''Hang Up Sorrow and Care'' is an album by

Maddy Prior Madelaine Edith Prior MBE (born 14 August 1947) is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span. She was born in Blackpool and moved to St Albans in her teens. Her father, Allan Prior, was co-creator of the police ...

and the Carnival Band. Released in 1995, it is a loose concept album, with renditions of songs that were written hundreds of years ago.

Critical reception

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'' stated: "Ballads and dances to the heart and the bottle are expertly played in a trad setting that features such instruments as lute, recorder, hoboy, curtal, kazoo, and 'ye great dooble bass'." The ''

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'' deemed ''Hang Up Sorrow and Care'' "the most inspired drinking album of the digital era."

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wrote that "Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band have made a real party album, of witty, upbeat traditional songs from the British Isles."

Track listing

#Prodigal's Resolution (Anon 18th century) #5 Playford Tunes (from Playford's "English Dancing Master") # The World is Turned Upside Down (Anon 17th century) #Jovial Beggar (Anon 17th century) #Leathern Bottle (Anon 17th century) #Iantha (Anon English 18th century) #An Thou were my ain Thing (Anon Scottish 18th century) #Oh that I had but a Fine Man (Pelham Humphry) #Now O Now I needs must part (

John Dowland John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs such as "Come, heavy sleep", " Come again", "Flow my tears", " I saw my Lady weepe", ...

) #Man is for the Woman made ( Henry Purcell) #A Northern Catche/The Little Barleycorne (John Hilton/Trad) #Granny's Delight/My Lady Foster's Delight (Anon 18th century) #A Round of Three Country Dances in One (

Thomas Ravenscroft Thomas Ravenscroft ( – 1635) was an English musician, theorist and editor, notable as a composer of rounds and catches, and especially for compiling collections of British folk music. Little is known of Ravenscroft's early life. He pro ...

) #Youth's the Season Made for Joys (Words: John Gay/Tune: anon) #In The Days of my Youth (Words: John Gay/Tune: anon) #Never weatherbeaten sail (

Thomas Campion Thomas Campion (sometimes spelled Campian; 12 February 1567 – 1 March 1620) was an English composer, poet, and physician. He was born in London, educated at Cambridge, studied law in Gray's inn. He wrote over a hundred lute songs, masques ...

) #Old Simon the King (Anon)

Personnel

*Maddy Prior - vocals *William Badley - baroque guitar, lute, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo mandolin, vocals *Andrew Davis - Double Bass * Giles Lewin - violin, recorders, hoboy, mandolin, vocals *Andrew Watts - Flemish bagpipes, shalman, curtals, recorders, melodica, kazoo, vocals *Rafaello Mizraki - drums, percussion, cello, Hammond organ, vocals *Arrangements by Andrew Watts

References

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