The Ruby Cord
{{Infobox album|cover=The Ruby Cord.webp
| name = The Ruby Cord
| type = studio
| artist = Richard Dawson
| released = {{Start date|2022|11|18|df=y}}
| genre = Progressive folk
| length = 80:49
| label = Domino Recording Company
| prev_title = Henki
| prev_year = 2021
| next_title = End of the Middle
| next_year = 2025
}}
The Ruby Cord is the seventh studio album by the British avant-garde folk musician Richard Dawson, released on 18 November 2022 by Domino Recording Company.
The record was described as the final piece in a trilogy of albums, together with previous releases Peasant and 2020, set in "a sort of liminal reality that straddles real life and something more virtual" in the future.{{Cite web |last=Pattison |first=Louis |date=2022-11-25 |title=Richard Dawson – The Ruby Cord |url=https://www.uncut.co.uk/reviews/album/richard-dawson-the-ruby-cord-140988/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=UNCUT |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Richard Dawson Reviewed! |url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/new-music/richard-dawson-reviewed/ |access-date=2023-01-10 |website=Mojo |language=en-GB}}
Reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = The Observer
| rev2 = Mojo
| rev3 = Uncut
| rev4 = AllMusic
| rev4score = 4/5{{AllMusic|id=0003832304}}
| MC = 81%
}}
The Ruby Cord received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81 based on fifteen reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".{{Citation |title=The Ruby Cord by Richard Dawson |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/the-ruby-cord/richard-dawson |language=en |access-date=2023-01-10}}
Track listing
All tracks are written by Richard Dawson.
{{Track listing
| title1 = The Hermit
| length1 = 41:00
| title2 = Thicker Than Water
| length2 = 5:35
| title3 = The Fool
| length3 = 5:46
| title4 = Museum
| length4 = 8:06
| title5 = The Tip of an Arrow
| length5 = 10:06
| title6 = No-one
| length6 = 2:22
| title7 = Horse and Rider
| length7 = 7:54
| total_length = 80:49
}}
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