Gift (Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson album)
{{Infobox album
| artist = Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson
| name = Gift
| type = studio
| cover = Gift (Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson album).jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = {{Start date |2010 |07 |13}}
| genre = Folk
| length = {{Duration |m=54 |s=32}}
| label = Topic Records
| language = English
| producer =
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = The Daily Telegraph
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news |last=Irwin |first=Colin |author-link=Colin Irwin (journalist) |title=Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Gift, CD review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/7916345/Eliza-Carthy-and-Norma-Waterson-Gift-CD-review.html |access-date=9 May 2021 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=28 July 2010}}
| rev2 = The Financial Times
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite news |title=Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson: Gift |last= Honigmann |first=David |author-link=David Honigmann |url=https://www.ft.com/content/a87c424c-88c4-11df-8925-00144feab49a |newspaper=The Financial Times |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=en |date=10 July 2010}}
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news |title=Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson: Gift |last=Denselow |first=Robin |author-link=Robin Denselow |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/08/eliza-carthy-norma-waterson-cd-review |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=10 May 2021 |language=en |date=8 July 2010}}
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Gift is the first joint album released by mother-and-daughter English folk music duo Eliza Carthy and Norma Waterson. It was the winner of the Best Album category of the 2011 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards,{{cite web |title=Radio 2 Folk Awards |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/folk-awards-2011/ |website=BBC Radio 2 |publisher=BBC |access-date=10 May 2021}} where its opening track "Poor Wayfaring Stranger" also won Best Traditional Track.
Reception
The album received positive reviews. In a five-starred review for The Guardian, Robin Denselow described it as "both bravely straightforward and powerfully emotional" and "impressive, even by their standards".
Writing for Bright Young Folk, Liz Osman said that Gift "is a simple non-showy album, and feels like a labour of love between mother and daughter. That warmth of purpose comes through in the delivery of every track, as well as the sleeve notes and album artwork. The calibre of each song, the arrangements and performance make Gift a wonderful collaborative album from two of the country’s best singers".{{cite news |last1=Osmen |first1=Liz |title=Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson - Gift |url=https://brightyoungfolk.com/records/gift-norma-waterson-and-eliza-carthy |access-date=25 May 2021 |work=bright young folk |language=en}}
Track listing
{{cite web |title=Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson - Gift |url=https://www.topicrecords.co.uk/2010/09/eliza-carthy-norma-waterson-gift-tscd579/ |website=Topic Records |access-date=9 May 2021}}{{cite web |title=Eliza Carthy & Norma Waterson: Gift |url=https://mainlynorfolk.info/watersons/records/gift.html |website=Mainly Norfolk |access-date=9 May 2021}}
{{Track listing
| total_length = 54:32
| title1 = Poor Wayfaring Stranger
| length1 = 6:30
| title2 = Pretty Grey Hawk
| length2 = 3:23
| title3 = Boston Burglar
| length3 = 5:25
| title4 = The Nightingale / For Kate
| length4 = 5:58
| title5 = Bonaparte's Lament
| length5 = 3:21
| title6 = The Rose and the Lily
| length6 = 6:18
| title7 = Bunch of Thyme
| length7 = 5:52
| title8 = Ukulele Lady / (If Paradise Is) Half as Nice
| length8 = 4:53
| title9 = Psalm of Life
| length9 = 6:09
| title10 = Prairie Lullaby
| length10 = 3:48
| title11 = Shallow Brown
| length11 = 2:55
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Personnel
- Eliza Carthy – vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4–11), fiddle (tracks 2, 4–7, 9), bells (track 4), octave violin (track 4), organetta (tracks 4, 9), mandolin (track 5), piano (tracks 6, 9), viola (track 7)
- Norma Waterson – vocals (tracks 1–3, 5–9, 11), triangle (track 5)
- Anne Waterson – vocals
- Marry Waterson – vocals
- Mike Waterson – vocals
- Aidan Curran – guitar, mandolin
- Danny Thompson – double bass
- Martin Simpson – banjo
- Martin Carthy – guitar, vocals
- Chris Parkinson – melodeon
- Oliver Knight – cello, electric guitar, vocals
- Saul Rose – melodeon
- Roger Williams – trombone
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