Very Best of

Very Best of Artist: Lindisfarne
Label: Emi Gold
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 077778733621
EAN: 0077778733621
ASIN: B000026GK8


Release Date: 2002-11-25

Related Categories:

British Folk British Folk
Related | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
General General
Related | Folk | Styles | Music
Folk Rock Folk Rock
Related | Rock | Styles | Music
Progressive Rock Progressive Rock
Related | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

Tracks:

  1. Meet Me On The Corner
  2. Lady Eleanor
  3. All Fall Down
  4. We Can Swing Together
  5. Fog On The Tyne
  6. Road To Kingdom Come
  7. Scarecrow Song
  8. Winter Song
  9. Clear White Light
  10. January Song
  11. Down
  12. Wake Up Little Sister
  13. Together For Ever
  14. Alright On The Night
  15. Go Back
  16. Don't Ask Me

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Awesome Folk Rock!.......2004-01-18

I am a die hard Folkie.I'm a folk singer myself inspired by Dylan,Young,Simon and many other legends.My friend who works at
a big music store here told meto pick this up blindly.I did so and am not regretting at all!It is superb folk rock with all acoustic guitar strumming,piano and Harmonica and ofcourse electric guitar in some songs.Alan is a talented songwriter,indeed!I recommend this CD to any fan of folk and classic rock.This is FOLK ROCK at its BEST!!

3 out of 5 stars The best of a good-time band with a suppressed serious side?.......2001-02-12

The recording quality on this album is not brilliant, but it's no worse than many of its time. There is one track with deliberate crackle and muffled hiss, but I cannot report hearing the movement of the turntable stylus as reported in another review here of this album.

The principal cause of my disappointment with this CD is the quality of the songs. I knew Lindisfarne only by their singles: the foot-tapping 'Meet Me on the Corner' and the excellent ballad 'Lady Eleanor'. Judging by this compilation, it appears that Lindisfarne wrote many more foot-tappers than beautiful ballads. 'Fog on the Tyne' for instance has an intricate instrumental in the middle, but the tune itself is little more than a nursery rhyme or soccer crowd chant. The band seemed to struggle with knowing what direction it should head in. There are shades of Dylan, Neil Young, Steeleye Span, Matthews Southern Comfort and the Strawbs, but the overall feel is of a band heading towards Chas'n'Dave pub rock territory, a segment defined by a duo so obscure that they probably mean nothing to readers outside England.

It turned out that for me, Lindisfarne's best tune, by far, was their first single, 'Lady Eleanor', from their first album. It's always a strong danger signal when a band peak so early. It is strange that a band on the Charisma label -- which also nurtured Genesis and Van Der Graaf Generator -- should drift so quickly away from any pretence at being progressive. But I guess that if you played lots of pubs and clubs in the North-East of England, this is what people wanted to hear.

Occasionally Lindisfarne tried to break out of this playing-to-the-crowd trap, by imitating Dylan or Young, and coming up with some reasonable folk-rock. But it didn't appear to last long. Sorry, lads.

2 out of 5 stars I love Lindisfarne, but the quality of this CD is a bit poor.......1999-03-01

Lindisfarne's "Fog On The Tyne" album has always held a unique and premier position in my vinyl collection. Somehow their unique rock/folk music takes my mind away like no other and simply makes me want to be there in a different time and place! As the vinyl became worn, I was always looking out for the CD replacement and "The Best of Lindisfarne" seems to be the closest I will ever get. However I must say that the quality of the CD recording leaves much to be desired. You can actually hear the needle landing and record scratch clicks on some tracks, and how the "best of .." does not include "Uncle Sam" leaves me a bit bewildered.

Music CD:

  1. Out to Sea ~ Stephen Fearing
  2. Benjamin Luxon & Bill Crofut Sing Folk Songs at Tanglewood/simple Gifts ~ Benjamin Luxon w, Bill Crofut
  3. Labour Day ~ Spirit of the West
  4. Captain Paralytic & Brown Ale Cowboys ~ Mike Harding
  5. Spanish Cloak ~ The Fureys
  6. Hello Operator...This Is Country Gazzette ~ The Country Gazette
  7. Teresa & Lost Songs ~ John Stewart
  8. Antiquities ~ Ewan MacColl
  9. Out to an Other Side ~ Liam O'Flynn
  10. Dark Ships in the Forest ~ John Roberts and Tony Barrand

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Music CD

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Poor Man's Dream ~ Pete Sutherland

The Winner ~ Zebra

Leatherwolf ~ Leatherwolf

Folk and Pop Sounds of Sumatra, Vol. 2 ~ Various Artists

Gojuukara/Koto Junrei ~ Kiyono Koto

Perdido Street Blues ~ Sidney Bechet

Lei, gli Amici e Tutto il Resto ~ Nek

Film Works: 1995-2005 ~ Craig Armstrong

Faultlines ~ Karine Polwart