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Richard Thompson - Rumor & Sigh 2LP
NEW. SEALED.
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Richard Thompson manages all of his usual superhuman feats on
Rumor and Sigh. Rippled, vibrant guitar lines that sound like they’re
coming from four guitars? Check. Lyrics that expose the delicate
quirks of human behavior in witty, truthful manners? Here. Engaging
vocals that arrive as if they are sung only to you, the words doubling
as whispered thoughts in your own head? Yep. But Rumor and Sigh
goes further by featuring astute, lively production and well-planned
arrangements that turn the 1991 album into the most cohesive and
accessible effort of Thompson’s storied career. Casual fans will likely
even recognize the Mitchell Froom-produced release includes the
incomparable “1952 Vincent Black Lightning,” a motorcycle-based
tale of desire, love, and death rightly recognized by TIME magazine
as one of its All TIME 100 songs. The singer-songwriter’s knack for
accentuating biting contrast pervades Rumor and Sigh in the same
manner his band shades his every move with narrative skill.
Mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s RTIpressed
180g 2LP set breathes with an effervescent
openness that makes the music emerge with a livelier sheen,
standout dynamics, and unstoppable energy. The reissues are
strictly limited to 3000 and 2000 numbered copies, respectively.
They make it immediately evident Rumor and Sigh endures as a very
special album—a cohesive, varied, and fun set spiked with some
of Thompson’s finest compositions and unbridled exoticism. You
could plug in a guitar amplifier right next to you, connect a Fender,
and strum. Yet you still wouldn’t have the depth, intimacy, and detail
afforded by these audiophile editions.
Richard Thompson manages all of his usual superhuman feats on
Rumor and Sigh. Rippled, vibrant guitar lines that sound like they’re
coming from four guitars? Check. Lyrics that expose the delicate
quirks of human behavior in witty, truthful manners? Here. Engaging
vocals that arrive as if they are sung only to you, the words doubling
as whispered thoughts in your own head? Yep. But Rumor and Sigh
goes further by featuring astute, lively production and well-planned
arrangements that turn the 1991 album into the most cohesive and
accessible effort of Thompson’s storied career. Casual fans will likely
even recognize the Mitchell Froom-produced release includes the
incomparable “1952 Vincent Black Lightning,” a motorcycle-based
tale of desire, love, and death rightly recognized by TIME magazine
as one of its All TIME 100 songs. The singer-songwriter’s knack for
accentuating biting contrast pervades Rumor and Sigh in the same
manner his band shades his every move with narrative skill.
Mastered from the original master tapes, Mobile Fidelity’s RTIpressed
180g 2LP set and SACD breathe with an effervescent
openness that makes the music emerge with a livelier sheen,
standout dynamics, and unstoppable energy. The reissues are
strictly limited to 3000 and 2000 numbered copies, respectively.
They make it immediately evident Rumor and Sigh endures as a very
special album—a cohesive, varied, and fun set spiked with some
of Thompson’s finest compositions and unbridled exoticism. You
could plug in a guitar amplifier right next to you, connect a Fender,
and strum. Yet you still wouldn’t have the depth, intimacy, and detail
afforded by these audiophile editions.