- Audio CD (10 Aug 2009)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Genepool
- ASIN: B002AF4XDI
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Having returned to the music scene in 2004 after an absence of over 30 years, Judy Dyble has delivered her best album to date. Frequently overshadowed by her proximity to Sandy Denny in the history of Fairport Convention, the fragile clarity of Judy Dyble's vocals can be followed like some elusive ley line burrowing through sometimes tangential discographies that include progressive rock, folk, trance, electronica, ambient, indie pop, the Canterbury Scene, and post rock.
Though some of these elements are present on Talking With Strangers, any off-the-peg categorisation of the record isn't that easy. As someone with a track record of working with the only the best, Dyble proves she hasn't lost her touch by collaborating with No Man's Tim Bowness, who co-wrote, produced and performs throughout.
Drawing upon other musical spaces and times means that Bowness and multi-instrumentalist, Alistair Murphy, have subtly retro-fitted the material with just the right amount reference points to shape the mood but not swamp it with ersatz nostalgia.
More than once the album's lyrics look back on Dyble's life and times with the 19-minute Harpsong becoming something of an epic sentimental journey, and featuring guest spots from some players and personalities who were there with Dyble back in the 60s.
Thus Ian McDonald and Robert Fripp (King Crimson), Celia Humphris (Trees), Jacqui McShee (Pentangle) and Simon Nicol (Fairports) become part of a swirling chorus, echoing reminders of meetings in what were undoubtedly remarkable times.
What could have been an ill-advised stylistic disaster is instead a surprisingly sophisticated triumph. --Sid Smith
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
What a great album from a forgotten person in the annuls of rock and roll, Judy was 'Fairport Conventions' first female singer replaced by Sandy Denny, she took to a life as a relative reclusive, returning every now and then to make albums on her terms.
This album is probably a peak, the playing is as you would expect from a stellar collection of musicians (Robert Fripp, Tim Bowness, Ian Macdonald and more.) perfect. The collaboration with No-Man's Tim Bowness takes this album to another level. It opens with a light acoustic based track `Never knowing'.
`Jazzbirds' next which has a rising tension about it an air of the familiar but entirely enchanting and new. `Cest la vie' follows in a similar vein, before the title track `Talking with Strangers' takes us off in a piano based jaunt to new worlds. The albums tour de force though has to be the 19 minutes of `Harpsong' this goes off in tangents and rhymes almost prog rock maybe prog folk certainly outstanding.
This album is just too good to ignore, buy and you will not be disappointed.
This album is probably a peak, the playing is as you would expect from a stellar collection of musicians (Robert Fripp, Tim Bowness, Ian Macdonald and more.) perfect. The collaboration with No-Man's Tim Bowness takes this album to another level. It opens with a light acoustic based track `Never knowing'.
`Jazzbirds' next which has a rising tension about it an air of the familiar but entirely enchanting and new. `Cest la vie' follows in a similar vein, before the title track `Talking with Strangers' takes us off in a piano based jaunt to new worlds. The albums tour de force though has to be the 19 minutes of `Harpsong' this goes off in tangents and rhymes almost prog rock maybe prog folk certainly outstanding.
This album is just too good to ignore, buy and you will not be disappointed.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After her exit from Fairport Judy was briefly involved in remarkable home recording sessions with Giles Giles and Fripp which can be heard on The Brondesbury Tapes. They re-recorded some of the songs from the classic (although on in sales termd) The Cheerful Insanity of Giles Giles and Fripp but she also sing on an early version of I Talk to the Wind which would appear on the album album by the band that this group later developed into In the Court of the Crimson King
Talking With Strangers features contributions from both Robert Fripp and Iain McDonald from those 1968 session and it is simply wonderful. Judy's voice is so evocative of that era, although she is a little older it still retains its essential quality. I have played this through three times since getting it home today and I must say it is just wonderful. Buy it!
Talking With Strangers features contributions from both Robert Fripp and Iain McDonald from those 1968 session and it is simply wonderful. Judy's voice is so evocative of that era, although she is a little older it still retains its essential quality. I have played this through three times since getting it home today and I must say it is just wonderful. Buy it!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Who says folk-rock is dead? After several listenings I'm still not sure if I like this album, but I am intrigued and I admire Judy Dyble for recording it. It begins in conventional folk mode but by stages morphs into something much stranger - the influence of Robert Fripp and Ian McDonald comes to the forefront and the final long track is much nearer King Crimson than Pentangle. But, at a time when most releases are from adolescent girls and repetetive guitar bands, Dyble shows that imagination and superb musicinaship are still out there and can produce remarkable results. Listen to this - I can't promise you'l like it, but you will hear something genuinely original.
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Judy Dyble is a great sunger. After being a lead singer in fairport Convention and in the dou Trader Horne (recommended) and singing for a while in the early... Read more
Judy Dyble is a great sunger. After being a lead singer in fairport Convention and in the dou Trader Horne (recommended) and singing for a while in the early... Read more
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Talking with Strangers
This has to be Judy Dyble's best album in recent years. Working with the masterful Tim Bowness she has created beautiful, yet gently wistful songs. Read more
Published on 19 Aug 2009 by Hastiepen
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