“Read About Love” by Richard Thompson

"Read About Love" comes from Rumor and Sigh, Richard Thompson's 1991 album for Capitol, and he wrote it, sings it and plays the guitar, with Mitchell Froom producing, Jerry Scheff on bass and Mickey Curry on drums.

The record was the British songwriter's thirteenth since he left Fairport Convention in 1971, and it brought him real commercial success: "I Feel So Good" became his biggest American hit, "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" grew into a fan favourite, and the album landed a Grammy nod for Best Alternative Music Album. Even the title has literary roots, lifted, American spelling and all, from a poem by Archibald MacLeish.

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