Artist: Fairport Convention
Album: Unhalfbricking
Year: 1969
The positives: Solid folk album. Beautiful female lead vocals from Sandy Denny. I really like the first track, "Genesis Hall." "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" is a great song also.
The negatives: Lack of really memorable material here keeps the album from taking off. Second track is in French--kind of pretentious, methinks. 11-minute "A Sailor's Life" bogs down the middle of the album. I think that track might have worked out OK as the closer.
Overall: Solid effort, but 1001-worthy? I don't know about that. Anyhow, worth checking out for the vocals of Sandy Denny and the songwriting of a young Richard Thompson.
Rating: Worth a listen
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