

i expected worse when I saw the album cover

I do rather love Fairport Convention

Pretty chill.

A weird mixture of folky music, doesn't all feel like it fits together sometimes but some of the songs are pretty nice to listen to

Traditional folk isn't my bag, sorry. I guess it's nice enough, in a boring kind of way. There's a few tracks with something about them.

2.5 rounded up.

The best moments on here bring together the dark psychedelia of the Velvet Underground with the medieval folk style of UK psych, pairing droning guitars and violas working against each other a over sparse but insistent rhythm section to build intensity chaotic intensity while a monotone vocal delivers ancient melodies. The more they lean into the folksy pastoral or corny blues the worse it gets though.

Favorite: Sailor's Life, Percy's Song