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One Clear Moment
''One Clear Moment'' is the first studio album by British singer-songwriter Linda Thompson (singer), Linda Thompson. It was released in 1985 through Warner Records, Warner Bros. Records and was Thompson's first release since ''Shoot Out the Lights'' (1982), her final album as part of a duo with former husband Richard Thompson (musician), Richard Thompson. Overview Described by AllMusic as a "slick-sounding pop record replete with big drums and electronic keyboards", ''One Clear Moment'' marks a departure from the folk-rock stylings of much of Thompson's work both before and after. After the release of the album, Thompson's singing abilities would become affected by spasmodic dysphonia; she would return with the release of ''Fashionably Late'' in 2002. Six of the album's eleven tracks are collaborations between Thompson and American songwriter Betsy Cook. Also included is a rendition of Maurice Ravel's "Les Trois Beaux Oiseaux De Paradis" and a cover of "Hangin' On (The Gosdin Bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Thompson (singer)
Linda Thompson (''née'' Pettifer, born 23 August 1947) is an English singer-songwriter. Thompson is one of the most recognised names and voices in the British folk rock movement of the 1970s and 1980s, in collaboration with fellow British folk rock musician, guitarist Richard Thompson, to whom she was married for ten years, and later as a solo artist. Biography Early years Born in Hackney, London, she moved with her family to her mother's home city of Glasgow, Scotland, at the age of six. Actor Brian Pettifer (born 1953) is her brother. Around 1966 she started singing in folk clubs, and in 1967 began studying modern languages at the University of London, but dropped out after four months. She changed her name to Linda Peters. By day she sang advertising jingles, including one with Manfred Mann. She recorded the Bob Dylan song "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere", released as an MGM single in 1968 by Paul McNeill and Linda Peters, McNeill being another friend of Sandy Denny and Alex Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |