Songs of Love and Loss is the 11th compilation album by English folk rock singer-songwriter Roy Harper
In early 2011, Roy Harper signed a deal with Believe Digital to release 19 of his albums, for the first time, to the digital market place. This 2-disc, 23-track, compilation was required as an introduction to lead the release campaign and contains songs from 11 of Harpers albums released between 1966 (Sophisticated Beggar) and 1992 (Death or Glory?). The catalogue was to be released in batches of four over the year.
The album is presented in two volumes and, according to the artist, "contains songs specially selected from their original records and digitally re-mastered to work as two dynamically unique albums in their own right". According to The Guardian the album "displays the unerring quality and startling originality of his [Harper's] writing".
Songs of Love and Loss is also available as a download on Harpers website in both FLAC and MP3 format.
All tracks credited to Roy Harper