13 Rivers

April 2022 13 Rivers studio Richard Thompson Richard Thompson 13 Rivers album_cover.jpg 14 September 2018 Boulevard Recording, Hollywood Folk rock 53:30 New West (US)Proper (UK) Richard Thompson Acoustic Rarities 2017 Ship to Shore 2024 13 Rivers is the eighteenth solo studio album by British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson. It was released on 14 September 2018 by New West Records in the US and by Proper Records in the UK. Background 13 Rivers was written after a period of difficulty for Thompson's familyhttps://aquariumdrunkard.com/2018/09/13/richard-thompson-the-aquarium-drunkard-interview/ Richard Thompson :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview Aquarium Drunkard 13 September 2018 16 September 2018 Woodbury Jason with songs that stick "close to a vision of darkness, gloom, and noise". Thompson explains that the songs were written in a "fairly tight time period of about six months", giving them a sense of commonality.http://www.folkradio.co.uk/2018/09/richard-thompson-13-rivers-interview/ RICHARD THOMPSON: 13 RIVERS INTERVIEW Folk Radio UK 14 September 2018 16 September 2018 Kimpton Glenn He states that "many of these songs came to him as a pleasant surprise and that feeling of grabbing the creative urge and running with it is what comes across throughout the running time". The record was self-produced by Thompson with the album and some minor overdubs being recorded entirely on analogue equipment over a 10-day period.https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/richard-thompsons-new-song-my-rock-my-rope-717267/ Hear Richard Thompson's Meditative New Song 'My Rock, My Rope' Rolling Stone 29 August 2018 16 September 2018 Freeman Jon The album title derives from the song count, with Thompson explaining that "there are 13 songs on the record, and each one is like a river. Some flow faster than others". This is illustrated further by the album's cover art which features a map by Thompson "showing the individual songs on the album flowing into a central lake". In 2019 Robin Denselow, interviewing Thompson for The Guardian suggested the album was "filled with religious imagery"; Thompson explained, "... because I love the King James Bible, a beautiful piece of poetry, and you have to speak to people in a language that's familiar." Although coming after his divorce from Nancy Covey and his move to New Jersey, he insisted, that the album was not autobiographical: "I have no perspective on what I am doing. I write a song and think, 'Where does this come from?' Me? I wrote this? I write fiction ... I'm just enjoying myself, throwing lines together. I think it always reflects your own experience and feelings, but it isn’t always in a way that’s clear. If you find something honest enough in yourself then it will be universal."https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/30/richard-thompson-at-70-on-love-loss-and-being-a-muslim-in-trump-us Richard Thompson at 70: on love, loss and being a Muslim in Trump's US Robin Denselow Robin Denselow 30 September 2019 The Guardian 17 March 2024 Critical reception 81/100https://www.metacritic.com/music/13-rivers/richard-thompson 13 Rivers by Richard Thompson Metacritic 16 September 2018 AllMusic 4 5https://www.allmusic.com/album/13-rivers-mw0003195680 Richard Thompson 13 Rivers AllMusic 16 September 2018 Deming Mark The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4 5Larkin Colin Colin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2007 Oxford University Press 4th 978-0195313734 The Financial Times 3 5https://www.ft.com/content/87c5f2f0-af71-11e8-99ca-68cf89602132 Richard Thompson: 13 Rivers — microtonal alleyways The Financial Times 7 September 2018 16 September 2018 Honigmann David The Irish Times 4 5https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/richard-thompson-13-rivers-review-baker-s-dozen-of-british-folk-rock-brilliance-1.3625688 Richard Thompson: 13 Rivers review – Baker's dozen of British folk-rock brilliance The Irish Times 12 September 2018 16 September 2018 Breen Joe Mojo 4 5Hodgkinson Will Will Hodgkinson Filter Albums Mojo October 2018 92 PopMatters 8/10https://www.popmatters.com/richard-thompson-13-rivers-2604373474.html Richard Thompson Gets Back to Basics with '13 Rivers' PopMatters 13 September 2018 16 September 2018 Ingalls Chris Uncut 9/10Pinnock Tom Reviews Uncut October 2018 37 On Metacritic, which aggregates reviews from critics and assigns a normalised rating out of 100, 13 Rivers received a score of 81, based on one mixed and six positive reviews. The album received generally favourable reviews from the press,http://www.proper-records.co.uk/2018/09/richard-thompson-13-rivers-in-review/ Richard Thompson – 13 Rivers in review | Proper Records 21 September 2018 with it being described as "brilliant" and "engaging" by PopMatters who stated that 13 Rivers was "a raw, unfiltered affair from a veteran artist who shows no signs of slowing down". Folk Radio UK called 13 Rivers "a toothy energetic album"https://www.folkradio.co.uk/2018/09/richard-thompson-13-rivers/ RICHARD THOMPSON: 13 RIVERS Folk Radio UK 1 September 2018 16 September 2018 Kimpton Glenn and Uncut wrote that "13 Rivers is a sparse, raging and noisy record". The Irish Times agreed that "the tone is ominous from the get-go"" and Mojo wrote that "this may be Richard Thompson's most creative album in decades" describing the record as being "driven along by a renewed sense of urgency and purpose". NPR felt that the album had captured Thompson's live sound, explaining that "the live show is always spectacular, and on 13 Rivers, Thompson more than manages to bring that live energy and those searing and soaring guitar solos to life in the studio".https://www.npr.org/2018/09/06/644565625/first-listen-richard-thompson-13-rivers?t=1537086409858 Richard Thompson Navigates '13 Rivers' Of Love And Loathing NPR Music 6 September 2018 16 September 2018 Warren Bruce AllMusic wrote that "Thompson's vocals are superb throughout" claiming that "13 Rivers is striking music from a musician who remains fresh, contemporary, and peerless". Track listing All tracks written by Richard Thompson:13 Rivers, 2018. Proper Records: PRPCD150. Sleeve notes "The Storm Won't Come" – 6:11 "The Rattle Within" – 3:06 "Her Love Was Meant for Me" – 5:01 "Bones of Gilead" – 4:21 "The Dog in You" – 4:54 "Trying" – 3:35 "Do All These Tears Belong to You?" – 4:13 "My Rock, My Rope" – 3:19 "You Can't Reach Me" – 3:58 "O, Cinderella" – 3:49 "No Matter" – 3:46 "Pride" – 3:17 "Shaking the Gates" – 4:00 Personnel Richard Thompson – vocals, guitar and keyboards Michael Jerome – drums, percussion and vocals Taras Prodaniuk – bass guitar and vocals Bobby Eichorn – guitar Siobhan Maher Kennedy – harmony vocal Judith Owen – harmony vocal on "No Matter" Zara Phillips – harmony vocal Charts Chart (2018) Peak positionFlanders 61 Richard Thompson 13 Rivers true 21 September 2018Scotland 10 20180921 true 22 September 2018Switzerland 96 Richard Thompson 13 Rivers true 26 September 2018UK2 18 20180921 true 22 September 2018 References External links f_rLE3uTO1c "Her Love Was Meant for Me" Category:Richard Thompson (musician) albums Category:2018 albums Category:New West Records albums Category:Proper Records albums