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UK Albums Chart - #28, 1999 "... one of his two or three best albums, if not just the best ... a back-to-basics approach following a series of records with more experimental production ..." - PopMatters.com "... Thompson mines the veins that have always replenished him. His melodies recall timeless ballads, while his playing, sometimes set in tricky (but not showy) time signatures, moves among jazz inventiveness, folk resonance and rock 'n' roll power. He's so deft that his extraordinary originality seems utterly natural." - Rolling Stone "... another strong outing in the career of this most consistent of recording artists. An engaging series of dark character sketches and creepy nostalgic reminisces of the England of his boyhood, Mock Tudor is an impressive instance of world building through songcraft, vivid in detail and bracing in execution. Tough and unsparing, Mock Tudor finds Thompson very much in control of his gifts three decades into his career, with no perceivable threat of going soft." - Stereogum Producers Tom Rothrock and Rob Schnapf (Beck, Foo Fighters) give folkie Richard Thompson a tougher sound on this highly-respected 1999 release, inspired both musically and thematically by Thompson's childhood in England in the 1960s.