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Red Sky (Ralph McTell album)

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Red Sky
Studio album by
Released2000
Length74:03
LabelLeola Music
ProducerRalph McTell
Ralph McTell chronology
Travelling Man
(1999)
Red Sky
(2000)
National Treasure
(2002)

Red Sky is a studio album by English singer-songwriter Ralph McTell, released in 2000 by Leola Music.[1]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music[3]

Upon its release, Rob Beattie of Q described Red Sky as "an album far more substantial than could have been expected". He added: "At 75 minutes there are still a few horrors, but there's also plenty of the fine, observational balladry for which he made his name. The result is McTell's best record for 25 years."[4] In 2005, Helen Wright of musicOMH considered Red Sky "a lovely album for quiet listening". She wrote: "The tracks on Red Sky span a wider spectrum than the very English folk-rock sound that marked his early career, but the songs reflecting that heritage are the most successful. The excursions into other styles are sometimes triumphant, sometimes best not mentioned."[5]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Ralph McTell except "Raining in My Heart" by Felice Bryant and Boudleaux Bryant

No.TitleLength
1."Up"2:41
2."Wagon on the Motorway"4:28
3."In the Dreamtime"3:44
4."One Day Away from You"3:14
5."Lost Boys"2:17
6."Bicker and Rue"2:58
7."Now This Has Started"4:18
8."Easter Lilies"3:54
9."Raining in My Heart"2:52
10."Icarus Survived the Fall"3:07
11."Saucers (Aquamarine)"2:40
12."When Love Has Gone"2:11
13."Let Me Fly or Let Me Fall"2:50
14."I Suppose"3:23
15."I Love Driving West"3:19
16."I'm Not Really Blue"3:34
17."Fin"4:44
18."I'll Keep This with Mine (Leaving 'Liggan Woods)"5:05
19."Red Sky at Night"11:04

References

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  1. ^ "Red Sky - Ralph McTell | Releases". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Red Sky - Ralph McTell | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (4 September 2009). The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music - Google Books. ISBN 9781852279479. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ Beattie, Rob (January 2001). "Albums". Q.
  5. ^ "Ralph McTell - Red Sky - Album Reviews". musicOMH. 30 May 2005. Retrieved 29 December 2019.