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First three songs I was absolutely hating life with this one. It picked up a bit with A Sailors Life but even after that there wasn’t anything I was overly fussed on. For the most part I couldn’t stand the singers voice.

Also a side note, potentially the worst album cover I’ve ever seen

This one keeps growing and growing on me. Tough to go wrong with Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson.

4.5/5

Just love this record and the journey that FP took from folk-rock inspired by the American movement, to leaders of the traditional English folk movement with Liege and Lief (which should be on this list)

I liked this album much more than their next album Liege & Thief.
A Sailor's Life was the stand out track with its jammy ending. 3+

Not remarkable, and not terrible. I think I prefer my folk more folksy.

Really not bad - a pleasant enough listen that took me several days to absorb. 3.2/5 -> 3/5

Not good, Bob.

Wasn't in the right mood for this yesterday, but after a second try today it's going down real nicely. The genre fusion is very interesting in some places, but a bit jarring in others. I could have done without Cajun Woman and Million Dollar Bash. Enjoyed the rest of it though, especially Genesis Hall, A Sailor's Life, and Who Knows...the latter of which I already knew, thanks to the Spotify algorithm! Sometimes it gets it right.

I think I finally figured out why I can't get into this band. Their music reminds me of my mother.

This album started off a bit slow for me, but as I got into it, I really enjoyed it. Some fantastic guitar playing and catchy melodies as you get to some of the later tracks.

Not really my thing, but sounded okay? The singer sounded a lot like someone else I heard not too long ago

Not a folk fan, but this has JUST enough psychedelic elements blended in to make it really interesting. I'm liking it a lot more than I expected to.

I went into this being pretty sure I would hate it and indeed the first couple of tracks didn't do a lot for me. But I persevered and somewhere around the middle of "A Sailor s Life" something clicked and I started to like it; there was something krautrock-y to that track. Good Dylan songs here too.

It was fine. Warbly hippy goodness. Felt like what my mom liked to listen to when I was growing up.

Not so bad. Enjoyable.

que surpresa boa hein, achei que ia odiar forte e até que gostei!!
a primeira metade é boa demais, credo.

Folk, folk-rock or folk psychedelica are not any of the genre's that has ever really popped out during this 1001 albums challenge over the last 3 years.
And indeed on here, there are several songs that fall in that 'pleasant-in-the-background-but-nothing-groundbreaking' territory.

However, then there's also songs like 'A Sailor's Life' and ' Who Knows Where The Time Goes' that are reminiscent of the best work of Jefferson Airplane and even Velvet Underground. These songs, with Sandy Denny's amazing voice combined with Richard Thompson's dynamic guitar playing elevates this album far above many of its contemporaries."

No

They say this is a transitional album for the band, and I can definitely hear it. You’ve got these brighter and rockier songs, like “Million Dollar Bash” (which isn’t really that good), mitigating against the more powerful tracks like “A Sailor’s Life” (Child Ballad?). For me, this is the centerpiece of the album. It’s a sprawling psychedelic track that starts off quite minimally, building its evocations as it swells in its progression, detailing the dangerous realities of a sailor’s life. Melodramatic songs like this don’t seem to sit well with modern sensibilities, however. Having said that, dying for love and all that is a trope as old as the hills. This album is more than just a soothing female voice over mellow tunes—there’s some meat here.

It was alright Probably not something I would go back to but the singing and lyrics were good. Favorite song was Cajun Woman.