A Pilgrim's Tale

A Pilgrim's Tale is a studio album by English folk musician Seth Lakeman. It was released on 7 February 2020 under BMG Rights Management.[4]

A Pilgrim's Take
Studio album by
Released7 February 2020 (2020-02-07)
Length41:36
LabelBMG
Seth Lakeman chronology
The Well Worn Path
(2018)
A Pilgrim's Take
(2020)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic72/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Guardian[2]
MusicOMH[3]

The album is inspired by the English ship Mayflower and its four-centuries since the first departure from the UK.[5] English actor, Paul McGann, features on the album as narrator, alongside Cara Dillon, Benji Kirkpatrick and Ben Nicholls.[6]

Critical reception

A Pilgrim's Tale was met with generally favorable reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, this release received an average score of 72, based on 4 reviews.[1]

Track listing

A Pilgrim's Tale track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Watch Out"3:37
2."Pilgrim Brother"3:33
3."Westward Bound"3:53
4."A Pilgrim's Warning"4:45
5."Sailing Time"3:00
6."The Great Iron Screw"3:50
7."Dear Isle of England"2:43
8."Saints and Strangers"3:08
9."Foreign Man"3:25
10."Bury Nights"3:29
11."The Digging Song"3:22
12."Mayflower Waltz"2:51

Charts

Chart performance for A Pilgrim's Tale
Chart (2020) Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC)[7] 34
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 39
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[9] 4

References

  1. "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. Spencer, Neil (16 February 2020). "Seth Lakeman: A Pilgrim's Tale review – all aboard the Mayflower". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. Hubbard, Michael (5 February 2020). "MusicOMH Review". MusicOMH. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. "Seth Lakeman announces Mayflower-inspired album 'A Pilgrim's Tale'". Spiral Earth. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  5. Ellwood-Hughes, Pip (4 November 2019). "Seth Lakeman new release". Entertainment-focus.com. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. "New Album and Single". Folk Radio UK. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  8. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
  9. "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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