Richard Thompson & Linda - Shoot Out the Lights
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Artist: Richard Thompson & LindaBrand: Thomson
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1991-07-01
Music Label: Hannibal
Soundtracks:
- Don't Renege On Our Love
- 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
Free Music Notes for Shoot Out the Lights
Free Music Review: If your relationship is ending, they can feel your pain
Hit: 5 Stars
Ever since the late 1960s, Richard Thompson has been one of England's most accomplished yet underrated guitarists in rock. While more flashy yet still deservingly-legendary axemen like Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck are the heroes to most of today's budding musicians, Richard's preferred to rely on his musical aptitude alone and not on pyrotechnics with which to build his legend. As a result, his music is still the stuff of cult legends, and those who discover it are far from disappointed. Also, unlike his fellow guitar legends, Richard is also a great songwriter along with being a master musician. It's for that reason alone that albums like SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS and I WANT TO SEE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS TONIGHT are masterpieces of modern music. Probably the most harrowing and one with the most interesting backstory is SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS. Richard Thompson had been collaborating with his wife Linda ever since their days in the legendary England folk band Fairport Convention. When they departed the band in the early '70s, they set about recording some of the most emotionally-bare pop music ever committed to tape. By the early '80s though, Richard and Linda's marriage was falling apart. Their dedicated fan base even saw it happen for the most part, as Richard and Linda often argued on stage during a show. With SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS, the separation was made painfully clear with an album that should be required listening for volatile couples the world over. Apparently, Richard and Linda were in the studio at different times for most of the 8 songs on the album have only one person doing the vocals (most often it's Linda singing with Richard playing). But we get two different viewpoints of a relationship falling by the wayside, making SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS all the more chilling. You can hear the desperation in Richard's voice when he sings songs like "Don't Renege On Our Love", "Man In Need", "Shoot Out The Lights", "Back Street Slide" and "Wall Of Death". It seems that Richard is the one who doesn't want this relationship to end, and the pain of it is literally killing him. Even with a rather upbeat song like "Back Street Slide" (one of the few songs on here with the slightest hint of levity), Richard still inserts a scathing lyric like "The Backstreet Slide/The Backstreet Slide/They're gonna get you/Dead or alive/Stab you in the back/with a kitchen knife/doing the Backstreet Slide/Do it all day/The Backstreet Slide". You almost think that if Richard is upset over losing Linda, he's had it with women in general according to that song. This raw emotion would be the basis of Richard's solo work after SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS. But let's not forget Linda, who has some emotions to bare herself. Her haunting voice gives songs like "Walking On A Wire", "Just The Motion" and "Did She Jump Or Was She Pushed" a downright scary feeling that shouldn't be listened to with the lights out. Linda's performance on SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS shows that she may have been in just as much despair as the man who was not just her collaborator, but her husband behind the scenes. SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS was rightfully named by ROLLING STONE magazine as the 2nd best album of the year (THRILLER practically blew any and all competition out of the water, I guess). This wasn't the stuff of top 40 radio, of course, so naturally, SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS didn't find much of an audience outside the couple's dedicated fan base. But this is the perfect album to be spread around courtesy of word of mouth, for I'm sure anyone who has heard it has been made a fan of not just Richard Thompson's work with Linda, but his excellent solo work as well. So SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS had two goals in mind, I guess: documenting the breakdown of a relationship on record and the album with which to get into the dark magic of Richard Thompson's music, both of which are acheived many times over.
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Media Type: CD
Artist: THOMPSON,RICHARD & LINDA
Title: SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS
Street Release Date: 11/01/1991
Genre: ROCK/POP
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