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1976 compilation album by Richard Thompson

Live! (More or Less)

Compilation album by Richard Thompson

Released

1976

Recorded

1969–1976

Genre

Rock

Length

88:58

Label

Island

Producer

Richard Thompson, Richard Williams and John Wood

Richard Thompson chronology

(guitar, vocal)
(1976)

Live! (More or Less)
(1976)

Strict Tempo!
(1981)

Live! (More or Less) is an album released in 1976 under Richard Thompson's name, but mostly consisting of work actually recorded with his then wife as Richard and Linda Thompson.

This was a U.S. only release. The first disc of the two-disc set is, in fact, the 1974 release I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight by Richard and Linda Thompson. The second disc consists of eight tracks from the (guitar, vocal) compilation issued only in the UK, two of which were recorded live.

The album was critically well-received on its release, but only because it included I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight, which had come to be very well regarded. Its ratings either reflect that fact or that it is redundant and only significant to completists.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Christgau's Record Guide	A−

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Thompson except where indicated otherwise.

Disc one

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"When I Get to the Border"	3:26
2.	"The Calvary Cross"	3:51
3.	"Withered and Died"	3:24
4.	"I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight"	3:07
5.	"Down Where the Drunkards Roll"	4:05

Side two
No.	Title	Length
6.	"We Sing Hallelujah"	2:49
7.	"Has He Got a Friend for Me"	3:32
8.	"The Little Beggar Girl"	3:24
9.	"The End of the Rainbow"	3:55
10.	"The Great Valerio"	5:22

Disc two

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Ballad of Easy Rider"	Roger McGuinn	4:52
2.	"Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman"	Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick	5:31
3.	"A Heart Needs a Home"		4:00
4.	"The Dark End of the Street"	Dan Penn, Chips Moman	4:14
5.	"The Pitfall/The Excursion"		2:57
6.	"Flee as a Bird"	Traditional; arranged by Richard Thompson	3.12

Side two
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Night Comes In"	12:22
8.	"Calvary Cross"	13:24

References

Christgau, Robert. "Richard Thompson: Live! (More or Less)". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
^ Deming, Mark. Live! at AllMusic. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 16 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.

Richard Thompson

Original albums

Solo albums	Henry the Human Fly Strict Tempo! Hand of Kindness Across a Crowded Room Daring Adventures Amnesia Rumor and Sigh Mirror Blue You? Me? Us? Mock Tudor The Old Kit Bag 1000 Years of Popular Music Front Parlour Ballads Sweet Warrior Dream Attic Electric Acoustic Classics Still Acoustic Classics II 13 Rivers Ship to Shore
with Linda Thompson	I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Hokey Pokey Pour Down Like Silver First Light Sunnyvista Shoot Out the Lights
with Danny Thompson	Industry

Live albums

Other releases

Compilation albums

Songs

Backing musicians

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