Hand of Kindness

Hand of Kindness
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1983
Recorded1983
StudioOlympic, London
Ocean Way, Hollywood
GenreRock, folk rock, zydeco
Length41:15
LabelHannibal
ProducerJoe Boyd
Richard Thompson chronology
Strict Tempo!
(1981)
Hand of Kindness
(1983)
Small Town Romance
(1984)
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AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Rolling Stone

Hand of Kindness is the third solo album by singer/songwriter/guitarist Richard Thompson. It was recorded and released in 1983, after a ten year collaboration with former wife Linda Thompson. It is his first album of original solo material since Henry the Human Fly (1972).