What We Did On Our Holidays (studio album) by Fairport Convention

What We Did On Our Holidays by Fairport Convention
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 3,329th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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77/100 (from 96 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1969 (77th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (293rd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,329th)
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Fairport Convention bestography

What We Did On Our Holidays is ranked 3rd best out of 41 albums by Fairport Convention on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Fairport Convention is Liege & Lief which is ranked number 971 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,850.

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From 01/06/2023 16:12
Very fine, beautiful and down to Earth
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From 06/17/2022 00:22
The album has a wonderful take of Dylan's 'I'll Keep It With Mine'. I've added that cover to my top 100 Dylan covers chart. The line up for this album also includes 2 of my favourite singers/musicians/songwriters - Iain Matthews & Richard Thompson.
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From 03/02/2022 04:46
We always called this "The Second First Fairport album." It was originally marketed in the US as "Fairport Convention," and was how we initially heard them, and it is so naive in its sound that it was easy to see as a debut. Then import copies of the actual first album began to show up, and we realized their first experience of the studio was just as awful as everyone else's.

But enough-- if all the Fairport albums in the world were falling into a volcano, this is one of the three I'd most want to save; naive, yes, but the instincts for grace and beauty are full grown. (The others? "Full House" and "Moveable Feast.")
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From 06/20/2016 20:00
Another classic album from Fairport Convention. This is beautiful folk/rock music with both Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson on top form. Fotheringay, I'll keep it with mine, she moves through the fair, and, meet on the ledge, are the picks for me. Great.
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From 02/16/2015 08:30
My favourite Fairport album with highlights Sandy's breathtaking performance of "I'll keep It With Mine" and the exquisite "Book Song".
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My favourite Fairport album with highlights Sandy's breathtaking performance of "I'll keep It With Mine" and the exquisite "Book Song".
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