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Empire and Love | 
| Artist: The Imagined Village
Label: Emmerson, Corncrake and Constantine
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 2683
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5 x 0.3
EAN: 5060214040020
ASIN: B002WN2QHI
Release Date: January 11, 2010
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| Tracks:
| • | My Son John (Trad arranged Martin Carthy and the Imagined Village) | | • | Sweet Jane (Sheema Murkeryee and Chris Wood) | | • | Space Girl (Trad. arr. Peggy Seeger/Ewan MacColl) | | • | Byker Hill (Trad arranged Martin Carthy and the Imagined Village) | | • | Scarborough Fair (Trad Arranged Martin Carthy, Chris Wood and The Imagined Village) | | • | Mermaid (Trad arranged Eliza Carthy and The Imagined Village) | | • | The Handweaver and the Factory Maid (Trad arranged Chris Wood and Martin Carthy and The Imagined Village) | | • | Lark In the Morning (Trad Arranged Jackie Oates, Eliza Carthy and The Imagined Village) | | • | Rose Buds in June/Mrs Preston's Horn Pipe (Trad Arranged Eliza Carthy, Martin Green and The Imagined Village) | | • | Cum On Feel the Noize (Noddy Holder/James Lea) | | • | Scarborough Fair, String Reprive (Trad Arranged Martin Carthy, Chris Wood, John Metcalfe) |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 19
 Great stuff! June 16, 2010
M. Dukes
VG modern folky bits - excellent cultural fusion - the percussion is especially good but could have been given even greater prominence
 You'll never buy anything more worthy of a tenner...! May 31, 2010
Mr. I. Sandell (Salisbury, England)
Saw The Imagined Village at Salisbury City Hall on Saturday night - they were transcendent, utterly fantastic! I have to confess I'm a hard audience, even for bands that I like a lot - I find myself fidgeting in my seat at the longeurs or generally less impressive tunes, but the Imagined Village, despite my only being faintly acquainted with the first album, were riveting - my favourite gig in a very long time.
Bought 'Empire & Love' on the way out, and it still hasn't left the player. I think I understand what the Carthy's and their fine array of other musicians are trying to achieve; a reflection and interpretation of Britain's multi-cultural make-up without being tokenist or twee, and by re-interpreting and re-inventing older folk standards, they demonstrate how much changes but also how much stays the same.
They play with such obvious enjoyment and huge technical accomplishment - as a previous reviewer astutely said, they are national treasures, and should be feted wherever they go! Wherever they do go, you should go too - you won't regret it.
'Empire & Love' is a five-star gem.
Good album May 10, 2010
C. Vyse
I enjoyed this album very much, not quite as good in my opinion as the last one but still some great tracks
Superb listening experience March 23, 2010
CN (UK)
I bought this album in Glasgow at the Celtic Connections Imagined Village gig at the Cornmarket hall.
Despite being asleep on my feet I enjoyed the concert enormously. It was the musical highlight of my 4 days.
Back at home i have listened to this Cd again and again. On different types of equipment and at different times of the day. I keep hearing different instrumental and vocal treats. Having bought this as much as a souvenir as anything after so many plays I can now write a review.
I think that the sitar playing is truly exciting and so imaginative. The rhythms are excellent and the vocals vary from being lead to harmony. You might say that this is a clever album but I think it is the result of inspiration and hard work.
My favourite track might be Cmon feel the noise which is so different to the Slade original it makes me laugh, sing along and think, all at the same time. The soldier song is very moving and I think should be played by all those who support the armed forces, it's a tribute and a commentary as it was in Napoleonic times when it was first sung.
There are plenty of tracks you can see on Youtube to get the flavour of this most unusual band. The first CD is also brilliant and very playable.
Another Corker from Imagined Village! March 4, 2010
Small Mercies (Sussex UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is more of a 'band' album, the first album featuring more guests and 'assembled' pieces I would guess but here they sound as if they are playing together as a band on every number. A great album from a fascinating band. Martin Carthy's Updated version of My son John shows that songs written for the Napoleonic wars can still ring true today! Eliza's version Of Space Girl you may have heard on the radio and is great fun with the ring of truth and Martin's version of Cum on Feel The Noize is both a surprise and a delight. Though I have mentioned the Carthy clan here that in no way should detract from the fact that this is a 'Band' album and what an astoundingly good band they are. Give it a listen do, this band are National Treasures.
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