Richard and Linda Thompson hit the end of their road together and found their greatest acclaim in the powerful personal reflections of this metaphorical masterpiece. Most of the songs on 'Shoot Out the Lights' were written during their tour for 'Sunnyvista' as the opening act for Gerry Rafferty. They had lost their contract with Crysalis Records and recorded some demos on their own at Woodworm Studios in Oxfordshire. Rafferty financed and produced sessions at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire and lost about thirty thousand pounds trying to shop it around to record companies. The Thompsons were not happy with the Rafferty recordings. Richard recalls Rafferty's domineering attitude in the studio: "If I said something it was totally ignored and I thought 'hey, whose record is this anyway?'" When Joe Boyd signed them to his independent Hannibal a year later, they were all too happy to make new recordings with him at Olympic Studios in London. Linda, who was pregnant at the time, had breathing trouble and couldn't sing some of the songs. Still, she says 'Shoot Out the Lights' "took two days to record." Richard went on a small tour before the album was released and developed a relationship with his promoter Nancy Covey. By the time 'Shoot Out the Lights' came out, the Thompsons were separated. They toured together and the album was a critical success; but their marriage and professional partnership had come to an end.
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"Don't Renege on Our Love"
"Walking on a Wire"
"Just the Motion"
"Shoot Out the Lights"
"Wall of Death"
'Shoot Out the Lights'
full album:
All songs written by Richard Thompson except as noted.
Side one
"Don't Renege on Our Love" – 4:19
"Walking on a Wire" – 5:29
"Man in Need" – 3:36
"Just the Motion" – 6:19
Side two
"Shoot Out the Lights" – 5:24
"Back Street Slide" – 4:33
"Did She Jump or Was She Pushed?" (Richard Thompson, Linda Thompson) – 4:52
"Wall of Death" – 3:43
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