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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelShout! Factory
EAN0826663110876
eBay Product ID (ePID)3997857
Product Key Features
Era2000s, 1990s, 1960s, 1980s, 1970s
Run Time18770 Sec
FormatCD
Release Year2009
FeaturesCompilation, Studio Recording
GenrePop, Rock, Folk
StyleSinger/Songwriter, Psychedelic/Garage, Contemporary Folk
TypeAlbum, Box Set
ArtistRichard Thompson
Release TitleWalking on a Wire: 1968-2009
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs4
DistributionThe Orchard/Proper
Recording ModeStereo
Number of Tracks71
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States, United Kingdom
Reviews"Walking on a Wire Makes for an Expansive Introduction to an Ambitious Artist.", 4 Stars Out of 5 -- "It's Expertly Selected to Showcase His Extraordinary Way with a Song.", 5 stars out of 5 -- "Lyrically, Thompson's articulacy and intelligence knows no bounds....Richard Thompson is many men, and you'll find them all across these 71 tracks.", 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "An excellent 71-track primer, which also shows the U.K. vet as a world-class songwriter.", "1991's 'Read About Love' is as vivacious and catchy as any other power-pop song of its era....The set is the closest thing Thompson's got to the career-spanning greatest-hits album he deserves...", "Thompson's foghorn baritone gives his songs a medieval gravitas, and the beginning with Fairport's 'Meet on the Ledge,' he has wrestled with the nostalgia and melancholy of adulthood in frank, darkly funny lyrics."
Additional InformationComprehensive Four-Disc Overview of the Rock-Folk Troubadour's Lengthy Career.