Single Flame
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| Studio album by Lucy Ward | ||||||||||
| Released | 19 August 2013 | |||||||||
| Genre | Folk music; Singer-songwriter | |||||||||
| Length | 48:43 | |||||||||
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| The Guardian |   [2] |
Single Flame, the second album of British singer-songwriter Lucy Ward, was released in the United Kingdom by Navigator Records on 19 August 2013.[3] It was critically acclaimed and received a four-starred review in The Guardian.[2]
Songs
The album includes "For the Dead Men", a self-penned protest song, which was released as a single in January 2012 coupled with a remixed version of "Maids When You’re Young".
Reception
In a four-starred review for The Guardian, Robin Denselow said that Lucy Ward "proves to be an even more mature and thoughtful singer-songwriter than she was on Adelphi Has to Fly" and described her follow-up album as "impressive and original" and "a brooding, often angry set that deals with everything from politics to love, death and personal tragedy, with a couple of powerful traditional songs added in".[2]
Hazel Davis, for americanaUK, described it as a much angrier album than her debut release but "a genuinely eclectic sounding collection" with "songs that are Thea Gilmore-good".[4]
Simon Holland, for Folk Radio UK, said that the album was "charged, emotive and utterly compelling".[3]
Track listing
- "I Cannot Say I Will Not Speak" (Lucy Ward) 4:04
- "Honey" (Stu Hanna/Lucy Ward) 3:41
- "The Last Pirouette" (Lucy Ward) 3:55
- "Icarus" (Lucy Ward) 5:14
- "Velvet Sky" (Stu Hanna/Lucy Ward) 4:13
- "Rites of Man" (Lucy Ward) 5:08
- "The Consequence" (Lucy Ward) 2:15
- "Lord I Don't Want To Die In the Storm (Stu Hanna/Lucy Ward) 4:09
- "For the Dead Men" (Lucy Ward) 4:25
- "Marching Through the Green Grass" (Traditional) 2:50
- "Ink" (Lucy Ward) 4:11
- "Shellback" (Lucy Ward) 4:38
Total album length = 48:43
Personnel
- Lucy Ward – vocals, guitar, concertina
- Izzl Cooper – cello
- Anna Esslemont – violin (on "For the Dead Men")
- Joy Gravestock – violin
- Sebastian Hale Smith – double bass
- Debbie Hanna – backing vocals
- Stu Hanna – guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, B3 organ and backing vocals
- Sam Pegg – bass guitar
- Stephen MacLachlan – drums
Production
Single Flame was produced by Stu Hanna from Megson, who also performs on the album, with his wife Debbie Hanna providing backing vocals.
Notes and references
- ↑ Reinhard Zierke (18 July 2013). "For the Dead Men". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 Robin Denselow (15 August 2013). "Lucy Ward: Single Flame – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- 1 2 Simon Holland (5 August 2013). "Lucy Ward – Single Flame". Album Reviews, Featured Albums. Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Hazel Davis (29 August 2013). "Lucy Ward "Single Flame"". CD Reviews. americanaUK. Retrieved 14 April 2015.