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Robert Plant declared himself a fan - as did double-bass legend Danny Thompson, with whom Ryley would later embark on a British tour. A sprawling tour of the USA around \u003ci\u003ePrimrose Green\u003c\/i\u003e presented a perfect chance to workshop ideas for what would eventually become his third studio album, \u003ci\u003eGolden Sings That Have Been Sung\u003c\/i\u003e. On the album, \u003ci\u003eThe Roundabout\u003c\/i\u003e represents a symbolic return to Chicago, while other songs are directly wedded to Ryley's actual return there. Perhaps more than any other song on the record, the somnambulant sun-dappled intimacies of opening track \u003ci\u003eThe Halfwit In Me\u003c\/i\u003e most audibly bear the imprint of Ryley's improvisational sessions with Wilco multi-instrumentalist, Chicagoan and producer Leroy Bach, while \u003ci\u003eFunny Thing She Said\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching study of separation set to a shimmeringly supple ensemble performance. 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