Hand of Kindness

Hand of Kindness
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1983
Recorded1983
StudioOlympic, London
Ocean Way, Hollywood
GenreRock, folk rock, zydeco
Length41:15
LabelHannibal
ProducerJoe Boyd
Richard Thompson chronology
Strict Tempo!
(1981)
Hand of Kindness
(1983)
Small Town Romance
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Hand of Kindness is the third solo album by singer/songwriter/guitarist Richard Thompson. It was recorded and released in 1983, after a ten year collaboration with former wife Linda Thompson. It is his first album of original solo material since Henry the Human Fly (1972).

  1. ^ Deming, Mark (2011). "Hand of Kindness - Richard Thompson | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ "Rolling Stone review". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007.