“Train Song” by Pentangle

"Train Song" comes off Basket of Light, Pentangle's 1969 album, and it's a full-band affair: all five members share the writing credit. Bert Jansch and John Renbourn both play guitar, Danny Thompson holds down the double bass, Terry Cox is on drums, and the singing is split between Jacqui McShee and Jansch. Shel Talmy produced, with Damon Lyon-Shaw and John Pantry at the desk as engineers.

The album's notes went out of their way to point out that every instrument on the record is acoustic, so this is British folk rock built from nothing but wood, wire and skins. Basket of Light climbed to No. 5 on the UK Albums Chart and has since earned a place in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.