Peasant

Come on now. Seriously??

Imagine going to a restaurant and you asked for a recommendation and they gave you one. But it turns out it was just dog shit on a plate. That's what listening to this User Recommendation was. Who honestly thought this was a great album or one people should actually listen to?

Didn’t enjoy any of this. Muddled music and sounds. Poor vocals. Couldn’t follow many of the character’s stories. Not the kind of folk music I enjoy or care for.

definitely folk. interesting themed album. doesn't make me want to explore more of Richard's work and a once through was enough.

To me, this one sounded like a bad busker on a London street. Singing was awful, guitar sounded too out of tune to me... Very chaotic. Although I liked the songwriting, I had a hard time listening to this album

lol what an avant garde masterpiece. It would've been average rating, but the singing REALLY drags it down. Old timey English folk music (ie. not American folk country) is pretty good when done properly... which this isn't. 2/5.

Good shit ngl 5

I hoped that after the original list we were done with folk. Unfortunately not. I don't get this pseudo-renaissancy music, it's boring, annoying and unoriginal.

Sorry to say, but this really got in my nerves. Out of tune vocals don't have to be a problem, but when it's a whole choir it does.

Is this a serious attempt? At what, would be my second question. I think Monthy Python at their most sarcastic would have been able to still do a more satisfying folk album than this one.

I liked him as host of the Family Feud, but not so sure about this. Haha, I'm so funny. And old. I liked this. At its best reminded me of early Peter Gabriel and Genesis. A bit weird at times but kept my interest and I enjoyed listening to it. 3 stars.

People think it was great to be a medieval king but in my head this what they had to sit and listen to

Nice kinda folky jams

Something about this very reminiscent of something but what? Vic Chesnutt? Neutral Milk Hotel? Something else, something English. I wish he'd do the sound but with less of the faux old-timeyish thing in the lyrics.

This was a frequently irritating on first listen, but odd and unique enough that I'll punt with a neutral rating.

Just a hair shy past the fun experimentation threshold, into the "maybe music has these rules for the reason.

6/10. Cool idea, but I didn't really like the execution that much. Overall I suppose I liked it, but barely

Interesting, but a bit too weird for my taste. I love how guitar sounds on the record, it is amazing indeed. However Richard's ugly voice and the songs themselves did not really appeal me

A kind of music which I rarely have listened to. Respect.

The start to Peasant is slow, or at least stripped-from-modernity for a bit, but hits a full weird stride which it's then able to stick to. The characterization is less interesting than the meta-character plucking strings and sending his words out long and short. Disjointed in just the right way; Entirely in control if not under it.

Until I read the Wikipedia article for this, I had no idea what was going on in this album. Avant-garde folk music is not really my jam. I was ready to give this a 2 until I understood that each song is from a different perspective/narrator. Sort of neat, so bumped it up to a 3, but I definitely have heard better 3/5 albums in this list (to me).