The one hundred seventieth album: #170 The Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
The second Fairport Convention album on the list starts off with what feels like a statement. While Come All Ye has its folk origins musically, the lyrics feel like they hide more modern concepts - rolling minstrels not being a phrase I'd expect in a folk song - which also defines the presence of rock instruments in the traditional-sounding music. Most of the remaining songs are traditional poems arranged by (part of) the band, which works well - the lyrics are mostly from poems I don't know, but the soft rock sound combines well with them and we get a nice tune overall. It's quite relaxing music, but in a way that hits deeper, and in a way that I can stomach better than pure folk.