Action Packed

2001 studio album by Richard Thompson

Action Packed

Studio album by

Richard Thompson

Released| 2001
Recorded| 1988–2000
Genre| Rock
Length| 76:49
Label| Capitol
Producer| Richard Thompson and Cheryl Pawelski
Richard Thompson chronology
| Mock Tudor
(1999)  | Action Packed
(2001)  | Semi-Detached Mock Tudor
(2002)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [2]

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

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All songs written by Richard Thompson except "Persuasion" by Richard Thompson, Peter Filleul and Tim Finn.

1. "Turning of the Tide"
2. "Waltzing's for Dreamers"
3. "1952 Vincent Black Lightning"
4. "I Misunderstood"
5. "I Feel So Good"
6. "Keep Your Distance"
7. "King of Bohemia"
8. "I Can't Wake Up to Save My Life"
9. "Beeswing"
10. "The Ghost of You Walks"
11. "Razor Dance"
12. "Cold Kisses"
13. "Bathsheba Smiles"
14. "Cooksferry Queen"
15. "Uninhabited Man"
16. "Walking the Long Miles Home"
17. "Persuasion"
18. "Mr. Rebound"
19. "Fully Qualified to Be Your Man"

## References

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1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Richard Thompson – Action Packed: The Best of the Capitol Years". AllMusic.
2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.

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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

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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|

* Industry

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

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