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"The Unthanks have filed their soundtrack to Richard Fenwick's documentary about the north-east's shipyards under "Diversions Vol 3", but it proves as arresting as their "proper" albums. It's a stark creation, using little more than piano, violin and voices, but its minimalism lends poignancy to songs and poetry narrating the glory and grime of a vanished era. Mostly it's grime that's recalled; the hellish "Black Trade" that makes 'life a job', while "Monkey Dung Man" relates the perils of asbestos. Kipling's "Big Steamers" becomes lament rather than jingoism, Costello's "Shipbuilding" is skilfully underplayed and, on "Fairfield Crane", Rachel Unthank delivers a scene-stealing solo vocal." (Neil Spencer, The Guardian; waardering: 4 uit 5 sterren)
Nederlands
| Titel | Diversions Vol. 3: Songs From The Shipyards |
| Instelling | The Unthanks |
| Type materiaal | CD |
| Uitgave | Rabble Rouser, 2012 |
| Overige gegevens | 1 disc |
| Annotatie | Tracks: (2) The Unthanks - A Great Northern River (Graeme Miles); (3) The Unthanks - Black Trade (Jez Lowe); (4) The Unthanks - Farifield Crane (Archie Fisher / Bobby Campbell); (5) The Unthanks - Big Steamers (Rudyard Kipling / Peter Bellamy); (6) The Unthanks - All In A Day (Alex Gasgow); (7) The Unthanks - The Romantic Tees I: The Romantic Tees (McNally/Price/Graeme Miles); (8) The Unthanks - The Romantic Tees II: Tyne Slides By (Alex Glasgow); (9) The Unthanks - The Romantic Tees III: The Looking Back Song (Johnny Handle); (10) The Unthanks - Shipbuilding (original by Elvis Costello; written for Robert Wyatt); (11) The Unthanks - Monkey Dung Man (Jez Lowe); (12) The Unthanks - Taking On Man (Jez Lowe); (13) The Unthanks - Only Remembered (John Tams). |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Onderwerp algemeen | Folk Modern |