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In the Round

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This gem was the best effort by the re-united Pentangle or at least 3 of the original 5 members. The songs are varied in mood and range from the tart Play the Game to moodier efforts such as Suil Agrar and She Moved Though the Fair to straight ahead songs from Bert Jansch. Some of this groups later albums have a few good songs but this one is good from start to finish.

Note: I have to agree with another comment that the sonics of the US master are unfortunately not that great. The UK version is said to be better.

This CD lectures on independence, loss and acceptance.
The melody and beat Pentangle offers sweeps you into countryside festivals and abord drifting trains. I personally found peace, whimsy and strength through each titled song.

Ok, for the hardcore folkie, you probably won't like this one because of the drums or some such, but the minute I heard this album some years ago when it came out, I immediately took to it. Previous to that I had only listened to their earlier albums Jacqui McShee's voice is in fine form here as is Bert Jansch's guitar and voice, if one likes his voice. I do. Very straight forward unashamed vocals though he isn't a virtuoso in the vocal area. Try this. You just may like it and be pleasantly surprised. Or you may not. Each to his/her own!

I'm a huge Pentangle fan. Huge. Went for about a decade listening to Pentangle anywhere from every day to once a week. I love every member of the group and have many solo albums and other projects done by Renbourn, Jansch, McShee, and Thompson on either CD or LP or both(why haven't I ever noticed side work by Terry Cox? I now wonder). I bought this album back in the late 80s, knowing that anything by Pentangle was going to be good to great, with odds favoring great. Couldn't STAND this one--with electric bass and electric keyboards (not things I usually avoid, but just wrong for the Pentangle sound), no Renbourn and no Thompson. It was a long time ago, but I found it to be unlistenable. I either gave it to someone I knew wouldn't listen to it, or I threw it away. Years later, I saw one of its songs on amazon as a free download, thought, "it couldn't really be that bad, could it? Maybe this is even the best song on the album and I could make up for the fact that I lack this CD for free with the one cut." And it was god-awful. So, don't take my word for it--if you have every other Pentangle album, then, hey--don't let me stop you. It's just money and a little bit of your time.