Richard Thompson + Danny Thompson

• Industry [Rykodisc, 1997] A-

See Also:

• French Frith Kaiser Thompson
• Richard Thompson
• Richard & Linda Thompson
• merge all

Consumer Guide Reviews:

Industry [Rykodisc, 1997]
The second Thompson is bassist Danny, the instrumental interludes of whose North of England jazz-march unit Whatever set off Richard's six songs in the manner of Charlie Haden or Kurt Weill--with music that intensifies meaning as well as sustaining mood. The songs themselves, all of which attend closely to the title concept, were researched in dying coal mines and the Karl Marx library, among other places, and let's hope they convince Richard that art is 90 per cent perspiration. It does him a world of good to get out of himself. A-