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Tempted & Tried

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Steeleye Span Format: Audio CD

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Audio CD, Import, Original recording remastered, February 15, 2002

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Track Listings

1	Jack Hall
2	Two Butchers
3	Padstow
4	The First House in Connaught/Sailor's Bonnet
5	Betsy Bell and Mary Gray
6	Shaking of the Sheets
7	Searching for Lambs
8	Seagull
9	The Cruel Mother
10	Following Me
11	The Fox

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Remastered reissue of 1989 album featuring Maddy Prior on vocals. Subtitled 'A 20th Anniversary Celebration'. 11 tracks total including 'Padstow', 'The Fox' & 'Two Butchers'.

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Language ‏ : ‎ English
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.4 x 4.9 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Shanachie
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 8, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Shanachie
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000000E2P
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #35,935 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #44 in British Folk
- #378 in Traditional Folk (CDs & Vinyl)
- #854 in Folk Rock (CDs & Vinyl)

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C. William Hartmann

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2016

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As great as I expected it would be.

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Michael Gmirkin

Quintessential "Classic" Steelye Span

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2007

Steeleye Span pioneered folk rock along with Fairport convention (whose music I still haven't picked up yet, though I've been meaning to for variety's sake). If you're a Steeleye Span fan, you will like this CD. Period. It's a Steeleye classic, and one of my many favorites.

Skip the newer releases, like: They Called Her Babylon, Bedlam Born, Bloody Men.

Go for the Classics: Tempted and Tried, All Around my Hat, Sails of Silver, Storm Force Ten, Rocket Cottage, Hark! The Village Wait, Please to See the King, Ten Man Mop, Commoners Crown, Now We Are Six, Parcel of Rogues.

If you must pick up "modern" Steelye albums, pick up: Time (one of their best "modern" releases) and Horkstow Grange (their other good "modern" release). "Winter" is supposed to also be good, on par with the classics (traditional arrangements of holiday songs), though I haven't yet seen it.

The above "classic" albums cover the early and middle years.

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anonymous

one of Steeleye's most accessible efforts

Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2002

By the 1980s, Steeleye Span had reformed but they were not nearly as prolific as they had been during their heyday. "Tempted and Tried" was released near the dawn of the 90s and demonstrates an older, wiser Steeleye, more mellow than most of its predecessors and an album that can appeal to even the more folk-rock phobic in the audience. True, there is a price to pay for instant appeal - the hard driving quality of "Parcel of Rogues" and "All Around My Hat" is sadly missing and the whole thing comes across as slightly sanitized, but the eschewing of period effects makes the album sound fresh even today. And lest we thing that Steeleye has contented itself with nursery rhymes, under the joyful veneer of "Jack Hall" is a gory tale, and "Shaking of the Sheets" is surely about death, while the frightening "Somebody's Watching" is a triumph of mood and a statement of just how versatile this group can be. "Tempted and Tried" comes highly recommended because, as in almost all Steeleye recordings, the song selection, arrangement, playing, and sheer enthusiasm are exemplary.

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watery eyes

Solid Favourite

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2008

Many claim that Steeleye Span's early work is their best, but when I'm looking for something to play, Tempted and Tried and Harkstow Grange are the two I grab most often.

In particular, Jack Hall, Two Butchers, Shaking of the Sheets, and The Fox would be highlights on any their albums. Don't let the release date put you off.

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Bit of a prized album.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 10, 2021

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Bit of a prized album and not easy to purchase,new.But second hand sounds ok on my iPod. Some nice tracks and some a bit laboured but at least I can hear them. Initially purchased this album ,on tape several years ago, but unable to play on cassette player so grateful for this opportunity.

Mr. Howard J. Whitfield

tempted and bought

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 14, 2017

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this was an album i missed at the time got the single from the album .its great really good tracks some more sinister than i would have thought
but the sound of maddys voice comes through well and the male singers good too

Angela Walker

Great music.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 25, 2015

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Love it. A fantastic recording my a great group.

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 19, 2016

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