Description:
Literate rocker Richard Thompsons new album, Sweet Warrior, is a return to his classic electric sound, his first plugged-in album since 2003s The Old Kit Bag. Filled with 14 songs of stories of loss and betrayal, the album also holds one of Thompsons most overtly political songs to date, `Dads Gonna Kill Me,` told from the perspective of a nervous young soldier stationed in Baghdad (abbreviated as `Dad` in the song). Richard Thompson is a consummate singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His career stretches back to the late 60s, when he was a founding member of the British folk-rock Fairport Convention. In the late 70s, with his then-wife, Linda, he recorded Shoot Out the Lights, which regularly makes critics lists of the top ten records of all time. In the 90s, he experienced another career renaissance with the album Rumor & Sigh and he remains an elder-statesman of alternative rock. (Shout! Factory)
