Commissioned by the International Society of Bassists to honour RT's frequent collaborator Danny Thompson, at their 2009 convention to highlight Danny Thompson's skills. The result was a collection of thematically linked songs set in a "talent contest" in the afterlife between the souls of recently deceased people.
Hughesy's assessment:
Interesting.
Track listing: Prelude; Overture; Song Of The Keepers; Whipping On; The Linnett; I Really Do Love A Waltz; I Must Lie Down; Gluttony Considered; Clive Smythe; The Critic Critiqued; I Get Younger; The Parchment Grows Thin; Auldie Riggs; Auldie Riggs' Dance; Mr. Riggs Appreciated; Her Eyes not Mine; From The Inside Out; Breaking Down The Walls; Will You Wash Away The Blood; My Dave; The Gangster's Moll; Run Judas Run; It Came With A Whisper; I Want The World; She Had It All; Bosom Of The Lord; Hot Place For Hypocrites; One More Breath; The Keeper Regrets And Reflects; Whipping Off
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