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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Like Black Tar Heroin for Folkies!,
By Peter Schorn (Friendswood, Texas USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Time (Audio CD)
...and I mean that in the very best way: first time I listenedto this (on my headphones at work), I spent the better part of an hourin slack-jawed, wall-eyed, immobile bliss. My office-mates thought I was having a petit-mal seizure. The group's vocals, instruments, and rhythm have never been tighter. Prior is still in fine voice, and Liam Genocky's thunderous percussion tramples the weedy-whiney folk stereotype underfoot as if by stampede. The arrangements are all intelligent and sensitive, using a full range of rock, pop, and folk methods to faithfully translate the traditional spirit of each piece into a contemporary mode. Prior & Woods sing an outraged and outrageous "Old Maid In The Garrett" that makes you wish you'd known the lady in question, and the band follows it up with "Tam Lin", an original reel that comes on like a tornado touching down in a prarie fire. "The Elf-Knight" tells a marvelous short story set to gorgeous themes composed by the band, easily equalling their earlier "King Henry." "You Will Burn" is a frighteningly inviting sing-along song about burning witches (I think it should've been used as the end title for _The Blair Witch Project_, myself...), and the band revists "Twa Corbies" with a ferocity and vigor that are completely against type for the song, yet which, in their hands, fit it perfectly. These are just the high points: everything else on this album ranges from good to great. One nit to pick: the liner notes seem a bit too pontifical, too "politically correct." Which doesn't matter a damn. Buy this album!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must for all Span Fans,
By A Customer
This review is from: Time (Audio CD)
Maybe the best Span album ever. Maddy and Gay sound great together (while, on Horkstow Grange, Gay alone doesn't), especially at the furious 'Old Maid in the Garrett'. My favourite is the redoing of 'Corbies': wild, weird, and evil. Get it!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Matches, exceeds some of the strongest earlier stuff,
By STABERDEARTH "STABE" (Bethlehem, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Time (Audio CD)
Solid, if you like Steeleye Span in the first place. Even the absolutely horrible tune, You Will Burn(?) does not take away from this masterpiece. You will "Re-burn" it and delete that song!
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