Nine (Fairport Convention album)


Nine is the ninth album by the British folk rock group Fairport Convention and, according to Allmusic, is their most uneven. It is their second album to feature Trevor Lucas and Jerry Donahue, and features no original members of Fairport Convention.
Polly on the Shore was re-recorded by the 21st-century lineup of Fairport Convention for their album Sense of Occasion in 2007, with Simon Nicol on lead vocals. The same lineup later re-recorded The Hexhamshire Lass in a new arrangement for 2012's By Popular Request. This version featured Chris Leslie on lead vocals.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "The Hexhamshire Lass" – 2:31
  2. "Polly on the Shore" – 4:56
  3. "The Brilliancy Medley/Cherokee Shuffle" – 3:56
  4. "To Althea, from Prison" – 5:10
  5. "Tokyo" – 2:52

    Side two

  7. "Bring 'Em Down" – 5:59
  8. "Big William" – 3:25
  9. "Pleasure and Pain" – 5:03
  10. "Possibly Parsons Green" – 4:42

    Bonus tracks on CD reissue

  12. "The Devil in the Kitchen" – 2:49
  13. "George Jackson" – 2:49
  14. "Pleasure and Pain" – 4:59
  15. "Six Days on the Road" – 3:44
Bonus tracks recorded live at The Howff, London on April 23, 1973.

Personnel