Mock Tudor (album)

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Mock Tudor
Studio album by Richard Thompson
Released	September 1999
Recorded	November 1998 at The Sound Factory, Los Angeles and RAK Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	54:56
Label	Capitol
Producer(s)	Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf
Professional reviews
The Green Man Review The Graham Weekly Album Review
Richard Thompson chronology
Celtschmerz (1998)	Mock Tudor (1999)	Action Packed (2001)

Mock Tudor is an album by Richard Thompson released in 1999.

For this, his fifth album for Capitol Records, Thompson teamed up with producers Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf, and Mock Tudor had a more straightforward production than his preceding albums on Capitol which had been produced by Mitchell Froom.

Musically Mock Tudor sees Thompson drawing predominantly on the musical styles of Sixties England - the time and place of his youth. The lyrics too have a nostalgic tinge, and are also rich with allusion to fairy tales and children's books as well as to Shakespeare and T. S. Eliot.

Thematically, Mock Tudor is split into three sections: Metroland – spanning the first five songs, "Cooksferry Queen" to "Hard on Me", Heroes In The Suburbs – covering "Crawl Back (Under My Stone)" through "Walking the Long Miles Home", and concluding with Street Cries And Stage Whispers – encompassing the last three songs (on the original release).

Widely regarded by critics and Thompson fans as one of his best works, Mock Tudor was yet another richly acclaimed album that was largely ignored by the public. This was the last album that Thompson recorded for Capitol and his last to date for a major record label. Subsequent Thompson studio albums would be self-financed and distributed by the smaller Cooking Vinyl label.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Richard Thompson

1. "Cooksferry Queen" – 4:14
2. "Sibella" – 4:15
3. "Bathsheba Smiles" – 3:54
4. "Two-Faced Love" – 4:03
5. "Hard On Me" – 5:55
6. "Crawl Back (Under My Stone)" – 3:59
7. "Uninhabited Man" – 4:52
8. "Dry My Tears And Move On" – 3:48
9. "Walking The Long Miles Home" – 4:10
10. "Sights And Sounds Of London Town" – 4:54
11. "That's All, Amen, Close The Door" – 5:56
12. "Hope You Like The New Me" – 5:00

Mock Tudor was released on Bong Load Records as a double vinyl LP and with two extra songs

• "Fully Qualified To Be Your Man"
• "Mr. Rebound"

[edit] Personnel

• Richard Thompson - guitar, vocals, mandolin, harmonium, hurdy gurdy, dulcimer
• Mitchell Froom - keyboards
• Atom Ellis - bass guitar
• Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion
• Judith Owen - backing vocals on Uninhabited Man & Two-Faced Love
• Danny Thompson - double bass
• Teddy Thompson - guitar and backing vocals
• David McKelsy - harmonica
• Jeff Turmis - baritone saxophone
• Charles Davis – cornet
• Leslie Benedict – trombone
• Randall Aldcroft – trombone
• Larry Hall - cornet
• Joey Waronker - extra drums on Bathsheba Smiles
• Lovely Previn - violin on Mr. Rebound
• John Bergamot - percussion on Mr. Rebound
• Tom Rothrock, Rob Schnapf – producers, recordists, mixers
• Dan Thompson – recordist
• Don Tyler – mastering

[edit] References

• Richard Thompson - The Biography by Patrick Humprhies. Schirmer Books. 0-02-864752-1
• The Great Valerio by Dave Smith (see http://hometown.aol.co.uk/gunnardave/myhomepage/rock.html).
• http://www.richardthompson-music.com/
• http://www.dmattacks.co.uk/tech3.htm