Industry (album)

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Industry
Industry cover
Studio album by Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson
Released 1997
Recorded 1997 at Livingston Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length 44:01
Label Hannibal
Producer(s) Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson


Industry is an album by Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson released in 1997.

The two unrelated Thompsons had known each other since the late sixties, and had toured together throughout the nineties. This long-planned collaborative work was finally recorded in 1997.

The compositions on the album - both Richard Thompson's songs and Danny Thompson's instrumental pieces - portray various impressions of the impact of industry on England, ranging from the birth of the industrial revolution to the closing of the Grimethorpe Colliery and the effects of unemployment.

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  1. "Chorale" (Danny Thompson)
  2. "Sweetheart On The Barricade" (Richard Thompson)
  3. "Children In The Dark" (Danny Thompson)
  4. "Big Chimney" (Richard Thompson)
  5. "Kitty 'Tommy, quick! I can hear clogs going up the street.' Tommy 'Well stick mine out and see if they'll go with 'em!'" (Danny Thompson)
  6. "Drifting Through The Days" (Richard Thompson)
  7. "Lotteryland" (Richard Thompson)
  8. "Pitfalls" (Danny Thompson)
  9. "Saboteur" (Richard Thompson)
  10. "New Rhythms" (Danny Thompson)
  11. "Last Shift" (Richard Thompson)

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