Single Flame
Single Flame, the second album of British singer-songwriter Lucy Ward, was released in the United Kingdom by Navigator Records on 19 August 2013. It was critically acclaimed and received a four-starred review in The Guardian.
Songs
The album includes "For the Dead Men", a self-penned protest song, which was released as a single in January 2012 coupled with a remixed version of "Maids When You’re Young" (a song that had been included on Ward's debut album Adelphi Has to Fly.Reception
In a four-starred review for The Guardian, Robin Denselow said that Lucy Ward "proves to be an even more mature and thoughtful singer-songwriter than she was on Adelphi Has to Fly" and described her follow-up album as "impressive and original" and "a brooding, often angry set that deals with everything from politics to love, death and personal tragedy, with a couple of powerful traditional songs added in".Hazel Davis, for americanaUK, described it as a much angrier album than her debut release but "a genuinely eclectic sounding collection" with "songs that are Thea Gilmore-good".
Simon Holland, for Folk Radio UK, said that the album was "charged, emotive and utterly compelling".
Track listing
- "I Cannot Say I Will Not Speak" 4:04
- "Honey" 3:41
- "The Last Pirouette" 3:55
- "Icarus" 5:14
- "Velvet Sky" 4:13
- "Rites of Man" 5:08
- "The Consequence" 2:15
- "Lord I Don't Want To Die in the Storm 4:09
- "For the Dead Men" 4:25
- "Marching Through the Green Grass" 2:50
- "Ink" 4:11
- "Shellback" 4:38
Personnel
- Lucy Ward – vocals, guitar, concertina
- Izzl Cooper – cello
- Anna Esslemont – violin
- Joy Gravestock – violin
- Sebastian Hale Smith – double bass
- Debbie Hanna – backing vocals
- Stu Hanna – guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, B3 organ and backing vocals
- Sam Pegg – bass guitar
- Stephen MacLachlan – drums