Arthur The King CD

MUSIC

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Name Of Arthur, The ~ Maddy Prior

2. Veturae Remembering ~ Maddy Prior

3. Hallows I ~ Maddy Prior

4. Queen And Sovereignty ~ Maddy Prior

5. Hallows II ~ Maddy Prior

6. Tribal Warriors ~ Maddy Prior

7. Hallows III ~ Maddy Prior

8. Sentry ~ Maddy Prior

9. Hallows IV ~ Maddy Prior

10. Once And Future King ~ Maddy Prior

11. Beynardine ~ Maddy Prior

12. Hail The Ball ~ Maddy Prior

13. Duke Of Marlboroguh ~ Maddy Prior

14. Fanny Blair ~ Maddy Prior

15. Lark In The Morning ~ Maddy Prior

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Maddy Prior (vocals); Troy Donockley (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, cittern, whistle, Uilleann pipe, background vocals); Nick Holland (keyboards, background vocals); Terl Bryant (drums, percussion).
	Maddy Prior has challenged herself -- and her fans -- continuously throughout her illustrious career. While many of her solo releases since Steeleye Span's mid-'70s heydays have been spotty, they've never been boring. That troubadour spirit continues on "Arthur the King," a ten-part song cycle concerning the historical King Arthur, augmented by five tracks that revisit her early work both bold and brittle. Teaming up once again with longtime collaborator/producer Troy Donockley, Arthur the King channels the Steeleye Span art rock glory of records like Storm Force Ten and Commoner's Crown, while maintaining the contemporary sound of more recent endeavors. Nick Holland's solid and imaginative keyboards, Terl Bryant on drums and percussion, and the aforementioned Donockley utilizing his multi-instrumental skills on electric and acoustic guitars, whistles, and cittern provide a lucid canvas for Prior's (still breathtaking) vocals. Memorable cuts include "Veturae Remembering," a call-and-response ballad that finds the legendary King reminiscing about his childhood in Rome, and "Tribal Warriors," a balls-out rocker that finds Prior channeling angry youth with a vigor that would make women half her age envious. The five tracks that make up Arthur's second half are more inconsistent. While the rousing Prior/Donockley-penned "Hail the Ball" is one of her finest in years, her reworking of "Lark in the Morning" and "Reynardine" are pretty but unnecessary. Arthur the King is a slow grower, but at this stage in her career Prior has no need to "give the people what they want," and that more than anything makes what she has accomplished here more than worthy of placement in her remarkable canon. ~ James Christopher Monger
Producer: Nick Holland; Troy Donockley
Engineer: Steve Watkins

Compilation Appearances

Oh Michael:friends Play Michael Chapm

Associated Artists and Works

	Carnival Band (Celtic)
	Hart, Tim
	Steeleye Span
	Tabor, June

Technical Info

	Release Date : 04/23/2001
	Original Release Date : 2004
	Catalog ID : PRKCD 58
	Label : Park Records (UK)
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00769934005825

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Arthur The King (2004)

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Associated Artists and Works

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