Single Flame, the second album of British singer-songwriter Lucy Ward, was released in the United Kingdom by Navigator Records on 19 August 2013.[3] It was critically acclaimed and received a four-starred review in The Guardian.[2]
The album includes "For the Dead Men", a self-penned protest song, which was released as a single in January 2012 coupled with a remixed version of "Maids When You’re Young" (a song that had been included on Ward's debut album Adelphi Has to Fly.
Receptionedit
In a four-starred review for The Guardian, Robin Denselow said that Lucy Ward "proves to be an even more mature and thoughtful singer-songwriter than she was on Adelphi Has to Fly" and described her follow-up album as "impressive and original" and "a brooding, often angry set that deals with everything from politics to love, death and personal tragedy, with a couple of powerful traditional songs added in".[2]
Hazel Davis, for americanaUK, described it as a much angrier album than her debut release but "a genuinely eclectic sounding collection" with "songs that are Thea Gilmore-good".[4]
Simon Holland, for Folk Radio UK, said that the album was "charged, emotive and utterly compelling".[3]
Track listingedit
"I Cannot Say I Will Not Speak" (Lucy Ward) 4:04
"Honey" (Stu Hanna/Lucy Ward) 3:41
"The Last Pirouette" (Lucy Ward) 3:55
"Icarus" (Lucy Ward) 5:14
"Velvet Sky" (Stu Hanna/Lucy Ward) 4:13
"Rites of Man" (Lucy Ward) 5:08
"The Consequence" (Lucy Ward) 2:15
"Lord I Don't Want To Die in the Storm (Stu Hanna/Lucy Ward) 4:09
"For the Dead Men" (Lucy Ward) 4:25
"Marching Through the Green Grass" (Traditional) 2:50
"Ink" (Lucy Ward) 4:11
"Shellback" (Lucy Ward) 4:38
Total album length = 48:43
Personneledit
Lucy Ward – vocals, guitar, concertina
Izzl Cooper – cello
Anna Esslemont – violin (on "For the Dead Men")
Joy Gravestock – violin
Sebastian Hale Smith – double bass
Debbie Hanna – backing vocals
Stu Hanna – guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, B3 organ and backing vocals
Sam Pegg – bass guitar
Stephen MacLachlan – drums
Productionedit
Single Flame was produced by Stu Hanna from Megson, who also performs on the album, with his wife Debbie Hanna providing backing vocals. The photography and artwork on the CD cover was by Elly Lucas.[5]
Notes and referencesedit
^Reinhard Zierke (18 July 2013). "For the Dead Men". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
^ abSimon Holland (5 August 2013). "Lucy Ward – Single Flame". Album Reviews, Featured Albums. Folk Radio UK. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
^Hazel Davis (29 August 2013). "Lucy Ward "Single Flame"". CD Reviews. americanaUK. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
^Reinhard Zierke (8 October 2020). "Single Flame". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
External linksedit
Lucy Ward: Official website
January 01, 1970
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