Basket of Light

This was fine. Not exciting. 2/5

it would be ok of it wasn't for the vocals

Ikke lige min kop te. Det er lidt for meget lut. Helt ærligt, hvad laver det her album på listen? På det der 'Springtime Promises' lyder det som om, de har hevet Povl Kjøller med. Er 'Lyke-Wake Dirge' bare en salme? Hvorfor følges det op af en slags slap-guitar på 'Train song'? Egentlig syntes jeg, at Rock Lobster fra gårsdagens B-52s-album var det underligste musik, jeg nogensinde har hørt. Pentangle overgår det heller ikke, men de gi'r B-52s et run for their money, det er fandme mærkeligt det her, men på et meget mere indre missions-, Ringkøbing-, folkemusik-i-laden-i-North-Yorkshire-agtigt grundlag. De er dygtige, og det er egentlig det, der trækker det op. Det er jo heller ikke elendigt, det er bare underligt, kedeligt og dybt uinspirerende. Jeg er nok igen i det gavmilde hjørne her, når jeg giver den: 1.8

Basket of Shite

Este es el tipo de álbum que me recuerda que son ¡1001 álbumes! y que para llegar a ese número tan grande tenían que poner cosas regulares tirando a malas

Meh. Folk. Ok, men ikke noget jeg gider bruge mere tid på.

Some good musicianship, good blusey guitar in the background of some of the songs. But mostly music for pixies to dance to.

Starts strong with Light Flight and fades.

Honestly couldn't be bothered with this level of medievalist mimsy today. Don't really care for the playing even if it is objectively high calibre.

This album epitomises my opinion of folk-pop-rock. The music is really nicely played, but the olde worlde vocals (especially McShee, but also the blokes) just really grate.

Good album, but it didn’t capture my attention.

4/10

Well now, I'm not sure if I ended up with the extended version of this or not, but I believe I may have. Basically it does what it says on the can. A folk band performing folk songs. And I have to say they did it well. But there was just too much of it for me. I have no issues with traditional folk song done well, but did we really need 3 different versions of Sally and those bloody roses. I don't mind folk music but it's not my bag. Had a bit of a run of these, but its another 2.

Despite the cliched vocals, it was very listenable! 2 big stars!!

Oh my god. The Generator is a capricious bastard. It gives me this for my milestone 400th album: the exact formula to set my eyes rolling as hard as they can. Painfully earnest, 1960s fairy folk, complete with what sounds like harps and bells, and a saccharine female vocal fluttering through it all. Their musical proficiency and my strong suspicion that they are covering traditional folk songs, which are to be respected, just edges this into a 2.

Like I'd been transported back in time to the first Glastonbury

Very late 60’s jamming trippy guitar musics. Nice to have on in the background, but I’m not overly wild about it. Kind of boring after a while for me. Enjoyed the xylophone in “Hunting Song” between the interweaving voices.

Truly never know what to expect with this list. I used to study to music like Lyke-Wake Dirge in undergrad, so I very much have a soft spot for this. Even though I will probably never return to this album

Ikke for meg.

Havner et sted mellom 2-3. Skal gi denne en ny sjanse.

Good grief, time to swing your pants 😬

Gah. I hated this. I'm giving them a generous bonus point because I'm noting the year and hoping this was novel, but a lot of it sounded like medieval courtyard music, so I can't think so. The man's vocals, terrible, they shouldn't let him sing.

I enjoyed this more than I thought. But it went on just a bit too long and the balance shifted to be too traditional in the parts of the album.

Pagan Pixie Prog. Kinda weird,

This album was instrumentally impressive. I can appreciate the level of talent that went into writing the music. The problem is I just didn’t really care for it. I found the vocals to be grating at times, which really hurt my opinion of it. As a whole this really is a case of “not my cup of tea” because it wasn’t a bad album or something I was frustrated by, but it didn’t connect with me at all and it didn’t inspire me creatively. Definitely won’t be coming back to this album, but I wouldn’t be put off if I saw more from this artist in the future.

2.0 Of all the medieval British folk music I've listened to this is right up there with the best. The only issue is I dont listen to medieval British folk music and I dont think I ever will again .

Ass

This wasn’t for me

I could hear influential bits and pieces, at times reminding me of Belle and Sebastian and even Stereolab, but overall not for me.

I liked Sally Go Round the Roses (though only the original), but thought the rest was quite annoying

**An ok album

Minstrels singing about royalty, nature, and flowers. Lots of flowers. Listenable, but English folk music from the sixties just not our fav. Best song (by far) was Sally Go Round the Roses. Some of the others sounded very similar. L = (2.0*s) Felt like I was at a renaissance fair. J = (1.65*s) Yep, went to a ren fair with Loretta.

We are getting quite a bit of folk from the list and The Pentangle's Basket of Light comes in as a better one thus far for me. I like the renaissance fair vibe. Even though they are British, I get some heavy Irish influence. I mean the lead singer is Miss McShee so not surprised. Top track is opener "Light Flight," which has the same waltzy tempo as the later hit release "Golden Brown" by The Stranglers (great song...bit of a copyright infringe?). "Sally Go Round the Roses" pretty good too. Despite this being a stronger folk album, still gets a bit repetitive and wears out...2.34 stars.

Not familiar with Pentangle but recognized the Bert Jansch name for earlier on this list. Basket of Light is a basket of mixed goods. There's a decent variety of sounds and instruments but the whole things is a little messy in its arrangement. Figured it would be a middle of the pack entry which is about where it lands. Not great, not bad, just another entry to check the box and move on. Give me something like this a renaissance fair or some sort of outdoor public event and I might check it out for a couple songs. Otherwise I'm mostly just walking by. 2.14 stars

Day 233 Couldn’t get into this at all, I’ve liked previous Folk albums as well. Highlight Light Flight

didn't finish and the app is fucking up won't let me listen to the next album

I could have done without listening to it tbh

This isn't the worst album that the generator has thrown out. But it's certainly not the greatest. Musically, it's fascinating, full of interesting and artistic choices. But I just don't think I'll ever want to listen to it again.

Before this album, sometimes I felt like maybe the more-traditional folksy-type stuff would be fun for me to get a little more into but this is the world pulling out the mirror of truth and showing me I don't really stand by those feelings I don't know if it was just something to do with my mood but the psychological weightlifting of album-listening felt heavier with this one, like by the end every track was another dragon to face I would single out "Lyke-Wake Dirge" as an exception, it's got a very different feel to the rest of the album, more comfortable and immersive, it still feels a lot more soothing to listen to than the rest of the album. Or maybe the repeated refrain of "and Christ receive thy soul" felt like a legitimate offer to peacefully pass away before the album had a chance to continue on I don't think I can justify a lower rating than this for reasons that are so abstract, arbitrary, and not-grounded-in-reality, but with respect I hope that myself and Bert Jansch can now cleanly part ways for the 412 albums that I have left to receive from this list

Good hippy music, but unfortunately I’m not a hippy.

Very hippy feeling folk-rock as I would expect from 1969. Not really my vibe or something I usually listen to but not a bad album for what it is.

Replay no

Na

A strange album. If this was the sound track to a film about the Wars of the Roses I might appreciate it more, but as a piece of modern music the style just feels so incongruous. I’m sure these instruments are played and arranged well, but they probably should have been left in a previous century,

Sounds like the Bubonic plague, fire, soot and beds. There's a reason that we as a society have moved on from that period, so there's no need to make us nostalgic for our hunter gatherer days.

Not really my thing because I am neither a hick nor high on psychedelics

- ei oo mun kuppi teetä mutta kuulostaa ihan mukavalta

Bon bah c’est de la folk

So the kind of folk music I enjoy is the American singer-songwriter with an acoustic guitar kind, not the British Skyrim-sounding ass kind

This did absolutely nothing for me. I did dislike it, but it could have been a lot worse. Not the absolute bottom of the barrel british shit this list sometimes has.

Ah yes, not the greatest example of a hippie album. Back to the late 60s with you, no time travel, stay put.

Liian hippi meno keskiluokkaisen insinöörin konservatiiviaivoille

Aika erikoismenoa taas. Tuli vähän mieleen se Kummelin larppaus-sketsi. Jätkä löi oikeesti! Mutta tavallaan ihan hauskaa. Ehkä pitäis jossain tiloissa olla tätäkin varten, että kolisis paremmin.

Sleepy folks songs.

Not for me

Moody blues sound

This might be good, but it's just not something I ever want to listen to. I basically feel like I went to the renaissance festival and I'm eating a turkey leg waiting for the jousting tournament to begin. 2 stars.

It's like playing an web based medieval cheesy video games

Nuh uh ⭐️⭐️

Well, they classify it as folk, certainly not your traditional folk

Sally go round the ******* roses.

I actually enjoy some of the instrumentation but something about the over earnestness of the vocals ruins it for me.

This is some bullshit. I'm being messed with, right? A dirge? There's a dirge on here?

Have never heard of Pentangle before, nor any members of this band. Thoughts... As soon as it started, especially during the first 2 songs ("Light Flight" and "Once I Had a Sweetheart"), it reminded me of Fairport Convention. That 1960s British folk sound with the voice like an angel out of the mists of time. And through this site, I discovered Fairport Convention's "Liege and Lief" and liked the whole thing. But as soon as I got to the 3rd song, I realized I definitely like Fairport Convention better. I don't really like the guy's voice. And then the 4th song, which sounds like a Gregorian chant from an ancient church came on and I am not really digging that. I don't really want to feel like I'm going to church when I'm getting into music. And the "Hunting Song", while it had some cool moments, was too "king and queen" renaissance faire-ish for me. I did end up also liking the "Train Song" - it was very interesting musically and somehow sort of reminded me of Nick Drake as well. It has the guy's voice but also the girl's voice. Also ended up liking "The Cuckoo" after a few listens. It was definitely interesting to listen to this. I had no idea there was a whole bunch of bands doing music like Fairport Convention back in the day - so that was cool to find out. So, I'm glad I got to listen to it - but I ended up only liking 4 out of the 9 songs. Liked songs on Spotify: 4/9 Rating: 2/5

Ancient and overgrown as an old English forest

Artists sure loved throwing in sitars in their music during the late 60's. Beyond that, this was a pretty eclectic folk album that sounds way before its time at points. Pretty whimsical, if you're into that sort of thing.

Sounds medieval. Not for me but at least it's a bit different

Forgettable

El rey mandó a ejecutar a un granjero que robó 2 manzanas para sus hijos enfermos. Esto se escucha mientras caminas por las calles para ir a mirar la ejecución. Un domingo cualquiera. Por favor, no quiero mas rock folclórico.

More wacky lsd music

Great instrumentals but the vocalists voice just absolutely sucks, ruins the whole listen

Hippie vibes

Pretty boring

Folk-Rock, 1969 -> 2

Hoo boy, where to start in this album. Pentangle here is a part of a weird musical era trademarked by an obsession with medieval bardic song styling. They weren’t the only group to do it, but the fact that we had multiple folk/hippie/psychedelic groups get on board is beyond me. Their harmonies are wonderful. Their voices are light and airy, bringing an overall ethereal quality to each song. It is also the driving force behind the music as most of the songs only feature one or two instruments to accompany their vocals. I cannot tell you what any of the songs are about, however, as their vocals bounced and moved beautifully but incomprehensibly. Again, great harmonies and canon. Just, tough to follow what they were trying to say. A song or two where they play with this styling would be an enjoyable change of pace. An entire album was a bit much.

Folk-jazz? It's very of its time. It should probably stay there.

It was OK I guess? I'll say 2.5 - round down because 3 seems way too generous with this one.

Not something for me. Not bad but a bit annoying

Simon and Garfunkel circa 1400. Makes you feel like you should don a bliaut and coif, and gently strum a lute at ye fayre

i'm hungover and don't remember how this was. wait, no, this was mediocre

I found myself in Skyrim. This is not something I would seek to listen to myself. But it seems kind of cheerful and uplifting, if you're into this sort of music. I'm not, though.

Nothing that stuck with me. Forgetful album it seems

65

I thought I had wandered into a renaissance fair in midsummer UK. Why is this type of album on the list, I can only guess that it is because they are British.

we've had a long boring run of boring britpop, brit-electronica, and now brit-folk. boring & forgettable.

Quite different from The Beach Boys I know otherwise. Makes sense since this is a later album, but still a really enjoyable atmosphere in this. I wish the vocals Overall decent songs, but nothing totally up my alley here.

Trippy. Super folksy, some eastern influence in Once I Had a Sweetheart, but otherwise didn't really enjoy. Hated Lyke-Wake, a lot of them were way too folky, 2/5.

I’d probably give a 2.5 if I could, I quite liked it but not enough to listen again. Sounds like the soundtrack to a Woodstock/summer of love documentary

I had never heard of this album or band until this very moment and after Googling it appears to be another example of the very British creator of this list/project. Digging further, the name Bert Jansch sounds familiar to me but I'm not sure why. Maybe Dylan connections? I figured the only song I might have a chance of recognizing was "Light Flight" and it doesn't sound even slightly familiar. I recognize some of the traditionals but doubt it is from these versions. I don't hate this but it doesn't really do much for me. 2.5 stars.

not good man

Reminds me a lot of Fairport Convention, just not quite as good.

Fun but not my cup of tea. Varied! Some joni mitchell esque numbers too.

I can see how this would be foundational 60s folk. I found it good but not that exciting.

Has its moments but is also quite pretentious

My wife described it as DnD tavern music, and she pretty much hit the nail on the head.

I thought it was cool until I realized it’s just more of the same for the entire album.

Interesting. 70s Zeppelin vibes. Multiple lead vocalists, that's neat. The Dirge song really made me uncomfortable. Very Catholic/religious... nuh uh. 2.5

Great guitar playing on this one. Crisp production and mix, pleasant and feathery. Not my jam though, a little too ye old’e 70s harking back to lords and ladies type shit. Great field frolicking music. Not for me homie 2.85

There's a couple good sounds on here but mostly it's way too choral and the female vocalist is sometimes quite annoying.

510/1001

lord of the rings elf music

I wasn’t high enough for this hippy shit.

For the folk lover out there, I would say that it delivers a great, rounded medieval sound with talented vocalists. For me, this type of music is not to my taste, and I was kind of glad when it was over.

Nothing really stood out. The songs with the male singer are a drag. The woman singer sounds much better. I feel like this would be better without vocals as background music for a BBC period piece.

No private session used for Spotify. I had no idea what I was getting in to. Lot going on here music wise, it seems really folksy and stuff I might listen to wearing a cloak, running around the damp forests of the pacific northwest pretending to be a druid, though thinking about it, I am not sure if I am wearing anything other than a cloak..anyway woodland creatures would be frolicking with me. None of that crap is going to happen, so I won't listen to this again.

At times it feels like you’ve wandered into a Renaissance fair by mistake. Light Flight is a okay, but overall, a bit too “hey nonny nonny” for my taste.

Light Flight-- 4/10 reminds me of lotr music but less whimsical skimmed through the rest of the album. revisit later. not my vibe rn.

I think my Dad tried putting this band under my nose when I was a teenager (or perhaps it was Strawbs). The guitar work was quite clever, there were some well worked little acoustic/lead parts. But the vocals were a bit too preachy, and I didn't really enjoy it. Average folk, really. 2 Stars.

It’s that time of year when the neo-pagan cult that you have joined decide which virgin daughter they sacrifice to ensure a bountiful harvest. The council elders haven’t yet defiled your beloved daughter Gwendolyn, so sadly it looks like she will be the one offered to the gods. It hurts, but the town really needs a good supply of maize.

It’s fine here and there, liked a few songs towards the beginning. Can’t do a whole album of it tbh, 2 stars is good, feels like middle of the road folk

The fist song is pretty great and then kind of devolves into something that straddles a few genres in a way that I don't like.

It would be interesting background music for like a DND night

Renaissance Faire ass type of music.

Cant believe i was shitting on Tim Buckley for the renaissance vibes, this is a lot worse. Just tedious, the vocals are nice and musicianship is impressive but the songs just plod on and theres just something sterile and performative about it. So precious at times, almost feels like a Spinal Tap-level parody of a 60s folk band. Sally Go Round the Roses is probably the best song, but three versions, wtf? Maybe let this material stay in the 1500s unless youre gonna do something interesting with it, like groups like The Fairpoint Convention have done

Some very pretty music but overall this was a little too “happy clappy” for my tastes.

Do people think this music is enjoyable or fun? There's only one decent song on here called Sally Run Round the Roses or something and they are so keenly aware that it's the only decent song that it's on there three times, with little discernible difference between the three.

This was different. British psychedelic folk? Seems so pastiche and niche but whatever.

Twee

I've noted the bias this project has for unknown British bands. I can only assume the author of the 1001 Book liked these guys when he was a wee lil' lad. They're good, but they don't belong in the book. I would rate the 5 out of 10 (decent), but since they don't belong in the book, I'm rounding down.

1.5

Light Flight

Once you've heard one you've heard them all. But that 'one' wasn't awful. Won't listen again.

It's definitely not an album I would go out of my way to listen to in the first place. I'm not big on folk in general, but having some variety outside rock keeps the list interesting. I thought the vocals were fine and the instruments stood out more to me (in a positive way). Despite my willingness to listen to a variety of genres on this list, there is a spiteful side of me that wants to give the album a 1. Mostly for br*tish people praising br*tish people for being br*tish, and including a traditional folk album like this on the list. Like, it's note worthy legacy on wikipedia was that it had some top tracks in the UK. Nice try br*tish people, I caught on. But, I did not hate this as much as Spacemen 3. If I were being objective about rating it as a folk album I'd give it a 3 for being decent. which averages out to a 2 for my contribution to br*tish hate this week.

Overall, this is not for me, although I did enjoy the instrumentation. It sounds like what 'This Is Spinal Tap' was making fun of with "Listen to the Flower People."

Did I enjoy this one? Ehh, not really. But I do think this has a rightful place on this list. There are lots of interesting and experimental sounds in play: masterful acoustic guitar, ye olde folk vocals, sitar on jazz songs. I don’t love the stew that these ingredients made, but I’m glad I tried a bite.

I didn’t think 60s Folk Rock was for me … I was right.

Half of the songs on this thing felt like a cheap anglicised knockoff version of The Girl From Ipanema, and the other half felt like the fucking main menu music of Baldurs Gate 3. Either way this was boring as fuck, uninspired, and the song order was just a mess. This thing is also way too long. It felt like it went for 2 hours. This is a shit album and I'd rather just go listen to Stan Getz than this shit.

There's some genuine beauty here. The arrangements are really elegant and pleasant to listen to. The original songs are more interesting, but also wildly uneven. "Train Song" is an absolute standout; "Hunting Song" is more of a dirge than the actual dirge two tracks before it. I am glad I listened to it, but I don't think I will go back to it, outside of "Train Song"

I couldn’t get into this one. Too folksy for my liking

Every track is interesting on its own, but when compiled as an album, they become quite boring and lack progression. Mungkin karena gue dengerinnya ga terlalu fokus dan di jam kerja jadi bikin ngantuk banget. Maybe if I listened to it on a random Sunday while unwinding, it would be a beautiful listening moment.

Booooo. Weird.

Not for me

Couldn’t do it. Female vocals

Definitely not my jam.

1.5

I like some of the folkier songs. Too much of it felt like a score for a Robin Hood play. The ‘christ receive our souls’ shit can kick rocks.

I feel like folk rock is either hit or miss. I’ve heard some great folk albums on this list and I’ve heard some fucking terrible ones. This one falls somewhere in the middle for me. I’m not a fan of it in its entirety but I enjoy her voice enough to give it more than 1 star.

Unfortunately I don't take drugs (I even drink my Coke decaf), so couldn't appreciate this album the way it deserves to be appreciated.

I was familiar with Sally Go Round the Roses likely from a television show. This album is not offensive, but didn’t hold my attention. I would reach for others before coming back. 2/5

Could not listen to more than 5 songs. The voice is really annoying.

The first song started and I was digging that cool Jazz then the singer started and I was kind of disappointed. It took two tries for us to get all the way through and my girlfriend hated it every single second.

Eh. Honestly didn’t finish the album. Got bored with it.

this wasn't anything major for me... it had some pretty moments, but nothing that really stuck out. not terrible, but nothing i would really go back to

A little too folky for my folk taste.

Sounded like a medieval Irish folk-fest. Not horrible, but it gets old really fast.

eh, not bad, not my thing

I feel like I should be running through a enchanted forest in The Witcher or something

Medieval folky sound, not really my thing

It sounds pretty bad. Hard to consider this is folk, because the lady sounds like an opera singer most of the time. At the very least, they have very nice voices, but I wouldn’t willingly throw this on for anyone

Not for me

I usually like folk music so I was surprised that I am not crazy about this record. The guitar playing is impressive. The bass playing is also impressive. What drives me nuts about this is the "folk" singing that the lead singer here is doing, reminds me of Joan Baez and her voice makes me want to crawl up a wall. Why? Idk. I won't return to this record but am I better from having listened to it? Idk.

5/10

Well, this 60s psychedelia just doesn't click with me at all. If it weren't for the pleasant female voice and the occasionally interesting guitar parts, it would be just awful. When the guitarist starts singing, or rather, bleating, it makes you want to turn it off, honest to God. 2 out of 5, largely thanks to the female vocals.

No clue what to expect from this album going off the cover. Looks like something orchestral, though this list hasn't been one to promote classical albums. Probably something Rock Opera adjacent, if I'm to guess. Ah, folk. I shoulda known. This isn't bad. Very Nordic and Aryan or something of that nature. Folk is one of the many genres that I have a hard time getting into. That being said, I can tell this is a solid rep. The guitarwork and vocals are varied and commendable, and there appears to be an interesting spread of influences. That being said, none of these songs hold my attention for their full runtimes. I'm just not a fan of this genre, what can I say? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ "Light Flight" is a good opener. I like the acoustic sound, and the folky vocals ain't half-bad either. "Train Song" also has a good instrumental and some nice vocals. "Sally Go Round the Roses" is yet another decent tune. Take a guess as to why. Book time. Oh, Bert Jansch is on this thing. Cool to see him again - I can definitely hear his sound now. The band's most successful album. Had a successful single. I'm favourable to this album being on the list. I think it's a good slice of folk, so I shant squabble over the minutiae of how influential or successful it is.

Her voice. I can't.

Not to my taste.

I love a good dirge but can't say this one will be in my regular rotation. Some of the songs were really lovely. Got repetitive over time.

If I heard this before Liege and Lief I'd like it more, but it doesn't stand as tall next to that album. Decent folk sound. The high strings were sometimes grating.

Psychedelic Renaissance Faire Folk is apparently a sub genre that I didn’t know existed. I wish I still didn’t. Feels like Peter, Paul, and Mary were transported back in time and had to perform for King Arthur’s court.

Not my bag. Maybe it's just not what I'm looking for right now in my life, it was just a bit too hokey-folky for me right now.

Someone tried to get me into these guys a couple decades back, and the result now is the same. Folk that I can leave in the 60s.

answers the question: what if stereolab lived in medieval times?

I love Bert but this is not it

Too ancient

Pentangle actually stopped Houmous & Chutneys attempt to make the longest successive and linked album collection in history. Angle, Biangle, Triangle, Quadangle, Pentangle and Hexangle all got released before the message from their lawyers arrived. 2.1 3/13 Springtime Promises

"Hymns" or "Dirges" or some shit

Great musicianship but not really one that’ll be on repeat for me.

I mean it wasn't all that unpleasant to listen to but it sure was weird. Felt like I was in an enchanted forest being serenaded by wood nymphs.

I don’t hate this but I cannot be arsed with any more than 4 songs 1.5 rounded up

Interesting in some ways, dull in others

60s psychedelic with a little bit of Vashti vocals. I like some of the instrumentals but overall probably wouldn’t seek this out.

It starts off interesting but quickly becomes so boring. They really didn't explore the full potential of their sound. Some songs do show something special, but they are few and far between.

First album I stumbled upon after finding this awesome site – and honestly, not my thing at all. Way too much sing-song, way too much random tinkling, and seriously… why do the lyrics sound like they were written by a German third grader doing their English homework? Anyway, let’s just chalk it up as “contemporary” and “very 60s,” and look forward to what else is out there. Oh, and when this album dropped, my parents were two years old. Wild.

Good background music. Just couldn't get into this album and I really tried.

os avós do Renaissance. 2 estrelas

At first I thought what is this pastoral ass album; then reading Bert Jansch was involved piqued my interest for a second, but ended up thinking what is this pastoral ass album.

I went in crossbows blazing ready to hate on some annoying ren-faire bullshit, but it gradually won me over with the gentle power of the interlinked acoustic guitar parts, sitar drones, and surprisingly intricate percussion. It's basically acoustic prog. The vocals - where the bulk of the dragons and maidens larping folk stuff is dominant - are very annoying, but the instrumental sections are warm and relaxed and lively. You can imagine these songs being really great performed in the right environment like an grand old cathedral or an abandoned abbey. It's not fair to judge them based on the 2025 stench of real ale that it gives off, though. It's cool that there was a scene around revisiting and enliving musical traditions going back centuries and pairing them with blues based guitar playing, and this is a nice document of that that moment that pairs well with folk horror from the era like Wicker Man, Blood on Satan's Claw and Witchfinder General. Favorites: Train Song, Once I had a Sweetheart

2.5

ye olde tavern getting crunk tell the bard to turn that shyt up

Another new listen. The Pentangle is a 60's version of Edward Sharpe & The Magnificent Zeros. I'm much rather listen to ES&TMZ!

“Olden times-ah music” (4/10, 2/5 on this scale)

Straight up hippie shiznit from the year 1969

Medieval diddling in the 20th century does not make for a timeless album. The few sparse moments of nice instrumentation improves a bit but not by much. 1.5/5 - > 2/5

Het album begint wel geinig met een soort prog-folk toestand. Daarna wordt het op een gegeven moment wel heel erg rustig met een soort middeleeuwse sektebijeenkomst en dan voel ik de aanvankelijke interesse ook in rap tempo wegvloeien. Vanaf track 5 had het van mij wel ongeveer afgelopen mogen zijn. Die track 5 ('Train Song') doet me denken aan Joni Mitchell ook en dat moeten we sowieso niet willen natuurlijk. Ik kom echt niet hoger dan 2 sterren, met alle respect voor de muzikaliteit wel. Het is wel geinig voor een keer maar om hier nou heel veel sterren voor te gaan geven is me een stap te ver. De tweede helft was echt uitzitten geblazen.

Mm, not quite. There are a few songs here that aren't that bad, though.

Not for me

Not exactly my cup of tea

Putting "Sally Go Round the Roses" three times in an hour is diabolical. This was so lame

Trasig

Oh it's gothic

The music is a five, the disgustingly sweet singing is a rage inducing 1.

MEGET britisk, lød okay men mindre min stil end jeg lige havde regnet med faktisk

I could imagine that this would be nice to hear in a castle with some mead or a cider.

adri: 7, la musica de la corte, flow medieval. mar: 3, castillos y dragones

60's folk, but slightly different. Lots of sitar on some of the songs. It was okay.

They're clearly talented but the overall effect was to make me feel like I was losing my mind

There's enough interesting stuff in the music to keep this from being one star. Replace/remove the vocals and this goes up a star, maybe two.

Renaissance festival music

Sounds like an album that was prepared for the Earl of Livingstone in 1633. Usually like Medieval stuff but this falls flat.

Want to know why folk jazz never hit it big? It's because it completely ruins both genres. There are some good straight up folk songs on Basket of Light, like The Cuckoo, but most of it is a muddy mess.

Niet voor mij

Not my thing, couldn't get through it.

quando falam que eh FOLK eh isso que eu espero música para viver como um camponês fudido esperando a peste negra chegar! pelo menos tem uns instrumentos interessantes né

i have no patience for this today

It alternated between sounding like church music and like something more annoying than church music

Very folky, very medieval sounding as others have commented. I enjoyed it and can see it's place in history as folk did have a resurgence in the 60s. I don't know how to rate it.

Top 3 least favorite genres. There is some pretty impressive musicianship and the song writing is good as well. But the vocals and vocal melodies are unpalatable to me.

Just too precious for me. I don't think I would have enjoyed the mystical lyrics of this era.

The best things I have to say about this album was what I was remined of or what I was thinking about when I heard or saw the title. Once I had a Sweetheart, I thought of Shankar when I heard the sitar. Train song = Train in Vain. Sally Go Round Them Dirty Roses. Not just once, but 3 times! If you bet the chance to see Them Dirty Roses, you won't regret it. Love them boys. As for the album, yea, kinda a tough listen. Not my thing and didn't enjoy, but it had a nice peaceful sound. 2

2.5 I like a lot of UK music, and generally speaking, I try to keep an open mind to anything I hear, but this feels very much like the kind of thing that the Brits would hail as “brilliant” while us Americans squint our eyes and try to make sense of it. I suppose it’s basically the album equivalent of Better Man in that regard. That’s not to say I thought this was bad. In many ways, it reminded a lot of Fairport Convention, but if they had more of a “psychedelic ren faire” sort of vibe to them. Appropriately, I had pretty much the same reaction to this that I did to the actual ren faire I went to about a month ago, being, I’m glad that I experienced it, but I don’t think I need to again. I have mixed feelings about the sound overall, but ultimately I would call this an inferior version of what Fairport Convention was also currently doing, with Unhalfbricking even coming out the very same year. Hell, both groups even have similarly sounding female vocalists, and while I didn’t mind Jacqui McShee, she never really captivated me like Sandy Denny does on the aforementioned FC record. (Also, she was never featured on a Led Zeppelin song to my knowledge, so she has that going against her too.) What Pentangle DOES have is Bert Jansch, a dude whose solo album I rated somewhat highly, but what I heard there didn’t seem to translate through on this album to me in any meaningful way. Ultimately, this is one of those albums I wouldn’t say that I disliked, but I found to be most of a non-presence while listening, and any good aspect that’s to be found here is something I feel like you could find a better version of elsewhere. At some point I’ve heard it mentioned that the curator of this list is British, and I can’t help but wonder if that bias is showing through here.

Saving this for the Renn fest.

If this was all the music British people had to work with then it’s no wonder they invaded so many countries.

Okay, the first song cracked me up. Dah bah bah dooh dah! I also thought they were saying “horse carpenter” instead of house carpenter. I think I just have very little patience for hippie bullshit. Especially living in Ojai. I’ve heard worse hippie bullshit. & I’ve heard much better hippie bullshit. Basketball of shite 1 liked song

Uk dog shit

I was not in the mood to hear folk today. I was counting down the minutes on this album - too “ye olde music” sounding for me.

Oh boy…glad I never got tangled up in this music

если когда-то таверну захочется открыть

Sometimes I wonder “How have I never heard of this band?? They’re incredible!” This is not one of those bands. It was fine to have never heard of Pentangle. British Renn Faire folk is not my genre.

Haven't heard of them before. The album was really pretty but sadly just not something I'm usually into 2/5

stressig, geklimper, einlullender Frauengesang, ich werde kein Folk Fan in diesem Leben

Aika kädenlämpöistä folkkia. Ehkä tätä on kuultu jo riittävästi listalla. 2.5/5

A couple of potentially good songs but not by these singers. 2 stars or D+.

Hmm.

It’s strange, this hippy stuff from the late 60s, I find quite endearing for a track. Maybe two. But after that it really starts to grate. A lovely little museum piece but can it just stay there!?

Hmm

Struggled to listen to it all

Pants

I bet this was cool in late-60s coffee houses. The beginnings of psychedelia was a renaissance throwback. There were a couple songs that pulled my attention enough to stop what I was doing an really listen. But for the most part it was just people jamming on lutes and glockenspiel…

1.7

I wasn't sure if I needed to talk a hike through the British countryside or get incredibly high. I think they did both.

Mediocre medieval tavern fare

Something strange and slightly listenable

Sometimes I really enjoyed the weirdness, other times I found it a bit annoying and hard to listen to... Not music I would have listened to without the list which is fun- but also not music I'll be back to listen to again. Favourite: Train Song Least: House Carpenter

Hard pass on this style of folk.

Standard British Folk album of the late 60s. Sounds very medieval! high 2/5

I wasn't too impressed with this one. The musicians are certainly tanlented, but none of these songs are going to stay with me.

Interesting change from the recent albums but the female vocals sometimes can be annoying. Not exactly my jam.

bands that classify themselves as “folk” tend to fall into one of two categories: more country adjacent or the type of music you might stereotypically hear at a renaissance festival. for the most part, this was the latter… and it was kind of a beating to get through, to be honest.

Quelques morceaux bien sympas mais l’album manque un peu de punch, ce petit manque lui fait rater la 3ème étoile de peu

no clue how to judge this. the first minute started very hopeful, but that more or less was the best part

Another British album on this list that seems to have reach success only in Great Britain. I was completely unfamiliar with them, but this is finally an interesting discovery. Once you get past the surprise of the vocals, the music sounds mostly pleasant, and the patterns are well-constructed and relatively rich. Listening with headphones, one can discern the folk-jazz mix, the medieval influence, as well as occasional Indian and Oriental touches. At first, I could hear some Cranberries, Alan Stivell, or Dead Can Dance in it, but it progressively switched to more uninteresting folky stuff. Whatever, I understand that the drummer has performed with Bowie or Aznavour, and It’s likely I’ll give The Pentangle another try.

Folk music from the 60s with a sprinkle of psychedelics - not horrible, but nothing to write home about. 2/5

Interesting folk album. I appreciated the technical guitar skills, but this has a bit too heavy of a hippie vibe for me.

British folk rock just isn’t my thing. I don’t want to give it a one star review because it isn’t terrible or unlistenable. I’m sure lots of people like it, I just really don’t.

Not really my thing. Reminds me of medieval woods. Low two, but I’m sure they are all wonderfully talented musicians, so sorry it’s not my bag, guys; faves: cold mountain (which I’m not even sure was on the original release?)

Some of this is ok, but a lot borders on unlistenable. Not my jam.

To paraphrase a famous libretto from Jerry Springer the Opera: What the folk? What the folk? What the folkin’, folkin’ folk?

I have this on vinyl. It is not one of my favorites, but admittedly interesting. I like all the elements, but it gives me an anxiety like being harrassed by over zealous mistrels at a renaissance fair. It probably stems from Monty Python and the Holy Grail Tales of Brave Sir Robin.... as he bravely runs away. There is some classic late 60s CS&N folk vibes and harmonies that I love but I could do without the "Laa laa la la laa la la la la laa la"s. Funny, I think the "Hunting Song" is great musically sans vocals.

I listened to half of one track and decided it wasn't for me. Not bad or good, just not for me.

Some weird ren faire shit. But its interesting. I'll give it that. 2.5... rounding down.

A bit too medieval on my ears.

Not my cup of tea

Ugh, more weird random music that I bet no one, even in the UK, remembers.

Sounded like hari Krishna

Easy going, not bad. Not a big fan of folk music.

Not for me

Oddly whimsical. Floaty falsetto. Makes me want to gather round a campfire with friends and chant and prance around.

Meh.

This maypole shit is fine for a song or two, but quickly wore out it’s welcome with me.

Nicht so mein Fall aber ganz nett. 2 Sterne.

I get why it’s influential, I get why it’s noteworthy, I just think it sucks.

This is so weird it's like kinda cool but it definitely as someone else described it seems like medieval music haha this wasn't the worst folk rock album I've ever heard but man it was a other random album for the list haha

Ugh folk tunes.

On par with some of the Beatles.

2 stars for novelty.

This album sacrifices any sense of identity or charm to create music that no one asks for. This a renaissance fair of an album. It is a simulacra of a time that has only existed in Dungeons and Dragons. I give it 2 stars because I think it would be funny to play during DnD or while tripping. Favorite song is Hunter Song.

I didn’t realize there were so many of these British folk revival acts in the 60s and 70s. I also didn’t realize that this is supposed to be important music in some way. This one was worse than Fairport Convention and the other one we had of this genre. I couldn’t get in to any of it despite kind of enjoying that faux medieval sound. There’s a dirge in the middle of it that is just the worst choice out of every interesting traditional song there is. Points for the talent it takes to play and arrange all this stuff, but man this was not engaging.

This is dumb.

I would've been happier if this album was an instrumental one. The vocals aren't bad but I just feel like they don't fit.

What in the Skyrim

Not my thing.

The music had some interesting parts, but the vocals are just not my bag.

Part Renaissance Faire, part church service. No thanks.

Really weird and not my style. Also why is the same song on there 3 times? 3/10

• 2/5 • Not a fan of folk or ancient music and this seems a blend of both • Admirable musicianship though, especially the percussion

Not bad but only listenable for a couple songs before it started to grate on my nerves

Not for me

yeah not a fan

A painfully uneventful folk album

I wanted to like this album a lot more than I did. I really didn't connect with the traditional covers or the original songs. I appreciate the performances and could certainly hear this playing in a pub somewhere, but just not for me

Today, this feels like a weird mix. It's mostly traditional British folk songs, but they had an interesting jazz feel occasionally on the first side. The second seems to trade that out entirely for either a straightforward interpretation, or what feels like making them "churchy," and I mean European churchy, with sustained tones, drones, and any fun beaten out of it by nuns, despite the fact that it's Protestant. I didn't hate it, but I think I only had a slight moment of interest once early on. I very much appreciate music history and preservation, but I rarely got the impression that this was adding to the work, as opposed to merely performing it. That doesn't make it bad, it just means I don't really care about it, especially in relation to this project.

Not super interesint to me. Was feeling a little tough so I am going to bput it on the 2 side of a 2.5 but it was probably close,

I like more folk in my folk than this. It seems to mix folk, jazz, blues, country and the Swingle Singers. Not something I’d listen to twice.

All in all, it all smacks of over-serious look-how-wonderful-we-are folky nonsense that is good in small doses, but grates massively after a while. Also, why are there three basically identical versions of one song on here?

Meh

This was a weird one. Kind of felt like music that plays at the end of a Nordic murder mystery episode.

ui zu dem sound würdi eu im age of empires schlimm usenand näh wär sicher no glatt zum amne mittelalter märt hand in hand im chreis tanze und dezue es paar wildschweinwings verdrucke, da ich das hüt aber usnahmswiis nöd gmacht han bini nöd in stimmig cho scho woni's album cover gseh han, hani schlimms befürchtet… musikalisch isch's eigentli ja scho no qualitativ gsi aber das isch ez en klassische fall vomene album woni wahrschinli nümm wird drilose (ussert am nächste mittelalter märt weni hand in hand im chreis tanze und dezue es paar wildscheinwings verdrucke)

More British folk. Unfortunately, back to back with Leige and Leif.

Not my kind of thing at all. I powered through, thinking it would pick up, but no such luck. Still better than plenty of other albums on this list though.

This is actually another album I didn't listen to in full — fun fact! Like, I tried to give this thing a fair, full shot, I really did. Honestly. I don't **want** to only listen to half an album and act like I know everything about it. That's just bad practice right there, 'coz for all I know, there could be something in the second half that redeems the first half, and it's my due diligence to see if it's there or not. At the very least, it's only fair to the artist. But, like, I started listening to the second half of the album, "Hunting Song", and, jus'... Oh, goodness, I was so interminably bored. I legitimately could not stand how boring I found this music. I mean, seriously, you hafta understand: most music I find boring just kinda fades into the background. Y'know, it's wallpaper, whatever. Not interesting in the slightest, but I guess it keeps the ears occupied. But this was a weird kind of boring, where... Y'know, I swear it was on the verge of something. This light renaissance faire thing, I could be down with it — if it ever went anywhere! Like, if they went whole hog with it, that'd be one thing, but note: "LIGHT renaissance faire thing." They found one, soft, turgid pace and are determined to stay there the whole time. With these vocals that're, like... OK, in parts they remind of Church Of The Cosmic Skull, and if the music behind them was more exciting, I'd be really into that. But again: it's not! And from the moment the lady on the first track went "la-da-dee-da" or whatever, I was already annoyed by them. Maybe the problem is they're taking themselves too seriously? Maybe if they loosened up a little and picked up the damn tempo or volume sometimes, they could have something. Like, I'm just frustrated, mostly, honestly. I can hear potential in this! I can hear something where, y'know, I'm not in **love** with it, but goodness, it's something I could stand to listen to for its entire runtime! Frustration and disappointment. Maybe the worst two feelings you can have with an album. Goodness. Like, I'm giving this thing a 2 'coz I didn't **hate it** like, say, DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE, but understand how much worse this 2 is than that album's 1. 'Coz I never had any expectations for Kid Rock. At most, I figured he'd suck, and what a surprise, he did. Now, I didn't have any expectations for this album either — in fact, Wikipedia giving it the label "folk jazz" had me already feeling predisposed to not liking it — but... It teased me with an idea of what it could do. And it never did. Jus'... Urgh. It's boring and it sucks. Another day, another 60's folk album. Who cares?

I am no stranger to English folk music, as I dabble now and then. I always enjoy the proper old folk music that is centuries old. This album is obviously not part of that. The 1960s English folk revival brought a lot of bands who essentially made their own folk songs, which is fine. The thing is, more feel like they never end. I have come across Pentangle before, particularly 'Once I Had a Sweetheart' from this album. It is a song that is fine for about 30 seconds, which is what I think about a lot of this genre and album. It becomes a struggle to listen to.

It says they are classified as folk, but for me its a little closer to celtic hippy, with an Alice and Wonderland playfulness and Indigenous undertones. I imagine this group sitting around a bonfire with a large group of people dancing around with long hair, flowers, limited clothing, and a lot of mind altering substances. It is really its own kind of thing, that I could really see was new at the time. Lyke-Wake Dirge felt a little cultish. I liked Training Song and Hunting Song (but it got long). I don't hate it, but I don't think I would seek them out again. Sally Go Round the Roses was good but felt really out of place.

Not sure how I'd feel about this album on any other day, but today sucks. And this album wasn’t my vibe. It wasn’t horrible though.

inoffensive ren faire music - a bone-headed take of mine is that everything that sounds like this sounds the same to me. 2.5/5

A trip to the Ren Faire was not what I was expecting today…

Lackluster. I'm not a huge folk fan as it is, but there wasn't any excitement behind their songs. Does Pentangle even enjoy making music? For what it's worth, Basket of Light contained an unusual sound. Folk and jazz aren't often combined, so at least they created unexpected music. Some songs even had an Asian influence. Anyway, I'll give this a 2 because it was indeed music--just not my thing.

This kind of gave me somewhere between medieval folk and psychedelic folk vibes. In any case, I wasn't much of a fan. They sang and played like their hearts weren't in it and that helped contribute to what I saw as a pretty overwhelming performance and album.

Largely forgettable. 2/5

Hard to believe this was ever cool

Interesting, the first song sounds familiar... Am I listening to church music?