The Richard Thompson Band

We'd be hard-pressed to come up with another performer who has issued such a consistently accomplished string of records over a longer period of time than droll British folk-rock icon Richard Thompson. Unfortunately, consistency can lead to complacency on the part of listeners who've "heard it all before." However, his latest, Dream Attic, is no scrappy-sloppy greatest-hits set; this collection of 13 fresh tunes measures up to the exacting standards of Thompson’s recent studio work.