Talk:Liege & Lief

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The most influential folk rock album of all time. Probably class GA but I'm not 100% clear how to nominate Megamanic 06:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

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"Liege and Lief" means "loyal and ready"

I disgaree. "Liege" means loyalty or duty (liegeman, etc). "Lief" means "desire". (I would lief be gone from here). So it's a contrast between duty and pleasure, loyalty and desire. Ogg 13:07, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Personally, I was under the impression that the term "liege" refers to a lord or sovereign, whereas "lief" originates from the Dutch word meaning girlfriend or sweetheart. In which case, the title of the album means something like "the lord and his lady," or "the lord and his sweetheart," which would make sense given the subjects covered by some of the songs on the album. For example, Lord Arnold and his wife in Matty Groves. John1701 00:55, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BBC Radio 2 vote

Radio 2 listeners actually voted Liege and Lief to be the "most important folk album of all time," not the "Best Folk Album Ever". John1701 00:58, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] 2007 Deluxe Edition

A "Deluxe Edition" of the album was also released in 2007, with a second disc featuring some BBC sessions as well as studio out-takes. Perhaps some information about this release should be incorporated into the article as well? John1701 01:17, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 05:47, 2 January 2008 (UTC)