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Released
  
12 February 2007

Sense of Occasion (2007)
  
Festival Bell (2011)

Release date
  
12 February 2007

Genre
  
Folk rock

Length
  
1:07:39

Artist
  
Fairport Convention

Label
  
Matty Grooves

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Recorded
  
Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire; November 2006

Producer
  
Mark Tucker with Fairport Convention

Similar
  
Fairport Convention albums, Folk rock albums

Sense of Occasion is the 24th studio album by British folk-rock veterans Fairport Convention, released in February 2007.

Contents

Overview

The title comes from the fact that 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the band (although only one member, Simon Nicol, remains from the original line-up).

Track listing

  1. "Keep on Turning the Wheel" (Chris Leslie) – 4:18
  2. "Love on a Farmboy's Wages" (Andy Partridge) – 4:14
  3. "The Bowman's Return" (Ric Sanders) – 4:14
  4. "South Dakota to Manchester" (Leslie) – 4:12
  5. "Spring Song" (Leslie) – 4:37
  6. "Polly on the Shore" (Music: Dave Pegg; Lyrics: Dave Swarbrick, Trevor Lucas) – 5:03
  7. "Just Dandy" (Sanders) – 2:56
  8. "Tam Lin" (Traditional; arranged by Swarbrick) – 7:30
  9. "In Our Town" (Leslie) – 3:35
  10. "Edge of the World" (Leslie) – 4:08
  11. "Hawkwood's Army" (Pete Scrowther) – 4:24
  12. "The Vision" (Bob Miller, John Flanagan) – 4:21
  13. "Your Heart and Mine" (Sanders) – 3:40
  14. "Untouchable" (Glenn Tilbrook, Christopher Braid) – 4:28
  15. "Galileo's Apology" (PJ Wright) – 3:04
  16. "Best Wishes" (Steve Ashley) – 3:41

Personnel

  • Ric Sanders – violin
  • Simon Nicol – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar
  • Gerry Conway – vocals, drums, percussion, harmonium
  • Dave Pegg – vocals, bass guitar
  • Chris Leslie – vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, violin
  • Songs

    1Keep on Turning the Wheel4:10
    2Love on a Farmboy's Wages4:03
    3The Bowman's Return4:12

    References

    Sense of Occasion Wikipedia