The Five Seasons

The Five Seasons is the seventeenth studio album by British folk rock band Fairport Convention.

Track listing

 * Side one
 * 1) "Claudy Banks" (Traditional) - 5:53
 * 2) "Cup of Tea!"/"A Loaf of Bread"/"Miss Monahan's" (Allcock, Traditional) - 3:16
 * 3) "All Your Beauty" (Barry Lowe, Martin White) - 2:55
 * 4) "Sock In It" (Dave Whetstone) - 5:29
 * 5) "Gold" (Peter Blegvad) - 5:06


 * Side two
 * 1) "Ginnie" (Huw Williams) - 4:10
 * 2) "Mock Morris '90" (The Green Man/The Cropredy Badger/Molly On The Jetty) (Ric Sanders)  - 4:53
 * 3) "The Card Song"/"Shuffle the Pack" (Allcock, Mattacks, Nicol) - 4:26
 * 4) "The Wounded Whale" (Archie Fisher, Traditional) - 6:43


 * Bonus Track on CD release
 * 1) "Rhythm of the Time" (Dave Whetstone) - 5:52

Release history

 * 1990, December: UK LP, New Routes RUE 005
 * 1990, December : UK CD, New Routes RUE CD 005
 * 1990, December : US CD, Rough Trade NR 005-2
 * 1991, December : UK CD, Woodworm Records WRCD 019
 * 1995, December : UK CD, HTD Records HTD CD 48

Personnel

 * Fairport Convention
 * Maartin Allcock - guitars, bouzouki, mandolin, accordion, keyboards, vocals
 * Ric Sanders - violin
 * Dave Pegg - acoustic & bass guitars, vocals
 * Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion, keyboards, harpsichord
 * Simon Nicol - guitars, vocals, dobro
 * Technical
 * Tim Matyear - engineer
 * Barry Hammond with Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks - mixing