- folk, rock, folk rock
- 68 min
- 14 tracks
- Diverse Records
Sweet Warrior is the thirteenth studio album by Richard Thompson, released in 2007. Thompson financed the recording of this album himself and then licensed the finished album to various labels for distribution. On its release, Sweet Warrior entered Amazon.com's top 20 for music sales.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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What critics gave it
Metacritic 84/100
- AllMusic4/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA−
- The A.V. ClubB
- The Guardian5/5 ★
- The Independent4/5 ★
- PopMatters8/10
- Slant Magazine4.5/5 ★
- Spin4/5 ★
- Uncut4/5 ★
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Tracks
- A1Needle and Thread4:44
- A2I'll Never Give It Up3:22
- A3Mr. Stupid3:54
- A4Take Care the Road You Choose6:45
- B5Dad's Gonna Kill Me5:16
- B6Poppy-Red4:38
- B7Bad Monkey5:14
- C8Francesca5:17
- C9Too Late to Come Fishing4:37
- C10Sneaky Boy3:00
- C11She Sang Angels to Rest3:26
- D12Johnny's Far Away4:54
- D13Guns Are the Tongues7:28
- D14Sunset Song5:39
14 tracks, 68 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Richard Thompson
- Label
- Diverse Records
- Released
- 2007
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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