Search - Fairport Convention :: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection

David R. from ELKINS PARK, PA
Reviewed on 6/2/2010...

An excellent overview of Richard Thompson's period with the band. Good liner notes and remastered sound.

Gosh... you shouldn't have

wilson | the fringes | 08/25/2002

(1 out of 5 stars)

"I guess the generous folks at Universal felt it was time to give music fans another gift, so they yanked all of Fairport's albums out of print and left us with this worthless collection...The albums have been reissued in the UK, but unless Richard Thompson gets a guest spot on TRL, I'm guessing they won't be over here."

There Just Isn't a Way to Cover the pre-"Full House" Fairpor

Michael Weber | Atlanta | 07/03/2006

(3 out of 5 stars)

"As another reviewer has said, this CD's selection is less than comprehensive -- but that's because there are probably more "essential" tracks on the average Fairport album to select from than would be true of a number of other bands, especially given Fairport's mutability and changing sounds.



Where are the instrumentals? "Dirty Linen" or "Flatback Caper" or "Mason's Apron"?



Where is "Sir Partick Spens" the song that started me with Fairport?



On the other hand, there's not a really BAD track on this CD.



(I remember the first i ever saw the cover art used on this disc -- i took one look at Sandy sitting there and Richard looming behind her and i though "Hobbit and goblin!")"