[opinion] Amnesia is the sixth studio album by Richard Thompson, recorded and released in 1988.

After the lackluster sales of Across a Crowded Room (1985) and Daring Adventures (1986), Polydor declined their option to renew their contract with Thompson.

Thus Capitol invested more money and effort into promoting Thompson than had been the case in the past and with other labels.

Mitchell Froom was retained as producer, and the album was again recorded in Los Angeles with American session musicians providing most of the backing.

In particular long-time collaborators John Kirkpatrick, Aly Bain and Philip Pickett are used, and members of the Fairey Engineering Band provide a brass backing to "I Still Dream" that owes more to The Salvation Army than it does to Memphis or any other American centre of music.