Live! (More or Less)

Live! (More or Less)
Compilation album by
Richard Thompson
Released1976
Recorded1969–1976
GenreRock
Length88:58
LabelIsland
ProducerRichard Thompson, Richard Williams and John Wood
Richard Thompson chronology
(guitar, vocal)
(1976) 		Live! (More or Less)
(1976) 		Strict Tempo!
(1981)

Live! (More or Less) is an album released in 1976 under Richard Thompson's name, but mostly consisting of work actually recorded with his then wife as Richard and Linda Thompson.

This was a U.S. only release. The first disc of the two-disc set is, in fact, the 1974 release I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight by Richard and Linda Thompson. The second disc consists of eight tracks from the (guitar, vocal) compilation issued only in the UK, two of which were recorded live.

The album was critically well-received on its release, but only because it included I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, which had come to be very well regarded. Its ratings either reflect that fact[1] or that it is redundant and only significant to completists.[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Christgau's Record GuideA−[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Thompson except where indicated otherwise.

Disc one

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."When I Get to the Border"3:26
2."The Calvary Cross"3:51
3."Withered and Died"3:24
4."I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight"3:07
5."Down Where the Drunkards Roll"4:05
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."We Sing Hallelujah"2:49
7."Has He Got a Friend for Me"3:32
8."The Little Beggar Girl"3:24
9."The End of the Rainbow"3:55
10."The Great Valerio"5:22

Disc two

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Ballad of Easy Rider"Roger McGuinn4:52
2."Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman"Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick5:31
3."A Heart Needs a Home" 4:00
4."The Dark End of the Street"Dan Penn, Chips Moman4:14
5."The Pitfall/The Excursion" 2:57
6."Flee as a Bird"Traditional; arranged by Richard Thompson3.12
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Night Comes In"12:22
8."Calvary Cross"13:24

References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Richard Thompson: Live! (More or Less)". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  2. ^ a b Deming, Mark. Live! at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 16 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.


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