Track Listing

1. Lowlands Of Holland
2. Diesremember Me
3. Rigs O' Rye
4. Goin' Back
5. Water Is Wide [Oh Waly Waly]
6. Dream Angus
7. Witch Of The Westmerlands
8. Lady Franklin's Lament
9. Palm Sunday
10. Smile

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #43027 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

CD Description
Barbara Dickson was born in Dunfermline, Scotland. Her singing career started in folk clubs around her native Fife in the sixties, exposing her to a rich combination of traditional and contemporary music. 2008 will see Barbara celebrating 40 years as a professional musician. As a multi-million selling recording artist with an equally impressive Olivier award-winning acting career, Barbara Dickson has firmly established herself as one of the most versatile performers in the UK.

Customer Reviews

A lovely, accessible disc
Count me among the fans who weren't overly thrilled with "Full Circle" (apart from "Faithless Love"). I've never been high on folk music, but I simply love Barbara Dickson's voice. This disc seems like a neat compromise, by using more pop songs (and pop-styled songs) in addition to traditional folk tunes. Then the arrangements are clever and richly layered, and Dickson's voice is still as powerful as ever. She is simply one of the best interpreters of songs around.

My favorite cuts include Charlie Dore's bittersweet "Disremember Me" and Dickson's own composition "Palm Sunday," which is absolutely gorgeous. The more traditional folk songs also work for a pop fan like me: "Dream Angus" is quite haunting, with backing vocalists used in a subtle fashion.

My rating would actually be 4 1/2 stars, but because we can't do halves, I'll give it the benefit. It is Barbara, after all.

Barbara Dickson at her very best!
This is a stunning album. Barbara Dickson at her very best. Creative, thoughtful, superbly sung and produced. A masterly weaving of traditional and contemporary songs, the latter including the stunning 'Palm Sunday' co- written by Barbara and producer, Troy Donockley.

Other highlights here are the glorious 'Dream Angus' 'The Witch of the Westmerlands' 'The Lowlands of Holland' and the 'Rigs o Rye' but every track is a creative gem and there's no doubt that Dickson is now at the height of her powers as a singer and musician.

It's sad. (but predictable) that a tiny minority of so-called 'fans' are determined to confine Barbara Dickson to the bland easy listening pop of the 1980s. She is - and always has been - too good to waste her talent and glorious voice on such banal stuff. Don't know when the Northern Ireland reviewer last saw Barbara Dickson live but here on the mainland the tours of the past few years have seen constant sold out halls and standing ovations.

if you want 'January February' style pop - buy one of the endless compilation CDs. However if you want an inspired collection of superb traditional and contemporary songs from one of the finest female singers Britain has ever produced - buy Time and Tide. You will love it!

Getting better
I really don't like folk music at all and thought that Barbara's last folk album "Full Circle" was unlistenable (to this fan at least) apart from one or two tracks......"Faithless love" anyone? As someone who grew up with Barbara's pop/easy listening output, I am frustrated that she no longer wishes to explore this outlet and has put that era behind her. I do think it's rather self indulgent when artists turn their back on the music that has turned them into the people they are today in order to make the music that they want.

Okay - rant over!

I absolutely love this album. Sure, there's some folk stuff on it, but it's been toned down from the previous folk album and is slightly more easy listening oriented. Some of the tracks considered to be folk songs are, in my humble opinion, among the best on the album ("The water is wide"). It's also great to hear Barbara is writing again. One of my favourite albums of hers is "Sweet Oasis" (please put it on CD!), on which she wrote a good proportion of the tracks. Her track here, jointly written with producer Troy Donockley is beautiful and "Palm Sunday" is on heavy rotation with the aforementioned favourite of mine. Her version of the Charlie Chaplin classic - a song that's been done to death if ever there was one - breathes new life into an old song and is a perfect finish to the album.

To anyone who misses the Barbara Dickson of old, she ain't coming back and we have to accept this. For someone who likes her voice and like me, isn't into folk music and is put off buying this because of that, think again. It's a beautiful album and one that's restored my faith in her.