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The Girl Who Couldn't Fly | 
| Artist: Kate Rusby
Label: Pure
Category: Music
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 4854
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
EAN: 5060066680047
ASIN: B000A17H50
Release Date: November 5, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Game of All Fours | | • | The Lark | | • | No Names | | • | Mary Blaize | | • | A Ballad | | • | You Belong To Me | | • | Elfin Knight | | • | Bonny House of Airlie | | • | Moon Shadow | | • | Wandering Soul | | • | Fare Thee Well | | • | Bonus Track: Little Jack Frost |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
A succession of plaudit-harvesting folk albums and subsequent international renown means that Yorkshire's Kate Rusby no longer needs to be nurtured with kind words of condescension along the lines of lass, babe and starlet, and yet there remains something irredeemably youthful about The Girl Who Couldn't Fly. It's not just the butterfly flutter of Rusby's voice--which allows the nudge and wink of a smutty traditional favourite like "Game Of All Fours" to retain its charade and the magic of innocent years to linger. Sometimes the songs are bare--guitar and vocals--but they're never spartan, pink as nature intended, a curiously roseate melancholia where even an ill-fated adieu such as "No Names"--one of three songs sang, improbably, with Roddy Woomble of Idlewild--mollifies as fluently as a lullaby. The jolly virtues of the traditional "Mary Blaize" and Rusby's very own faux-traditional epic "Elfin Knight" are fleshier, finding Rusby accompanied by such folk scene luminati as Michael McGoldrick, Andy Cutting and John McCusker to ebullient effect. Proof, indeed, that folk music need not be studiously dour or touristically picturesque. If the current British folk scene is to produce a genuine household name, it's likely to be Kate Rusby.--Kevin Maidment
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| Customer Reviews: Read 11 more reviews...
 Roddy Woomble is the cherry on top! October 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kate Rusby is a treat and possibly the most unsung performer in the UK. I own hundreds of CDs and very few of them continue to move me like "The Girl Who Couldn't Fly". From the teasing, light-hearted rhyme of `Mary Blaize' to the haunting simplicity of `Fare Thee Well', this album is a treat for the ears and a journey for the emotions. 'No Names' is the ultimate highlight for me, specifically because of Roddy Woomble's fantastic contribution. The vast space between Kate and Roddy's tones serves only to add to the bittersweet parting message that the song contains. This is a wonderful album that deserves much wider critical aclaim than it has received so far.
Wistful love songs by young chanteuse February 7, 2007
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
As many of the other reviewers have stated Kate Rusby has a beautiful plaintiff voice and this can be both a blessing and a hindrance as she will never have the vocal range and power of say June Tabor however when she sticks to what she is good at as in this album she is a fine singer songwriter and arranger of traditional words and music. This is a very good album and the fact that most of the songs are originals is a pleasant surprise as too many folk singers still labour under the impression that folkies like only proper folk tunes as collected by Percy Grainger.
Brilliant at times November 6, 2006
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Ninety per cent of this is her usual high standard. There are however a few songs that sound a bit tired and I don't think her voice is at its youthful, wistful best. That said, this is an album well worth having if you like Kate Rusby.
 terribly twee August 20, 2006
4 out of 50 found this review helpful
This has a newly written track called 'fare thee well' and one on a knight on yon hill. No-one says 'fare thee well' or 'yon' these days. Cutting edge this ain't. Sounds nice but the lyrics are therefore clear as day and are very lightweight. Anyone writing about a Moon Shadow risks comparison with Cat Stevens and Maggie Reilly/Mike Oldfield. Kate'e effort here emphasises the weakness of the song writing on this album.
 Magical discovery April 19, 2006
20 out of 22 found this review helpful
Over many years living abroad I've kind of lost touch with UK folk music (the great RT excepted, of course). So when I saw this recommended on Amazon.uk, I thought: 'Why not?' And no regrets - this is a gorgeous recording by an outstanding performer. I can only back up all the other reviewers who gave this 5 stars. ('No Names' and 'Fare thee well' are particular stand-out tracks.) I will be ordering more by Kate Rusby immediately. Try this one and you are very unlikely to be disappointed.
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