''Industry'' is an

album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records c ...

by Richard Thompson and Danny Thompson released in 1997. The two unrelated Thompsons had known each other since the late sixties, and had toured together throughout the nineties. This long-planned collaborative work was finally recorded in 1997. The compositions on the album - both Richard Thompson's songs and Danny Thompson's instrumental pieces - portray various impressions of the impact of industry on England, ranging from the birth of the

industrial revolution The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...

to the closing of the Grimethorpe

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and the effects of unemployment.

Track listing

#"Chorale" (Danny Thompson) #"Sweetheart On The Barricade" (Richard Thompson) #"Children Of The Dark" (Danny Thompson) #"Big Chimney" (Richard Thompson) #"Kitty 'Tommy, quick! I can hear clogs going up the street.' Tommy 'Well stick mine out and see if they'll go with 'em!'" (Danny Thompson) #"Drifting Through The Days" (Richard Thompson) #"Lotteryland" (Richard Thompson) #"Pitfalls" (Danny Thompson) #"Saboteur" (Richard Thompson) #"New Rhythms" (Danny Thompson) #"Last Shift" (Richard Thompson)

Personnel

* Richard Thompson: guitar, vocals, acoustic guitar (05) * Danny Thompson: double bass, bass trombone (02), con legno (09) *

Paul Clarvis Paul Clarvis is an English percussionist. Biography Born in Enfield, Clarvis was the late Leonard Bernstein's preferred percussionist in London and featured as a soloist on the last night of the Proms in 1996 in a concerto for saxophone and ...

: percussion (01, 10), drums (10) * Christine Collister : vocals (02, 04, 07) *

Paul Dunmall Paul Dunmall (born 6 May 1953) is a British jazz musician who plays tenor and soprano saxophone, as well as the baritone and the more exotic saxello and the Northumbrian smallpipes. He has played with Keith Tippett and Barry Guy. In the early ...

: soprano saxophone (01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 10), tenor saxophone (04-second solo) *

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: rhythm guitar (02), cor anglais (01, 10, 11), acoustic guitar (03, 08, 10), electric guitar (05-solo, 10), oboe (06, 10, 11) * Peter Knight: violin (01, 02, 03, 05, 06, 08, 10, 11) * Dave Mattacks: drums (02, 04) *Tony Roberts: tenor saxophone (01, 02, 04-first solo, 05, 06, 08-solo, 10), harmonium (02), flute (02, 03), border pipes (01, 10), Northumbrian pipes (10), bass clarinet (02, 11), baritone saxophone (04), alto flute (11) *Albert Thompson: first tenor trombone (02) *Harold Thompson: second tenor trombone (02)

References

*''Richard Thompson - The Biography'' by Patrick Humphries. Schirmer Books. 0-02-864752-1 * *http://www.richardthompson-music.com/ *Christgau, Robert review * {{Authority control 1997 albums Richard Thompson (musician) albums Danny Thompson albums