Parcel Of Rogues (studio album) by Steeleye Span
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Parcel Of Rogues is ranked 3rd best out of 22 albums by Steeleye Span on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Steeleye Span is Below The Salt which is ranked number 7905 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 158.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 01/08/2025 04:20 | RockingRoll666 | | 73/100 |
75/100 | 01/10/2024 08:36 |  ddeeddles64 | | 72/100 |
90/100 | 01/03/2024 02:08 | mostlymor | | 79/100 |
70/100 | 10/04/2023 16:02 | Pluto11 | | 72/100 |
80/100 | 06/13/2023 00:22 | Skerns | | 80/100 |
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That day that your patience expires, and you go ahead and open the windows, and the breeze blows in-- and miraculously brings with it the smell, not of ice and snow, but of mud. This album is for that day for me-- the wake up call to grass and flowers, building and repair projects, and return to life. "
Young women, they run like hares on the mountain-- and if I were a young man, I'd soon go a-huntin'" Not so politically correct, maybe, but it captures the hormonal and psychological impact of such a day perfectly...
"Parcel of Rogues" was my first Steeleye Span album, purchased at a time when folk-rock peaked, and many music enthusiasts were looking for alternatives to Fairport Convention.
Seen in the back mirror, I think that "Parcel of Rogues" is the Steeleye Span album which have aged most gracefully. The melodies are all among their best, and there is great and refreshing variation in arrangement and style. It's obviously still relying on old traditional songs which are enlivened in new arrangements and added a little electricity - at this point there was still no drummer with the group.
Many songs could be highlighted, but I will settle with commneting on only some of them. The opening track "One Misty Moisty Morning" is a fresh catchy song that serves well to capture the listener's attention from the start - obesides it has a great instrumental break. Next track "Alison Gross" is probably the heaviest and most electric number on the album - the song may be seen as an arrow pointing out the direction of where the group was going.
"The Bold Poachers" is a beautifully melodic ballad with one of the male members on lead vocals. The magnificent a capella song, "Rogues in a Nation" caould be described as the album's title track, and in any case one of the really big numbers by the band.
The final two tracks "Can Ye O'ver Frae France" and "Hares on the Mountain" nicely show how broad group spans. The former is an easy up-beat song beautifully performed by Maddy Prior, while "Hares on the Mountain" is a waltzy ballad, sung by one of the male members.
Do you only wish to own a single album with the group, I would recommend this at any time.
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