Lark Rise to Candleford

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共21首歌曲

艺人: The Albion Band
语种: 其他
厂牌: Virgin / Charisma
发行时间: 1980年02月14日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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by Chris Nickson

The loose aggregation called the Albion Band becomes even looser for this adaptation of Flora Thompson's classic of country life, Lark Rise to Candleford. It's a mixture of song and speech taken from a dramatic version of the story, staged in London, and essentially split into two pieces, &Lark Rise,& which is set on a summer day, and &Candleford,& which offers the contrast of winter. Time is very elastic, however, with &Lark Rise& ending with the enduring &Battle of the Somme,& a tune about the enduring loss of life from that fruitless action which hit everywhere in England. The pieces, largely traditional, offer a real flavor of the rural life, whether it's something as simple as &Arise and Pick a Posy& or the eerie &Witch Elder,& with some beautiful ghostly singing from Shirley Collins. It's not all idyllic, though; there's the conflict between Flora and her husband, John, who thinks her writing -- and books -- are a waste of time. But overall it offers a very accurate and moving portrait of village life in a time when everything was changing, from the traditional tunes, like &Speed the Plough,& to music hall elements, such as &Scarlet and the Blue,& and hymns, like &Jacob's Well,& which round out the picture. Maybe it's not always happy -- Flora, for example, died lonely in her marriage -- but it's real and beautifully performed, with a sense of musical adventure in using the brass (which might have planted the seed for Brass Monkey) and the cream of the English folk-rock scene, under the direction of Ashley Hutchings, which makes an album that's utterly and ineffably English.

Lark Rise to Candleford

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