Richard Thompson - Hippies, Thugs and Heroes Format:Black Vinyl 2LP the album captures an artist

the album captures an artist at the peak of his creative confidence

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from a process that entailed self-discovery at a deliberate pace to songs that seem to collectively ask where we go from here

Richard Thompson - Hippies, Thugs and Heroes Format:Black Vinyl 2LP the album captures an artistSixty years into a career that began with Fairport Convention and has spanned decades as one of rock's most acclaimed singer songwriters, Richard Thompson is still chasing surprise. On Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, he lets his subconscious take the wheel, pulling from a cast of old friends, false gurus, former selves, and invented characters who insisted on having their stories told. The result is an album that refuses to sit still. It opens with the