Linda Thompson
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Biography
Although she is one of the best known female singers to emerge from the UK rock/folk boom of the 1970s, Linda Thompson's time in the spotlight was relatively short-lived. The husband and wife duo released six studio albums between 1974 and 1982 with their first collaboration being 'I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight'. Now regarded as a masterpiece, the album was overlooked upon its release in 1974 and achieved very little commercial success.
Although the duo showed great promise their careers were blighted by their tumultuous personal relationship and the couple's flirtations with Sufism, a mystical form of Islam that in reality took the form of a controlling cult. At one point her husband stopped playing electric guitar on the orders of the cult's mullah and this had a detrimental effect on both their careers.
Following the break up of their relationship in 1982, which came ironically when the couple were enjoying the peak of their success, Thompson lost her voice as a result of a neurological disorder called spasmodic dysphonia. The condition obviously meant her career was on hold and although she released the solo album 'One Clear Moment', in 1985 the condition recurred and she didn't release another album until 'Fashionably Late' in 2002. She has since released three more studio albums and has also collaborated on 'Family' a project recording with Richard Thompson and other members of her family.
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Albums
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- Never Again by Richard & Linda Thompson
- Nine Stone Rig
- The Sun Never Shines On The Poor by Richard & Linda Thompson
- I'll Regret It All In The Morning by Linda Thompson
- The Egypt Room by Linda Thompson
- When I Get To The Border by Linda Thompson
- The Little Beggar Girl by Linda Thompson
- The End Of The Rainbow by Richard & Linda Thompson
- I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight by Linda Thompson
- Dear Old Man of Mine
- Down Where The Drunkards Roll by Richard & Linda Thompson
- Hokey Pokey by Linda Thompson
- I Might Learn To Love Him Later On (Tra-La-La-La)
- Porgy and Bess, Act II, Scene 4: All right, I'm goin' out to get Clara...Oh, Doctor Jesus featuring London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Beautiful Dreamer by Martha Wainwright
- Streets Of Paradise by Richard & Linda Thompson
- Talking Like A Man
- Beat The Retreat by Richard & Linda Thompson
- Dimming Of The Day / Dargai by Richard & Linda Thompson
- The Lark In The Clean Air by Cara Dillon
- Dear Mary featuring Richard Thompson
- Wotcher! (Knocked 'Em Dead In The Old Kent Road) by Roy Hudd
- If It Wasn't For The 'ouses In Between (or The Cockney's Garden) by John Foreman
- Berlington Bertie From Bow by Teddy Thompson
