- folk rock
- 42 min
- 10 tracks
- Polydor
Across a Crowded Room is the fourth solo album by Richard Thompson released in 1985, on both vinyl and CD, on the Polydor label. As of 2026, it remains his final collaboration with producer Joe Boyd, as well as his last studio album to have been fully recorded in England. The album gives its name to the film Richard Thompson: Across a Crowded Room, a concert film shot at a 1985 performance at Barrymore's in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, which focuses on material from the album.
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Spare, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Tracks
- 1When the Spell Is Broken4:32
- 2You Don’t Say3:36
- 3I Ain’t Going to Drag My Feet No More4:24
- 4Shine on Love3:34
- 5Ghosts in the Wind5:41
- 6Fire in the Engine Room3:40
- 7Walking Through a Wasted Land4:04
- 8Little Blue Number3:06
- 9She Twists the Knife Again3:14
- 10Love in a Faithless Country5:56
10 tracks, 42 minutes.
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- Artist
- Richard Thompson
- Label
- Polydor
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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