Hippies, Thugs and Heroes is the upcoming twentieth studio album by the British musician Richard Thompson. It is set to be released on 16 October 2026, through New West Records. The album was recorded with producer James Frazee in Weehawken, New Jersey. Musicians accompanying Thompson include Taras Prodaniuk (bass), Michael Jerome (drums), David Mansfield (guitar and fiddle) and his wife Zara Phillips on backing vocals. The album's first single is "Cocaine Walking, Booze Talking", described by Pitchfork as a "raucous bar-rock ditty".
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Personnel Credits are adapted from Tidal. Richard Thompson – vocals, guitar, harmonium, mandolin, organ, production James Frazee – production, engineering, mastering David Mansfield – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, fiddle John Kirkpatrick – accordion John Sherman – accordion Zara Phillips – background vocals Taras Prodaniuk – bass Steven Bernstein – cornet Tony Kadleck – cornet Michael Jerome – drums Michael Davis – trombone Marcus Rojas – tuba
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