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Hokey Pokey
Studio album by Richard and Linda Thompson
Released	April 1975
Recorded	September - October 1974
Studio	Sound Techniques, London
Genre	Folk rock
Length	36:02 (original) 52:36 (2004 reissue)
Label	Island
Producer	Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol
Richard and Linda Thompson chronology
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974) Hokey Pokey (1975) Pour Down Like Silver (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	A [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Hokey Pokey is the second album by the British duo of singer Linda Thompson and singer/songwriter/guitarist Richard Thompson. It was recorded in the autumn of 1974 and released in the year 1975.

Much of the material on the Hokey Pokey album was written sometime before the album was recorded and even predates the Thompsons' conversion to Islam.

In terms of musical style Thompson's songwriting on this album reflects a number of British styles despite not being in the English folk-rock style of "Bright Lights": Music Hall, English hymns, traditional brass bands, pub sing-alongs and even the double entendres of George Formby are all discernible. In many cases, Thompson juxtaposes an upbeat tune with a bleak lyric.

It was voted number 604 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). ^[4]

Track listing

All songs written by Richard Thompson except as noted.

1. "Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song)"
2. "I'll Regret It All in the Morning"
3. "Smiffy's Glass Eye"
4. "The Egypt Room"
5. "Never Again"
6. "Georgie on a Spree"
7. "Old Man Inside a Young Man"
8. "The Sun Never Shines on the Poor"
9. "A Heart Needs a Home"
10. "Mole in a Hole" ( Mike Waterson)

2004 Island CD reissue

11. "Wishing" ( Buddy Holly, Bobby Montgomery)
12. "I'm Turning Off a Memory" ( Merle Haggard)
13. "A Heart Needs a Home"
14. "Hokey Pokey (The Ice Cream Song)"
15. " It'll Be Me" ( Jack Clement)

All extra tracks are live and previously unreleased.

Personnel

• Richard Thompson - guitar, vocals, mandolin (3,10), hammered dulcimer (4,5), Electric dulcimer (5,9), piano
• Linda Thompson - vocals
• Timi Donald - drums
• Pat Donaldson - bass guitar
• Simon Nicol - guitar, piano, Hammond organ (8), vocals (7)
• John Kirkpatrick - accordion (1,3,4,10)
• Ian Whiteman - piano, calliope (9)
• Sidonie Goossens - harp (9)
• Aly Bain - fiddle (1,3)
• The CWS Silver Band (6,10)

References

• Richard Thompson - The Biography by Patrick Humphries. Schirmer Books. 0-02-864752-1
• The Great Valerio - A Study of the Songs of Richard Thompson by Dave Smith.