The Five Seasons

The Five Seasons is the seventeenth studio album by British folk rock band Fairport Convention.

The Five Seasons
Studio album by Fairport Convention
Released	December 1990
Recorded	April – August 1990
Studio	Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire
Genre	British folk rock
Label	New Routes
Producer	Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol
Fairport Convention chronology
Red & Gold (1988) The Five Seasons (1990) Jewel in the Crown (1995)

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Track listing

Side one

1. "Claudy Banks" (Traditional) - 5:53
2. "Cup of Tea!"/"A Loaf of Bread"/"Miss Monahan's" (Allcock, Traditional) - 3:16
3. "All Your Beauty" (Barry Lowe, Martin White) - 2:55
4. "Sock In It" (Dave Whetstone) - 5:29
5. "Gold" (Peter Blegvad) - 5:06

Side two

1. "Ginnie" (Huw Williams) - 4:10
2. "Mock Morris '90" (The Green Man/The Cropredy Badger/Molly On The Jetty) (Ric Sanders) - 4:53
3. "The Card Song"/"Shuffle the Pack" (Allcock, Mattacks, Nicol) - 4:26
4. "The Wounded Whale" (Archie Fisher, Traditional) - 6:43

Bonus Track on CD release

1. "Rhythm of the Time" (Dave Whetstone) - 5:52

Release history

• 1990, December: UK LP, New Routes RUE 005
• 1990, December : UK CD, New Routes RUE CD 005
• 1990, December : US CD, Rough Trade NR 005-2
• 1991, December : UK CD, Woodworm Records WRCD 019
• 1995, December : UK CD, HTD Records HTD CD 48

Personnel

Fairport Convention

• Maartin Allcock - guitars, bouzouki, mandolin, accordion, keyboards, vocals
• Ric Sanders - violin
• Dave Pegg - acoustic & bass guitars, vocals
• Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion, keyboards, harpsichord
• Simon Nicol - guitars, vocals, dobro

Technical

• Tim Matyear - engineer
• Barry Hammond with Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks - mixing