Ship of Fools

Ship of Fools

Track Listings

1. Searching for Lambs - Maggie Boyle

2. Sandwood Down to Kyle - John Renbourn

3. Bogey's Bonnie Belle - Maggie Boyle, Steve Tilston

4. Lark in the Clear Air - Maggie Boyle, Tony Roberts

5. Martinmas Wind - Maggie Boyle

6. Cobbler's Jig/Maltese Brawle - John Renbourn

7. I Live Not Where I Love - Maggie Boyle

8. Verdant Braes of 'Screen

9. Ship of Fools - John Renbourn

10. Traveller's Prayer - Maggie Boyle, John Renbourn, Tony Roberts, Steve Tilston

Tracks:

Searching For Lambs
Sandwood Down to Kyle
Bogey's Bonnie Belle
Lark In The Clear Air
The Martinmass Wind
Cobbler's Jig/Maltese Brawls
I Live Not Where I Love
The Verdant Braes Of Screen
Ship Of Fools
Travellers' Prayer

Customer Reviews:

A SCA Essential - Highly Recommended!.......2005-06-09

This album has that medieval style that Renbourn, Fairport Convention and Incredible String Band were known for. "Searching For Lambs" starts it off with some pulsing bodhran drum with acoustic guitar, flute and Maggie Boyle on vocals. The song is wonderful in every aspect, lyrics, vocals and music. "Bogey's Bonnie Belle" has spritely whistle and lilting unison vocals with instrumental passages evocative of Scotland. "Lark In The Clear Air" has a solo flute later joined by some other woodwinds, but very unadorned. "The Martinmass Wind" features Maggie's vocals and acoustic guitar, another natural song. "Cobbler's Jig/Maltese Brawls" is an upbeat jig (of course!) with a variety of instruments including bodhran and whistles. "I Live Not Where I Love" is a beautiful ballad sung by Maggie with acoustic guitar. "The Verdant Braes of Screen" is a Scottish ballad with Steve Tilston on lead vocals, and Northumbrian pipes. "Ship of Fools" has great lyrics beautifully sung by Maggie Boyle, and perfectly performed, one of this album's many highlights. "Traveller's Prayer" closes the album with a medieval-flavor chant sung in unison, and great lyrics.

An excellent recording.......2003-03-14

This album has a wonderful, relaxed feel to it, which suits the folk-centered music very well. The choral work on the closing piece, "Traveller's Prayer," is amazing -- it is hard to believe that four voices (Maggie Boyle, John Renbourn, Tony Roberts, and Steve Tilston) can make so much music.

"I live not where I love" sounds as if it walked through a door from 1800 or thereabouts. It's a truly wonderful period piece that recalls Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. "Maltese Brawl" has nothing to do with fighting; it's a dance, and foot-tappable.

It's clear that John Renbourn and company spent some time programming this album; it flows from track to track very naturally. And the music is wonderful, as one expects from John Renbourn.

John Renbourne is no fool on Ship of Fools.......2000-07-11

John Renbourn's departure from the complications of previous work is like a fresh breeze. His minimalist approach suits well this collection of traditional and neo-traditional celtic songs. If you liked Sir John A Lot, you will like Ship of Fools. The key ingredient to this album, missing from earlier works, is the enchanting, almost dreamlike work of vocalist Maggie Boyle. The flat guitar work in "I live not where I love" does not do her justice, while the driving cadence of the title track highlight her ethereal voice - you cannot get this song out of your head. Her work on the recorder also accentuates her vocal work and, in combination with John Renbourn's restrained, yet punchy guitar work, create a musical faerie tale that is not soon forgotten.

CAPTAIN SAD AND HIS SHIP OF FOOLS AND 2 X2

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CAPTAIN SAD AND HIS SHIP OF FOOLS AND 2 X2
COWSILLS
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Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000KTAFNI

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Classic Film Scores

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00005YA74
Release Date: 1994-02-15

Tracks:

Classic Love Themes - Franz Waxman
The Sandpiper, film score: Love Theme
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Wuthering Heights, (Cathy's Theme)
Taras Bulba, Film Score:
Elegy For Strings
Mister Robert - Franz Waxman
Limelight
The Medal Of Honor Suite
Ship of fools, film score: Main Title Theme
Sayonara, Film Score
Anna, film score
The Medal Of Honor Suite

Who Needs Love (Kelsey Rmx)/Ship Of Fools/Sometimes

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Who Needs Love (Kelsey Rmx)/Ship Of Fools/Sometimes
Erasure
Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000006YJF
Release Date: 2002-02-17

Tracks:

Always [Cappella Club Remix]
Always [Mivrobots Trance Dance Mix]
Always [Microbots Inside Your Brain Mix]
Always [Hey Mix]

Customer Reviews:

hello.......2002-04-21

i thought the cd could use a little more spunk to little of afrimation to boring. anyway it was still good.

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Ship of Fools
Erasure
Manufacturer: Mute
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004WS9T

Tracks:

Ship of Fools [Shiver Me Timbers Mix]
When I Needed You [Melancholic Mix]
River Deep, Mountain High [Private Dance Mix]

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Ship Of Fools - 'Let's Get This Mother Outta Here' (Snapper)
SUPRISING - PROGRESSIVE ROCK FANS CHECK THIS OUT
Hallucinogenic Architectures

Let's Get This Mother Outta Here
Ship of Fools
Manufacturer: Peaceville UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000069DQG
Release Date: 2002-10-28

Tracks:

Diesel Spaceship
L=SD2
Where Is Here
First Light
In The Wake Of
From Time
Passage By Night
Western Lands
Guidance Is Internal

Product Description

1. Diesel Spaceship
2. L=SD2
3. Where Is Here
4. First Light
5. In The Wake Of
6. From Time
7. Passage By Night
8. Western Lands
9. Guidance Is Internal
10. L=SD2 Enhanced Video Track

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Ship Of Fools - 'Let's Get This Mother Outta Here' (Snapper).......2004-12-20

'Let's Get...' is basically nine tracks from the Yorkshire band's two lp's they released in the early '90's,'Close Your Eyes' and 'Out There Somewhere'.Ship Of Fools are best described as smoothly played progressive psych,or some may just tag them as trippy festival-like space rock.Tunes I liked best were "L=SD 2","First Light",the fourteen-minute atmospheric "From Time" and "Passage By Night".The line-up for this short-lived UK ensemble was:Les Smith-keyboards(now in Cradle Of Filth),Andy Banks-guitar,Sputnik-bass and Mick Reed-drums.Great to listen to late at night.Should appeal to most fans of earlier Pink Folyd,Ozric Tentacles and Porcupine Tree.

SUPRISING - PROGRESSIVE ROCK FANS CHECK THIS OUT.......2003-07-11

I kinda specialize musical reviews of the obscure nature and with Let's Get This Mother Out of Here I think I've hit my zenith for obscurity but even as obscure as it obviously is, it's very good!

This 2002 release is basically a compilation of the now defunct neo-progressive rock/metal band Ship of Fools from their only two studio albums Close your Eyes, Forget the World and Out There Somewhere.

The band was apparently formed in 1992 by then Anathema keyboardist Les Smith, of which I have been unable to find out any information other than, he later joined Cradle of Filth. It seems an odd move because Ship of Fools or Anethma for that matter are worlds away from the extreme music of Cradle of Filth. Smith recruited guitarist Andy Banks. A bass player named Sputnik, another keyboardist, Damien Clark and drummer Mick Reed filled out the band's lineup.

Smith must have kept the rights for the music for it was he who brought the masters to Peacville records, who released Let's Get this Mother Out of Here in 2002.

Ship of Fools plays a smooth, atmospheric, spacey(literally), lush form of Psychedelic/progressive rock. It is strictly instrumental with some sound effects imitating space talk & chatter. I am really having a hard time drawing any parallels to any other bands. Others have mentioned Pink Floyd and Porcupine Tree but I don't see it. Porcupine Tree maybe slightly, but the mood and the sound effects are the only similarity to Pink Floyd. In fact, now that I think about it, I think New Age Rock would be a good term for this music.

At one time, founder Les Smith was playing in both Anathema and Ship of Fools, in fact Ship of Fools Occasionally opened for Anethema and Smith would go backstage after the first set and then return with Anathema. Smith was apparently the glue for the band because they broke up shortly after he left for Cradle of Filth.

It is a shame this band had to break up. There music was pleasant and inventive and if they were still together they would be household names within the progressive rock scene. Although this is not an essential album, it is different enough and good enough that you might want to give it some serious consideration.

Hallucinogenic Architectures.......2003-02-07

From Yorkshire, England, Ship Of Fools are My Dying Bride's lunatic neighbours by excellence. The band was created around '92 & has released two full-length albums via Dreamtime Records (a small sister label of Peaceville), now what we have here is a retrospective album combining the best moments of hallucinogenic trips newly remixed & digitally remastered.
For those of you not aware, Ship Of Fools was a mind-altering project counting with, among other mentally deranged members, Les Smith. Who later went on to join Cradle Of Filth, and is currently a part of Anathema's line-up.
The old days seemed rather joyful for the band playing every free party, festival & rave in the country. Constructing animated architectures on the audience, a slow dance of golden lights near to what Huxley would call the miracle of mescaline, the gazing twist in the universe of objective facts, the tearing of the abstract perception.
I'm sure this is a definite prescription from British psychiatric halls, a divine taste of what experimentalism is capable of inducing, and certainly very fascinating for those bored with the growing Metal scene. The images reproduced through the various audio ambiences is a rich melting pot of coloured landscapes and varied geometries. Most of the stuff is instrumental, with some minor samples here n' there to evoke a particular mood. Personally, I find Ship Of Fools very relaxing and good to listen while working or arranging a pile of papers hanging around my desk for weeks; they truly give a kick on you get high or trip somehow. Really, it's not annoying and gives a sense of acid inner-peace somehow running through your head and coming back to puzzle your thoughts & memories.
"Let's Get This Mother Outta Here" might be a wonderful discovery for the more spaced-out listeners, willing to transcend the limits of audio chemistry and even their own neurones, my suggestion is to give a it a try & discover for yourself what lies beyond such awkward mental conceptions.
Abyss Magazine @ Nuno M. [CR]

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Ship of Fools
Tuxedomoon
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ASIN: B000OONP54
Release Date: 2007-06-05

Tracks:

Atlantis
Reeding, Righting, Rhythmatic
Break the Rules
A Piano Solo
Lowlands Tone Poem
Music For Piano + Guitar
An Afternoon With N
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Ship Of Fools - RC Mix
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Ship Of Fools
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Ship of Fools
John Renbourn
Manufacturer: Castle
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000BJRJD6
Release Date: 2005-12-05

Tracks:

Searching for Lambs - Maggie Boyle
Sandwood Down to Kyle - John Renbourn
Bogey's Bonnie Belle - Maggie Boyle, Steve Tilston
Lark in the Clear Air - Maggie Boyle, Tony Roberts
Martinmas Wind - Maggie Boyle
Cobbler's Jig/Maltese Brawle - John Renbourn
I Live Not Where I Love - Maggie Boyle
Verdant Braes of 'Screen
Ship of Fools - John Renbourn
Traveller's Prayer - Maggie Boyle, John Renbourn, Tony Roberts, Steve Tilston

Album Description

Renbourn's departure from the complications of much of his previous recorded work is like a fresh breeze. His minimalist approach on this album perfectly suits this collection of traditional and new-traditional Celtic songs. The key ingredient herein is the enchanting, almost dreamlike work of singer Maggie Boyle: indeed, the driving cadence of the title track highlights her ethereal voice to the extent that, once heard, you simply cannot get this tune out of your head. Maggie's recorder playing accentuates her vocals and, in combination with Renbourn's restrained, yet punchy guitar work, create a musical faerie tale that is not soon forgotten. One of Renbourn's rarest solo album, this is indeed a welcome addition to Castle Music's ongoing reissue program, and though it briefly appeared on CD in the US, this marks its first appearance on CD in the UK. 2005.

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