Market Song/No More My Lord/Turn Your Money Green/Haitian Fight Song/A Woman Like You/Goodbye Pork Pie Hat/Three Dances/Watch The Stars/So Early In The Spring/No Exit/The Time Has Come/Bruton Town/Sweet Child/I Loved A Lass/Three Part Thing/Sovay/In Time/In Your Mind/I’ve Got A Feeling/The Trees They Do Grow High/Moon Dog/Hole In My Coal
Sweet Child was a quick follow up double album from top British sixties folk group Pentangle. It is half live, half studio, showcasing their excellent musicianship.
"The music is essentially folk-rock, with a frequent jazz, and occasional blues - infusion. The musicianship is excellent throughout, with double bass and percussion often featured. Three Part Thing is a particularly fine instrumental piece. Jansch and McShee are good, but not great, singers."
"The interplay between these artists is startling - the two guitarists weave in and out and the vocals are not just your standard two or three part harmony. McShee's voice is the essence of purity, conviction and heart. - this is music everyone should hear."
"This extensive, partly-live, double album is often overlooked, apparently in favour of the group's more concise studio records. It's their loss as the creative energy and the flawless musicianship captured here make this, in my opinion, Pentangle's greatest album. The spontaneity of the live-in-concert setting give the disc-one songs an extra spark and an edge over much of Pentangle's in-studio work."
"As live albums go, this one has its faults. But if there are plenty of less memorable instrumentals and awkward, baroque lullabies, they are masterfully interpreted."
"Its the sort of music you can put on for an hour or more of inspiration and amazement - it will fill your heart and your essence. McShee is in fine voice, the instrumental work mesmerizing with the arrangements compelling and inventive."
"The songs are rather delicate and mellow, and the excellent acoustic bass jazzy rhythms, the strongest point on this record, give a warm dimension to the overall music. The very good voice of Jacqui McShee has a slight country style that other female singers of those times did not have. This is a nice, fresh-sounding album with some short, delicate numbers to balance out the jazz-rock groove which this band were so consistently good at. Check it out."
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