- Audio CD (24 Jun 1996)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Park
- ASIN: B000024LZE
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 379,048 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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3.0 out of 5 stars (4 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
All of the songs are good, 17 Sep 1998
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: So Early in the Spring (Audio CD)
This is my current favorite. I hold back a star because the creative genius that went into the album is not on the order of the Beatles "Sgt. Pepper". If you like old english folk songs mixed with modern instruments (e.g. electric guitar) you'll like this CD. With the usual Pentangle style there is a hauntingly beautiful song about a young girl who is raped by three men; murder and revenge; seduction -- the usual old english folk fare, very well produced.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Repetitive, lacking the character of classic Pentangle, 10 July 2004
By mianfei - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: So Early in the Spring (Audio CD)
Before I realised the siginificance music made before my birth could have, I bought this as an effort to divert myself when I was feeling that there was nothing more for me to listen to.
However, it is fair to say that I gained nothing at all from "So Early In The Spring", even if it can be diescribed as "enjoyable". On the whole there was no doubt that the fiery spark that marked the masterful Reflection or beautiful folk of Cruel Sister and Basket of Light had gone, to be replaced by what can only be described as an extremely generic folk sound.
The songs had a far more conventional structure to them than was found in Pentangle's classic years, and there was nothing even remotely memorable about them to get a new audience for a band that was actually something unique in the days when they recorded the 18-minute "Jack Orion" - something that would never have entered my head when I purchased this back about 1999.
On the whole, there is no reason to recommend this comeback album. Buy Cruel Sister, Reflection and then Basket of Light to see what was in their heyday one of the great folk bands wiht a unque sound. This unnecesary 1980s comeback gives hardly a taste of their true character.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Pentangle, 19 Feb 1999
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: So Early in the Spring (Audio CD)
All of the 1980's - 1990's Pentangle albums are very good, and this one is no exception. This is possibly the most English folk oriented one of the bunch, with 6 of the 9 tracks being traditional in origin. As the other review states, the production is very smooth, and the bass and keyboard playing of Nigel Portman-Smith lends a jazzy flavor.
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