2001 studio album by Richard Thompson
Action Packed Released 2001 Recorded 1988–2000 Genre Rock Length 76 :49 Label Capitol Producer Richard Thompson and Cheryl Pawelski
Mock Tudor (1999)
Action Packed (2001)
Semi-Detached Mock Tudor (2002)
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Action Packed is a compilation album by Richard Thompson released in 2001.
The album is a retrospective look at Thompson's time with Capitol Records and brings together songs from each of the albums that he recorded for that label.
Also included are a previously unreleased version of "Persuasion" with son Teddy featured on vocals, and two tracks, "Mr. Rebound" and "Fully Qualified to Be Your Man", that were available on the vinyl issue of Mock Tudor but were excluded from the CD release.
Track listing [ edit ]
All songs written by Richard Thompson except "Persuasion" by Richard Thompson, Peter Filleul and Tim Finn.
"Turning of the Tide"
"Waltzing's for Dreamers"
"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
"I Misunderstood"
"I Feel So Good"
"Keep Your Distance"
"King of Bohemia"
"I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life"
"Beeswing"
"The Ghost of You Walks"
"Razor Dance"
"Cold Kisses"
"Bathsheba Smiles"
"Cooksferry Queen"
"Uninhabited Man"
"Walking the Long Miles Home"
"Persuasion"
"Mr. Rebound"
"Fully Qualified to Be Your Man"
References [ edit ]
Richard Thompson
Original albums
Solo albums
Henry the Human Fly
Strict Tempo!
Hand of Kindness
Across a Crowded Room
Daring Adventures
Amnesia
Rumor and Sigh
Mirror Blue
You? Me? Us?
Mock Tudor
The Old Kit Bag
1000 Years of Popular Music
Front Parlour Ballads
Sweet Warrior
Dream Attic
Electric
Acoustic Classics
Still
Acoustic Classics II
13 Rivers
Ship to Shore
with Linda Thompson
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
Hokey Pokey
Pour Down Like Silver
First Light
Sunnyvista
Shoot Out the Lights
with Danny Thompson
Live albums
Small Town Romance
Live at Crawley
Two Letter Words: Live 1994
Celtschmerz: Live in the UK ‘98
Semi-Detached Mock Tudor
More Guitar
Ducknapped!
Faithless
The Chrono Show
Live from Austin, TX
In Concert, November 1975
Live Warrior
Live at the BBC
Other releases
Sweet Talker
Grizzly Man
Family
Compilation albums
(guitar, vocal)
Live! (More or Less)
Watching the Dark
The Best of Richard & Linda Thompson: The Island Records Years
Action Packed
RT- The Life and Music of Richard Thompson
Songs
"1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
"Dimming of the Day"
"Tear-Stained Letter"
Related articles
Discography
The Albion Band
The Bunch
Fairport Convention
French Frith Kaiser Thompson
The Golden Palominos
Kamila Thompson
Linda Thompson
Teddy Thompson