Hang Up Sorrow and Care is an album by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.[2][3] Released in 1995, it is a loose concept album, with renditions of songs that were written hundreds of years ago.[4][5]
| Hang Up Sorrow and Care | |
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1995 |
| Label | Park Records[1] |
Critical reception
edit| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Indianapolis Star | [5] |
Stereo Review stated: "Ballads and dances to the heart and the bottle are expertly played in a trad setting that features such instruments as lute, recorder, hoboy, curtal, kazoo, and 'ye great dooble bass'."[7] The St. Louis Post-Dispatch deemed Hang Up Sorrow and Care "the most inspired drinking album of the digital era."[8]
AllMusic wrote that "Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band have made a real party album, of witty, upbeat traditional songs from the British Isles."[6]
Track listing
edit- Prodigal's Resolution (Anon 18th century)
- 5 Playford Tunes (from Playford's "English Dancing Master")
- The World is Turned Upside Down (Anon 17th century)
- Jovial Beggar (Anon 17th century)
- Leathern Bottle (Anon 17th century)
- Iantha (Anon English 18th century)
- An Thou were my ain Thing (Anon Scottish 18th century)
- Oh that I had but a Fine Man (Pelham Humphry)
- Now O Now I needs must part (John Dowland)
- Man is for the Woman made (Henry Purcell)
- A Northern Catche/The Little Barleycorne (John Hilton/Trad)
- Granny's Delight/My Lady Foster's Delight (Anon 18th century)
- A Round of Three Country Dances in One (Thomas Ravenscroft)
- Youth's the Season Made for Joys (Words: John Gay/Tune: anon)
- In The Days of my Youth (Words: John Gay/Tune: anon)
- Never weatherbeaten sail (Thomas Campion)
- Old Simon the King (Anon)
Personnel
edit- Maddy Prior - vocals
- William Badley - baroque guitar, lute, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo mandolin, vocals
- Andrew Davis - Double Bass
- Giles Lewin - violin, recorders, hoboy, mandolin, vocals
- Andrew Watts - Flemish bagpipes, shalman, curtals, recorders, melodica, kazoo, vocals
- Rafaello Mizraki - drums, percussion, cello, Hammond organ, vocals
- Arrangements by Andrew Watts
References
edit- ^ Sweers, Britta (13 January 2005). "Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music". Oxford University Press – via Google Books.
- ^ Poet, J. (July 1996). "Folk — Hang Up Sorrow and Care by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band". Utne Reader (76): 117.
- ^ Donohue, Simon (6 December 1997). "Maddy madness this Christmas". News. Lancashire Telegraph.
- ^ "ARTS: TAKE NOTE". The Daily Telegraph. 25 November 1995. p. 9.
- ^ a b Penner, Diana (5 May 1996). "Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band 'Hang Up Sorrow & Care". The Indianapolis Star. p. I8.
- ^ a b "Hang Up Sorrow & Care - Maddy Prior | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Richardson, Ken (July 1996). "Hang Up Sorrow and Care". Stereo Review. 61 (7): 80.
- ^ Harris, Paul A. (22 November 1996). "BOTTOMS UP!". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4E.