Ship To Shore / Richard Thompson - When Richard Thompson began writing songs for his latest album, Ship to Shore, the artist was instinctively drawn to his own musical roots, employing them in the service of fashioning a deep and diverse 12-track collection that pulls from various styles, genres and eras, but remains unmistakably Richard Thompson. There's the rumbling, Motown-style rhythm that propels InchTrust,Inch and the straightforward riff-rock of InchTurnstile Casanova.Inch The drone-y InchThe Old Pack Mule,Inch an Inchold man's songInch that takes musical cues from 1600s-era European music, and InchLife's a Bloody Show,Inch an ode to Inchsnake-oil salesmen and huckstersInch that floats on a glammy, cabaret-like melody that's Inchalmost like a parody of a Noël Coward song, or something from Berlin in the 1920s,Inch Thompson says. InchI liked the idea of having a strong base to work from and reaching out from there,Inch he says. InchAnd I think of my base as being British traditional music, but there's also Scottish music, there's Irish music. There's jazz and country and classical. As far as I'm concerned, once you establish your base you can reach out anywhere. It'll still be you ringing through, wherever you decide to go musically.Inch Album Tracks 1. Freeze 2. The Fear Never Leaves You 3. Singapore Sadie 4. Trust 1. The Day That I Give in 2. The Old Pack Mule 3. Turnstile Casanova 4. Lost in a Crowd 1. Maybe 2. Life's a Bloody Show 3. What's Left to Lose 4. We Roll