Richard & Linda Thompson Shoot...

摘要

After a decade of recording and touring as a couple, Richard and Linda Thompson found themselves dropped by Chrysalis Records when their 1979 LP Sunnyvista flopped. They had made five albums in total, and brought two children into the world, with another one on the way. Clearly, it was time for a radical re-think. Scottish singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty, going through his most commercially successful period, helped them keep afloat by booking the Thompsons as the support act for his 1980 tour. He also used Richard as a session player on his Night Owl album. So enamoured of the duo was Rafferty that he offered to finance and produce a new Richard and Linda Thompson album. Problem solved? Well, not quite.