Willie & The Lap Dog

Artist: Gallagher & Lyle
Label: River
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5055134100497
ASIN: B0002233UK

Release Date: 2004-04-29

Willie & The Lap Dog

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Tracks:

Willie
Home
Give a Boy a Break
Sittin' Down Music
Among the Birks
Jesus Save Me
S.S. Man
Hotel Constantine
Lap Dog
Harmonium
Thoughts from a Station

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Album Description

First time on CD for the pioneering singer/songwriter duo's 1973 album for A&M. River Records. 2004.

Customer Reviews:

A lost treasure resurfaced.......2006-08-15

I bought this album back in 1981 in a used record store in NYC. I did a flip when I saw that it was re-released by River Records. The record doesn't have a bad song on it. As one of the few people who still remembers Gallagher & Lyle enough to check out whatever information there is about them on the web, I jumped on this record like a fumble. It is truly one of the best folk-rock records to come out of the UK in the 70's. Dan, Among the Birks, Harmonium, and Thoughts From a Station are all beautiful, essential songs. The lyrics fit hand-in-glove with the music. This is the best album from a sorely underrated songwriting duo. I just wish I knew what they were doing now.

On CD at last!.......2004-10-30

This album is the Pet Sounds of folk/rock, in theme and excellence, if not innovation. Sadly, few have ever heard its wonderful songs, so this River re-release is a cause for celebration. Gallagher and Lyle started out as staff songwriters for Apple Records (Mary Hopkin recorded several of their songs), then co-founded the terrific McGuinness Flint before striking out on their own. Willie and the Lapdog was only their second solo album, and they never equaled or surpassed it. The original album's liner notes (not reprinted in the River issue) describe it perfectly: "Willie and the Lapdog takes on a cohesive aura, depicting various aspects of man's journey from youth to old age, the way he misuses the former and dwells upon the latter, the way he relates to life and its passing acquaintances, and its music, which always seems to provide sustenance when all else fails." Amazingly, there's not a single love song on the album. This is a work about man's love for music, especially playing music, about innocent beginnings, false hopes and bitter regrets. In some places (notably "SS Man") the anger and hopelessness are overwhelming, but the songs of peace ("Among the Birks") and comfort ("Harmonium") provide a balance. Still, the overall feeling one comes away with is that of "chances tossed away" and of "time lost." Prepare to be moved. This is an incredible work of art that needs to be in every music lover's collection.

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