Like an Old Fashioned Waltz is the third solo album by English folk rock singer Sandy Denny released in June 1974. The album marked her first release that contained none of the folk influences seen on her recordings thus far and for this reason it divided her fans into those that preferred the traditional elements of her earlier work and those that followed her development as a singer songwriter. After Denny's previous album the well-received Sandy had failed to cross over to mass market success she decided that to establish her solo career, a record appealing to a new audience was required. The album was Denny's most personal statement on record so far, and saw someone further refining their songwriting craft, on a nostalgic panoramic song-cycle detailing many of her personal preoccupations: loss, loneliness, fear of the dark, the passing of time and the changing seasons. Marred only by the (albeit convincing) covers of jazz numbers remembered from her father's record collection, Whispering Grass and Until The Real Thing Comes Along which seemed out of place, and broke the subtle mood Denny had created with her own songs. The albums opening track Solo is generally regarded as one of the finest compositions of her career. Harry Robinson had added string arrangements to all Denny's solo albums but on Like an Old Fashioned Waltz the arrangements were far more prominent and generally took away from the purity of Denny's songwriting. Work begun on the album whilst Denny was stil