Ten Man Mop

Artist: Steeleye Span
Label: Shanachie
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 016351794925
EAN: 0016351794925
ASIN: B000000E7G

Release Date: 1990-01-17

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The Wonderful World of Steeleye Span
My Favourite Folk Albums

Tracks:

Gower Wassail
Jigs: Paddy Clancey's Jig/Willie Clancy's Fancy
Four Nights Drunk
When I Was On Horseback
Marrowbones
Captain Coulston
Reels: Dowd's Favourite/10 Float/The Morning Dew
Wee Weaver
Skewball

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Please to See the King
Below the Salt
Hark! The Village Wait
Parcel of Rogues
Commoner's Crown

Customer Reviews:

Steeleye at their Best.......2006-05-30

"Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again" doesn't really represent the music on this LP. The music is old-timey and folky, but the name of the album suggests that this is of psychodelic content, which is none the less good, but probably what no one wants out of Steeleye Span.

If you are browsing around and want to give this album a try, I say buy the album. It is very good. The music is intense and meaningful, likewise with the words. This is parallel with the amazing Please to See the King and their debut Hark! The Village Wait. Carthy, the last album before he returns for Storm Force Ten, Hart and Prior sing amazing trio harmonies as they move on from folk and reach into a vast rarely explored genre all their own.

"Skewball" is an instant Steeleye classic, so intense it makes my mom nervous. With the amazing two part harmonies between Maddy and Martin, Tim Hart all but interrupts when he comes slashing through with a hissing guitar. The song, about a horserace, has a true message, like most songs of that era, not like the "gangsta'" thing that is going on in our world today. They made a good point of that

If you want a good progressive rock album, buy this album. My review should be about the album, and I believe I have spoken farely well on that matter. The album is very nicely done, in all ways possible: the reels, jigs and folk songs are enchanting, and the band fits very well in this way.

I wish that they had not left and kept adding on people I wish it were this way:
1. Gay Woods, concertina, vocals
2. Maddy Prior, vocals
3. Pete Knight, violin, banjo, mandolin, viola, vocals
4. Bob Johnson, guitars, vocals
5. Martin Carthy, guitars, vocals
6. Tim Gart, guitars, vocals
7. Rick Kemp, bass, vocals
8. Nigel Pegrum, drums, what else does he do? :D

This album would look good with any other album, especially with Please to see the King. And if you want to see how highly I think of that album, go look at my review for it! :)

Really, this is a very good album, and if you buy it, I hope you enjoy it.

Really.

Steeleye Span - Ten Man Mop.......2006-03-24

I've always considered Maddy Prior and Martin Carthy two of my favorite singers from the British folk scene of the late 60's/early 70's. Here they sound out well with traditional styles just before rock was mixed into the Steeleye sound (and Martin would leave the band). This being Steeleye Span's 3rd record, all 3 of their early albums capture the sound w/ a blend of cheerful and wistful intensity.

Martin Carthy with a Supergroup.......2005-01-26

This album brings a new grittiness to Steeleye's music, due to Martin Carthy's guitar. It started on "Please to see the King", but this album highlights the electric talents of MC. Don't get me wrong, I love Martin's earlier folkier stuff and everything he's done since - he really is a wonderful guitarist and I love Steeleye's first 5 albums (commercialism hits hard after that), but this album just swims with both the melodic and rhythmic and often biting Mr Carthy's guitar. All tracks are good, some great, but just listen to what's going on behind the vocals. Each of the early Steeleye albums has something great to offer. Martin Carthy is this album's highlight.

One of their best.......2001-06-15

Steeleye Span was one of the very first groups to prove that the addition of an electric guitar lick wouldn't destroy the beauty of English traditional/folk music. Hard to believe it's 30 years since this album was first released as the sound continues to be fresh and current. Maddy Prior's vocals are always a treat and songs such as Skewball are classics made new again by the presentation. By the way, if you are interested in an analogous Irish group from the same era, check out Horslips.

Absolutely essential Steeleye Span.......1999-09-03

This album not only shows the brilliance of the group, but showcases the essence of Britain's wealth of folk music which grew out of a mixture of commoner and crown alike. If you owned five albums of British folk music, it should include this album.

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