Big Dog 92-7 Music Guide

Sweet Child

RELEASE
1968
LABEL
Line
GENRES
Folk, Psychedelic, British Folk, British Folk-Rock, Folk-Rock

Album Review

Sweet Child, released in 1968, at the peak of Pentangle's career, is probably the most representative of their work. A sprawling two-record set, half recorded in the studio and half live at the Royal Festival Hall, showcases just how versatile Pentangle was in their unique brand of English folk, jazz, Celtic, blues, and pop styles. Some of the live covers are easily their finest performances. Furry Lewis' "Turn Your Money Green," sung by the delightful Jacqui McShee, swings sweetly, buttressed of course by John Renbourn and Bert Jansch's guitar tapestry. Charlie Mingus' "Haitian Flight Song" features a great solo by bassist Danny Thompson, who was easily one of the finest musicians to grace the instrument. The studio tracks are uniformly excellent as well, especially "The Time Has Come," which turns waltz time inside out. McShee, Renbourn, and Jansch all turn in career performances on this track. But these examples merely scratch the surface of Pentangle's peak. In all, Sweet Child is an awesome and delightful collection, and probably their finest hour.
Matthew Greenwald, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Market Song
  2. No More My Lord
  3. Turn Your Money Green
  4. Haitian Fight Song
  5. A Woman Like You
  6. Goodbye Pork-Pie Hat
  7. Three Dances: Brentzel Gay/La Rotta/The Earle of Salisbury
  8. Watch the Stars
  9. So Early in the Spring
  10. No Exit
  11. The Time Has Come
  12. Bruton Town
  13. Sweet Child
  14. I Loved a Lass
  15. Three Part Thing
  16. Savoy
  17. In Time
  18. In Your Mind
  19. I've Got a Feeling
  20. The Trees They Do Grow High
  21. Moon Dog
  22. Hole in the Coal