Jewel in the Crown

Fairport Convention | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 6, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Green Linnet
• ASIN: B000005CTW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,825 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Jewel in the Crown

2. Slip Jigs and Reels

3. A Surfeit of Lampreys

4. Kind Fortune

5. Diamonds and Gold

6. The Naked Highwayman

7. The Islands

8. The Youngest Daughter

9. London Danny

10. Summer in December

11. Travelling by Steam

12. She's Like the Swallow

13. Red Tide

14. Home Is Where the Heart Is

15. Closing Time

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of their best later albums, January 24, 2007

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Matthew Schwarz (Bridgewater, nj United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jewel in the Crown (Audio CD)

This CD has the most traditional tunes of the post-70s Fairport Convention, and I generally prefer more trad. with my Fairport. That being said, it also contains some of my all-time favorite non-traditional Fairport songs ("Slip Jigs & Reels" and "Travelling by Steam" are fantastic). All the musicians are excellent, and I must point out that Simon Nichol's voice is wonderful on this album (really on all the ones he sings on, but I noticed it the most here). I don't know why such a rich voice doesn't get praised more. My only complaint is that there are a number of songs (like "London Danny" and "Diamonds and Gold") on this album that, while good, are real downers!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A lively example of 90s Fairport, March 16, 2002

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woburnmusicfan (Woburn, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jewel in the Crown (Audio CD)

The quality of Fairport Convention's 90s albums has depended on the material they've found to record. "Jewel in the Crown" is a pleasant return to form after the tedious "The Five Seasons". The songs are more lively here, giving the album a better pace and more upbeat feel. Highlights are the instrumental "A Surfeit of Lampreys", "Travelling by Steam", and "Slip Jigs and Reels".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A bit lower than a hit but a good pursuader, August 29, 1998

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[e-mail] (Blackpool, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jewel in the Crown (Audio CD)

This was the first Fairport CD I bought at the first live concert I had ever been to. This and the concert was enough to sway me onto Fairport and get more and more albums.

This CD is very good it has a few jigs and tunes (Youngest Daughter especially reccomended) and a number of good songs. It is a reasonably new CD (about three years old) so it features the last group (Simon Nicol, Rick Sanders, Maart (my hero), Peggy and DM.) This was before the most recent group (as in Who knows where the time goes) where Maart and DM had left so this is probably the best most recent CD.