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Track List
01) Tear Stained Letter
02) How I Wanted To
03) Both Ends Burning
04) A Poisoned Heart and a Twisted Memory
05) Where the Wind Don't Whine
06) The Wrong Heartbeat
07) Hand of Kindness
08) Devonside
09) Two Left Feet
01) Tear Stained Letter
02) How I Wanted To
03) Both Ends Burning
04) A Poisoned Heart and a Twisted Memory
05) Where the Wind Don't Whine
06) The Wrong Heartbeat
07) Hand of Kindness
08) Devonside
09) Two Left Feet
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First Released
1983
Rock
Happy
Folk
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"Hand of Kindness" is the second solo studio album album by Richard Thompson recorded and released in 1983. It is his first solo album since 1972's Henry the Human Fly.
After the "Tour From Hell" to promote Shoot Out the Lights, Richard Thompson resumed a solo career as a recording and performing artist.
Hand of Kindness is a distinct departure from the albums that preceded it. Thompson biographer Patrick Humphries observed that with this album Thompson "left the darkness behind him and walked out into the light". This is one of the most straightforward and up-tempo rock albums in the Thompson catalog. The mood is generally exuberant and Thompson's vocals and particularly his guitar playing are confident and extrovert. The one exception is the very dark and melancholy "Devonside", a track which Thompson rarely plays live, occasionally joking that he doesn't want to depress the audience.
The album opens with "Tear Stained Letter", which was later a Top Ten hit on the country music charts when Jo-El Sonnier recorded it on his 1987 album Come On Joe.
The album's cover photo features Thompson holding an acoustic guitar made for him by American luthier Danny Ferrington; the same guitar which appears on the cover of Thompson's next release Small Town Romance.
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"Hand of Kindness" is the second solo studio album album by Richard Thompson recorded and released in 1983. It is his first solo album since 1972's Henry the Human Fly.
After the "Tour From Hell" to promote Shoot Out the Lights, Richard Thompson resumed a solo career as a recording and performing artist.
Hand of Kindness is a distinct departure from the albums that preceded it. Thompson biographer Patrick Humphries observed that with this album Thompson "left the darkness behind him and walked out into the light". This is one of the most straightforward and up-tempo rock albums in the Thompson catalog. The mood is generally exuberant and Thompson's vocals and particularly his guitar playing are confident and extrovert. The one exception is the very dark and melancholy "Devonside", a track which Thompson rarely plays live, occasionally joking that he doesn't want to depress the audience.
The album opens with "Tear Stained Letter", which was later a Top Ten hit on the country music charts when Jo-El Sonnier recorded it on his 1987 album Come On Joe.
The album's cover photo features Thompson holding an acoustic guitar made for him by American luthier Danny Ferrington; the same guitar which appears on the cover of Thompson's next release Small Town Romance.
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