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Richard Thompson
Tear Stained Letter
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Hand Of Kindness is an album by Richard Thompson recorded and released in 1983.
After the “Tour From Hell” to promote Shoot Out The Lights Richard Thompson resumed a solo career as a recording and performing artist.
Hand Of Kindness is a distinct departure from the albums that preceded it. Thompson biographer Patrick Humphries observed that with this album Thompson “left the darkness behind him and walked out into the light”. This is one of the most straight forward and up tempo rock albums in the Thompson catalog. The mood is generally exuberant and Thompson’s vocals and particularly his guitar playing are confident and extrovert. The one exception is the very dark and melancholy “Devonside”, a track which Thompson rarely plays live, occasionally joking that he...
Read on...Song lines: ♪ Cry, cry if it makes you feel better ... Set it all down in a tear-stained letter ... Right through the door come a tear-stained letter ♫
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