Reflection (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Reflection
Type = Album
Artist = Pentangle


Released = 1971
Recorded =
Genre = Folk rock
Length =
Label = Transatlantic Records
Producer = Bill Leader
Reviews = *Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:c9z8b5m4bsq4 link]
Last album = "Cruel Sister"
(1970)
This album = "Reflection"
(1971)
Next album = "Solomon's Seal"
(1972)

:"See also Reflection 1969 album by Steamhammer."

Reflection was an album recorded in 1971 by folk-rock band Pentangle: Terry Cox, Bert Jansch, Jacqui McShee, John Renbourn and Danny Thompson. The folk numbers on this album are more Appalachian than British—in both the selection of songs and the arrangements, with notable use of banjos. The songs include "Wedding dress", "Omie Wise", "Rain and snow" and "Will The Circle Be Unbroken". This song includes some delicate wah-wah electric guitar and blues harmonica.

Amongst their own compositions, "When I Get Home" is a Jansch song, accompanied by his folk guitar plus a jazz lead guitar line by Renbourn. The song depicts a man getting drunk at a party, whilst his woman waits for him at home—sung with feeling by Jansch. "So Clear" (a rare John Renbourn composition for the band) is a number in which the whole band work together as a team, reminiscent of some of their earliest work. "Reflection", the title song of the album is an atmospheric piece, beginning with triple-tracked bowed and plucked double bass and ending with an improvisational jazzy section.

The album was recorded over a three-week period in March 1971, at a time when the tensions between the band members were high. Different band members were continually threatening to leave and attendance by Jansch and Renbourn at the recording sessions was dependent on their state of sobriety. [cite book
last =Harper | first =Colin | title =Dazzling Stranger: Bert Jansch and the British Folk and Blues Revival (paperback edn.) | publisher =Bloomsbury | date =2006 | pages =p.229
isbn=0-7475-8725-6] Nevertheless, "Reflection" is highly regarded for its recording quality (the only Pentangle album to make full use of a 16-track studio) and was creatively successful.

Track listing

# "Wedding Dress" (Traditional) – 4:48
# "Omie Wise" (Traditional) – 4:23
# "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" (Traditional) – 4:06
# "When I Get Home" (Pentangle) – 4:55
# "Rain and Snow" (Traditional) – 3:49
# "Helping Hand" (Pentangle) – 3:27
# "So Clear" (Pentangle) – 4:49
# "Reflection" (Pentangle) – 11:14

Release History

"Reflection" was release in 1971 in the UK as Transatlantic TRA24O. The U.S. release, also in 1971, was Reprise R56463.

Credits

* Terry Cox – drums, percussion, vocals
* Bert Jansch – acoustic guitar, banjo, vocals
* Jacqui McShee – vocals
* John Renbourn – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals
* Danny Thompson – double bass

References

External links

* [http://www.dannythompson.co.uk/ The Danny Thompson Website]