Myths and Heroes
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| Myths and Heroes | ||||
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| Released | January 2015 | |||
| Recorded | Woodworm, Oxfordshire | |||
| Genre | British folk rock | |||
| Length | 51:19 | |||
| Label | Matty Grooves | |||
| Producer | John Gale, Fairport Convention | |||
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Myths and Heroes is a 2015 album by British folk rock band Fairport Convention, released in January 2015 on the band's own Matty Grooves Records label. The band have released over 30 albums since their debut, Fairport Convention, in 1968.
Recording for the album began in March 2014 and concluded in November. During their winter tour at the beginning of the year, the band played some of the material destined for the album as a taster for their live audience. The album became available for pre-order on the Fairport Convention website starting on 1 January 2015 (and was also available at all shows on the band's subsequent tour) and was released officially in March, along with limited-edition vinyl copies of the album.[1]
Critical reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 66/100[2] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| The Guardian |   [3] |
| musicOMH | [4] |
| PopMatters | [5] |
| Record Collector | [6] |
John Murphy of musicOMH complimented the instrumental performances on Myth and Heroes,[4] while Kingsley Abbott of Record Collector praised Chris Leslie's vocals on the album.[6]