Fish Records Essentials The following albums are the 'best of the best', we consider these to be the strongest albums available through Fish Records. The discs listed below are superb in every area, and are among the most important singer/songwriter albums released since the mid 1990s. Where possible we've used the original reviews from our mailers, but we've added new comments where appropriate. We keep all of these discs in stock at all times. |
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Dar Williams - The Honesty Room (1995) Originally released in 1993 and then re-released in 1995 with additional tracks and some additional instrumentation ‘The Honesty Room’ is one of the very best contemporary folk albums of the past 15 years or so.... full review |
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Mark Erelli - Hope and Other Casualties (2006) The artwork of this, Mark’s 5th album pays homage to Dylan’s ‘The Times They Are A-Changin' cover art, and while that makes a bold statement about the disc, it’s one that he carries off throughout the 11 tracks.... full review |
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Krista Detor - Mudshow (2006) Over the latter half of 2006, Krista Detor’s ‘Mudshow’ has been picking up some excellent reviews in Europe, but has stayed below most people’s radar, making it one of the best kept secrets of the year. |
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Williams, Shindell & Kaplansky - Cry Cry Cry (1998) Taking three of the brightest young, solo contemporary folk writers and performers (Dar Williams, Richard Shindell and Lucy Kaplansky) and twelve of their favourite songs by other artists has resulted in a well balanced, polished album with.... full review |
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Anais Mitchell - Hymns for the Exiled (2004) After being awarded the prestigious New Folk award at Kerrville in 2003 much was expected from Anais Mitchell, but few could have anticipated an album as striking as ‘Hymns for the Exiled’. £13.49 |
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Dave Carter & Tracy Grammer - Drum Hat Buddha (2001) 'Drum Hat Buddha' is an astonishing album - in a year when many of the big folk and singer/songwriter names are releasing albums, this disc looks likely to tower above them all. £12.99 |
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Bellowhead - Burlesque (2006) Bellowhead, winners of the BBC Radio 2 folk award for Best Live Act 2005, are a dynamic 11-piece band combining the traditional skills of John Spiers, Jon Boden, Benji Kirkpatrick, Paul Sartin, Rachael McShane and Giles Lewin combined.... full review £13.49 |
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Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman - One (2002) '1' is a low-key, self-released album from Equation members Kathryn Roberts & Sean Lakeman. While as a band Equation concentrate on folk-rock, this album is an altogether more restrained piece of work, it's acoustic contemporary folk and a mixture of.... full review £9.99 |
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Josh Ritter - Golden Age of Radio (2001) Josh Ritter is a young singer/songwriter from Moscow, Idaho - and judging from the stunning quality of this release, is an artist destined for huge success. 'Golden Age of Radio' is a laidback and spare recording, but with real musical depth - he and.... full review £12.99 |
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Richard Shindell -Somewhere Near Paterson (2000) Shindell has built up a reputation as a significant singer/songwriter over the past few years with 3 solo albums and the fantastic Cry Cry Cry collaboration. This, his debut album for the Signature Sounds label is the first big album release of 2000.... full review £12.99 |
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Slaid Cleaves - Broke Down (2000) 'Broke Down' is Slaid's second release on Rounder, and this disc realises the potential he showed on his earlier album. A cross between country and traditional singer-songwriter material, the majority of tracks on this album are bare, acoustic based.... full review £13.49 |
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Dan Bern - New American Language (2001) A line from track 6, 'Black Tornado' provides a salutary warning to the listener, 'If you judge me tonight, judge me by the songs I write'. Before this disc arrived I had a firm idea of what to expect (although I'd never actually heard any of his work!), he was.... full review £13.49 |
