In the years after the turn of the century Richard Thompson mainly played an acoustic sound, but that is over with Electric. As the title suggests, this is an album in which heavy guitars predominate. It is a task that you can safely leave to the Briton. His guitar playing is inimitable and in its originality is regularly reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix. Thompson enlisted the help of producer Buddy
… Miller for this album, who also contributes on the guitar. There are also guest appearances by the singers Siobhan Maher Kennedy and Alison Kraus. In addition to the heavy blues songs Stony Ground, Sally B and Stuck ON The Treadmill, you can certainly hear modest songs on Electric. Of these are the sensitive My Enemy and the beautiful Another Small Thing In Her Favor. They are pleasant pauses between all the electrical violence. When this album was released, Thompson may well have passed sixty, but he still tackles his guitar with youthful bravado. (BvdV)more
