Rumor and Sigh

Rumor and Sigh
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1991
Recorded1991
StudioSunset Sound, Los Angeles and Konk Studios, London
GenreFolk rock, alternative rock
Length61:19
LabelCapitol
ProducerMitchell Froom
Richard Thompson chronology
Sweet Talker
(1991)
Rumor and Sigh
(1991)
Watching The Dark
(1993)

Rumor and Sigh is a 1991 album by British singer/songwriter Richard Thompson, his thirteenth album since leaving the band Fairport Convention in 1971. Released on the Capitol label, it was a commercial success for Thompson, featuring his biggest American hit single "I Feel So Good", as well as the fan favourite "1952 Vincent Black Lightning”.

The album earned Thompson a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 1992. It was also voted number 665 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000).[1]

  1. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). All Time Top 1000 Albums (3rd ed.). Virgin Books. p. 217. ISBN 0-7535-0493-6.