Sunnyvista
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| Studio album by Richard and Linda Thompson | ||
| Released | October 1979 | |
| Recorded | 1979 at Olympic Studios, London | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 48:56 | |
| Label | Chrysalis | |
| Producer(s) | Richard Thompson and John Wood | |
| Richard and Linda Thompson chronology | ||
|---|---|---|
| First Light (1978) |
Sunnyvista (1979) |
Shoot Out the Lights (1982) |
Sunnyvista is the fifth album by Richard and Linda Thompson. Released in October 1979, it is a partly satirical album with the target being the increasingly uniform and unforgiving late 1970s England.
One of the most commercial albums they had ever been with, the response to it by the critics and the public was lukewarm, and Chrysalis declined an option to extend their contract with the Thompsons.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Richard Thompson.
- "Civilisation"
- "Borrowed Time"
- "Saturday Rolling Around"
- "You're Going To Need Somebody"
- "Why Do You Turn Your Back?"
- "Sunnyvista"
- "Lonely Hearts"
- "Sisters"
- "Justice In The Streets"
- "Traces Of My Love"
- "Georgie On A Spree"
[edit] Personnel
- Richard Thompson - guitar, vocals, mandolin, dulcimer, whistle
- Linda Thompson - vocals
- Michael Spencer-Arscott - drums
- Dave Pegg - bass guitar
- Timmy Donald - drums
- Pat Donaldson - bass guitar
- Pete Wingfield - keyboards
- Rabbit Bundrick - keyboards
- John Kirkpatrick - accordion, triangle
- Louis Jardine - percussion
- Sue Harris - oboe, dulcimer
- Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Glen Tilbrook, Julian Littman, Marc Ellington, Olive Simpson, Nicole Tibbels, Lindsay Benton, Gerry Rafferty, Hafsa Abdul Jabbas and Abdu Rahim - background vocals
