1000 Years of Popular Music

August 2025 1000 Years of Popular Music Live Richard Thompson RT_1000Years.gif July 2003 July 2002 Joe's Pub, New York City Rock 76:06 Beeswing Simon Tassano More Guitar 2003 Ducknapped! 2003 AllMusic 4 5Mark Deming Richard Thompson – 1000 Years of Popular Music https://www.allmusic.com/album/1000-years-of-popular-music-mw0000522142 AllMusic Greenman Review Recommendreviewer http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_thompson_1000_ducknapped.html https://archive.today/20110724205825/http://www.greenmanreview.com/cd/cd_thompson_1000_ducknapped.html dead 24 July 2011 Richard Thompson: 1000 Years of Popular Music/Richard Thompson Band: Ducknapped Greenmanreview.com 6 September 2011 Pitchfork 7.1/10Deusner Stephen M. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9198-1000-years-of-popular-music/ Richard Thompson: 1,000 Years of Popular Music Album Reviews Pitchfork 17 July 2006 15 May 2019 Uncut 4 5https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/richard-thompson-1000-years-of-popular-music Richard Thompson – 1000 Years Of Popular Music – Review Uncut 15 May 2019 9 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151209071217/http://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/richard-thompson-1000-years-of-popular-music dead Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3 5Larkin Colin Colin Larkin Encyclopedia of Popular Music 2007 Oxford University Press 4th 978-0195313734 Encyclopedia of Popular Music 1000 Years of Popular Music is a 2003 live album by Richard Thompson. The album was originally conceived after Richard Thompson, along with many other artists, was asked by Playboy magazine to nominate his choice of the best songs of the millennium in anticipation of the year 2000. The magazine intended the use of the term "millennium" to be hyperbole that emphasized the end of the 2nd millennium or songs within the collective memory of their readership at that time, probably expecting nothing earlier than the British Invasion at best. In an act of malicious compliance, Thompson followed these instructions exactly as they were worded, and produced a list which did span 1000 years of music, including the oldest-known English-language songs, a medieval Italian dance tune, and various other folk songs, alongside slightly more contemporary fare. The list was never published by Playboy; it was subsequently released into CD format. The songs comprising the track list cover a roughly thousand-year period, 1068–2001, starting with "Sumer Is Icumen In". The most recent song included on the album is Britney Spears' hit "Oops!... I Did It Again". The songs, arranged for play on a single guitar, are played by Thompson, vocalist Judith Owen, and percussionist Michael Jerome, when needed. A DVD with the same name was released in 2006. This was recorded in 2005 during a different tour, has a slightly different track listing and features Debra Dobkin replacing Michael Jerome on percussion and vocals. Track listing of original CD version "Sumer Is Icumen In" (traditional, arranged by Thompson) "King Henry V's Conquest of France" (traditional, arranged by Thompson) "When I Am Laid In Earth" (Henry Purcell, arranged by Thompson) "So Ben Mi Chi Ha Bon Tempo" (Orazio Vecchi, arranged by Thompson) "Shenandoah" (traditional, arranged by Thompson) "Blackleg Miner" (traditional, arranged by Thompson) "Waiting at the Church" (Henry E. Pether and Fred W. Leigh, arranged by Thompson) "Trafalgar Square" (C.W. Murphy, arranged by Thompson) "There Is Beauty in the Bellow" (from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan, arranged by Thompson) "Why Have My Loved Ones Gone?" (Stephen Foster, arranged by Thompson) "Old Rocking Chair's Got Me" (Hoagy Carmichael) "Orange-Coloured Sky" (Milton DeLugg, William Stein) "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) "Drinking Wine Spo-dee-o-dee" (Stick McGhee, J. Mayo Williams) "The Fool" (Lee Hazlewood) "A Legal Matter" (Pete Townshend) "Tempted" (Glenn Tilbrook, Chris Difford) "Kiss" (Prince) "Oops!... I Did It Again" (Max Martin, Rami Yacoub) "Sam Hall" (unknown, arranged by Thompson) "Money, Money, Money" (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus) "It Won't Be Long" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) "Marry, Ageyn Hic Hev Donne Yt" (traditional, arranged by Thompson) – introduced as a "medieval tune from Brittany", but actually a medieval-style version of Britney Spears' "Oops!... I Did It Again" Track listing of 2CD/DVD version (Recorded at Bimbo's club, San Francisco, 2005) "Sumer Is Icumen In" (trad., arr. by Thompson) "King Henry" (trad., arr. by Thompson) "So Ben Mi Ca Bon Tempo" (Orazio Vecchi, arr. by Thompson) "Bonnie St. Johnstone" (trad., arr. by Thompson) "O Sleep Fond Fancy" (Thomas Morley) "Remember O Thou Man" (Thomas Ravenscroft) "Shenandoah" (trad., arr. by Thompson) "Blackleg Miner" (trad., arr. by Thompson) "I Live in Trafalgar Square" (C.W. Murphy) "There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast" (from The Mikado) (W.S. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, arr. by Thompson) "Java Jive" (Ben Oakland/Milton Drake) "Night and Day" (Cole Porter) "Orange-Coloured Sky" (Milton DeLugg, William Stein) "Drinking Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee" (Granville "Stick" McGhee, J. Mayo Williams) "A-11" (Hank Cochran) "See My Friends" (Ray Davies) "Friday on My Mind" (George Young, Harry Vanda) "Tempted" (Chris Difford, Glenn Tilbrook) "Oops!... I Did It Again" (Max Martin, Rami Yacoub) "Cry Me A River" (Arthur Hamilton) "1985" (Mitch Allan, John Allen) "Sam Hall" (trad., arr. by Thompson) Personnel Richard Thompson – guitar and vocals Michael Jerome – percussion Judith Owen – vocals Debra Dobkin – percussion and vocals (DVD version) See also The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (by Rolling Stone magazine) The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll List of best-selling singles References External links BeesWeb The official site of Richard Thompson The Great Valerio by Dave Smith Category:2003 live albums Category:2003 video albums Category:2000s live video albums Category:Richard Thompson (musician) live albums Category:Richard Thompson (musician) video albums Category:2000s covers albums Category:Lists of songs Category:Self-released albums