Fotheringay

Fotheringay | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hannibal
• ASIN: B000000649
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,381 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nothing More

2. The Sea

3. The Ballad of Ned Kelly

4. Winter Winds

5. Peace in the End

6. The Way I Feel

7. The Pond and the Stream

8. Too Much of Nothing

9. Banks of the Nile

10. Two Last Weeks in Summer [*]

11. Gypsy Davey [*]

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The one album Sandy Denny put out with Fotheringay, January 5, 2004

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fotheringay (Audio CD)

"Fotheringay" was the album Sandy Denny released after she left Fairport Convention, when that group decided to explore traditional English music more and Denny wanted to continue writing songs (the title comes from one of the first songs she wrote for Fairport). On this 1970 album Denny wrote four of the tracks, with "The Sea" and "Winter Winds" being the best of the quartet. There are also covers of songs by Bob Dylan ("Too Much of Nothing"), Gordon Lightfoot ("The Way I Feel"), and David Cousins ("Two Last Weeks in Summer") of the Strawbs, with whom Denny had recorded an earlier album. Ironically, the best track on the album ends up being the traditional song, "Banks of the Nile," a Napoleonic Wars-era story-song ballad, and very much in the style of "A Sailor's Life" and "Tam Linn" that Denny did with Fairport. In addition to Denny on Guitar and Piano, the group consisted of Trevor Lucas and Jerry Donahue on guitars, Pat Donaldson on bass, and Gerry Conway on drums, with everybody joining in on the vocals. The one serious complaint about the album would be the vocals by Lucas, which does not compliment Denny's sublime vocals, even when he is singing his own song, "The Ballad of Ned Kelly" (and even though the pair married shortly after this album was produced). But the album ends on a strong note, with Denny's expressive vocals on "Two Weeks Last Summer" and "Gypsy Davey," and serves as a potent reminder that she was the pre-eminent British folk singer of her generation. "Fotheringay" is not quiet as good as "Unhalfbricking" and "Liege & Lief," but its best moments match any on those classic Fairport Convention albums. Together, they make a nice Sandy Denny folk-rock group trilogy.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of Sandy Denny's Finest, January 8, 2001

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S. GODFREY "Stuart" (Risca, South Wales) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fotheringay (Audio CD)

If "Holidays","Unhalfbricking"and "Liege & Lief" happen to be your favourite Fairport Convention albums, chances are you will love Fotheringay. For Sandy it must have been some kind of realisation of a dream to be in a position to lead her own group; having said that, Fotheringay was not just a vehicle for her considerable songwriting and voval skills - husband Trevor Lucas and the other band members (distinguished session musicians all) get the chance to shine on this album. Sandy's own songs are gorgeous, and although opinion is divided about the merits of the Dylan/Lightfoot interpretations, for me they are just fine. "The Way I Feel" in particular rocks along very nicely, and if "Too Much of Nothing" sounds a little loose, well wasn't it meant to sound that way? Sandy's singing, however, is wonderful throughout. Even a much-covered song like "Banks of the Nile" sounds miraculously fresh, and deeply moving in her hands. A delightful album...a real shame that Fotheringay didn't stay together long enough to make another.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Denny, December 16, 1998

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Guy Cherry "Guy" (Beaverton, Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fotheringay (Audio CD)

The few Sandy Denny compilations draw heavily from this post-Fairport album. The song selection is a wonderful combination of Sandy's strengths and the band's strengths. And what a band it is - after 25 years I have never grown tired of listening to the beauty of Sandy's voice juxtaposed with the intelligent and often powerful folk rock accompaniment found on this album. It is a pity that this project was so short lived is so obscure today.