Angel Delight (album)

Angel Delight is the sixth album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. This was the first Fairport Convention album without guitarist Richard Thompson, and the lineup consisted of Simon Nicol (guitar, vocals) (the only original group member), Dave Swarbrick (violin, vocals), Dave Pegg (bass, vocals), and Dave Mattacks (drums).

The title derives from "The Angel" in Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, a former pub which the band were living in at the time,^[1] and the eponymous track is autobiographical, referring to "John the Wood" (co-producer), "Dave the Drum" (Mattacks), and even detail such as "peer through the haze watching Top Of The Pops". The band moved out of The Angel shortly after the album's release, partly because a lorry had run, out of control, into Dave Swarbrick's bedroom.^[2]

Musically, Angel Delight progressed little from its predecessors, although an appearance on Top of the Pops as a featured album contributed to its chart success;^[3] it reached number eight in the UK Album chart, making it the band's highest charting album in the UK.^[4]

[edit] Track listing

"Lord Marlborough" (Traditional) - 3:27
"Sir William Gower" (Traditional) - 5:00
"Bridge over the River Ash"^[5] (Traditional) - 2:15
"Wizard of the Worldly Game" (Nicol, Swarbrick) - 4:08
"The Journeyman's Grace" (Swarbrick, Thompson) - 4:35
"Angel Delight" (Mattacks, Nicol, Pegg, Swarbrick) - 4:09
"Banks of the Sweet Primroses" (Traditional) - 4:15
"Instrumental Medley: The Cuckoo's Nest/Hardiman the Fiddler/Papa Stoor" (Traditional) - 3:28
"The Bonny Black Hare" (Traditional) - 3:08
"Sickness and Diseases" (Swarbrick, Thompson) - 3:47
"The Journeyman's Grace" (Swarbrick, Thompson) - 3:53 ^[6]

[edit] References

^ History of Fairport. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
^ Angel Delight lyrics. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
^ Angel Delight (23 March 2006). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
^ UK Chart Stats
^ which flowed through the rear garden of The Angel - Angel Delight (23 March 2006). Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
^ CD bonus track from BBC radio session

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Discography

Studio albums	Fairport Convention (1968) · What We Did on Our Holidays (1969) · Unhalfbricking (1969) · Liege & Lief (1969) · Full House (1970) · Angel Delight (1971) · Babbacombe Lee (1971) · Rosie (1973) · Nine (1973) · Rising for the Moon (1975) · Gottle O'Geer (1976) · The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977) · Tipplers Tales (1978) · Gladys' Leap (1985) · Expletive Delighted (1986) · In Real Time (1987) · Heyday (1987) · Red and Gold (1989) · The Five Seasons (1990) · Jewel in the Crown (1995) · Old New Borrowed Blue (1996) · Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1997) · Cropredy 98 (1999) · The Wood and the Wire (1999) · XXXV (2001) · Over the Next Hill (2004) · Sense of Occasion (2007)

Singles	"If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (1968) · "Meet on the Ledge" (1968) · "I'll Keep It With Mine" (1969) · "Si Tu Dois Partir" (1969) · "If (Stomp)" (1970) · "Now Be Thankful" (1970)

Live albums	Fairport Live Convention (1974) · Live at the L.A. Troubadour (1977) · Farewell Farewell (1979) · Moat on the Ledge - Live at Broughton Castle (1982) · House Full (1986) · 25th Anniversary Concert (1992) · Heyday: BBC Radio Sessions, 1968-1969 (2002) · The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (2004) · Journeyman's Grace (2005) · Off the Desk (2006) · Live at the BBC (2007)

Compilations	History of Fairport Convention (1972) · Tour Sampler (1975) · The Woodworm Years (1991) · Rhythm of the Times (2003)

Box sets	The Cropredy Box (1998)

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