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Artist: Buffy Sainte-Marie
Label: Capitol
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 094632192028
EAN: 0094632192028
ASIN: B000008KDD

Release Date: 1992-06-16

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Tracks:

The Big Ones Get Away
Fallen Angels
Bad End
Emma Lee
Starwalker
Priests Of The Golden Bull
Disinformation
Getting Started
I'm Going Home
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Goodnight

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Customer Reviews:

A Haunting Reminder of a Great, Underrated Talent.......2006-03-31

This should have been a major comeback album for Buffy Sainte-Marie when it was first released back in 1992. Although it was favorably reviewed in several music publications, it sank with hardly a trace. This is a shame, because it is not only one of Buffy's finest hours, it is a great record, period. There is not a single dull moment in the set, for one, and the best of Buffy's own songs, "The Big Ones Get Away," "Fallen Angels," "Starwalker," and the one cover, Cliff Eberhardt's "Goodnight," are, plain and simple, just gorgeous. There is an incredible fusion here of voice, content and musical accompaniment, most all of it created and performed in Buffy's own studio, with many of the instruments played by her, rarely matched by any other singer/songwriter, save for maybe Joni Mitchell, Bjork, or Tori Amos. However, Sainte-Marie is a true original, and sounds like no one else. Returning to the content, the political stuff, much of it aimed at big, corporate targets, hit the bull's eye back when these songs were composed, but if anything, it is all even more relevant now..."The Priests of the Golden Bull," a mostly spoken rant about corporate greed, with spooky music in the background, is hair-raising, and "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee" is Buffy at her most angry. "Bad End" rocks hard, while "I'm Going Home," "We're Only Getting Started," and "Starwalker" use real Native American chanting to great effect (Ironwood Singers, Earl Bullhead, and others). Buffy's voice has mellowed with age, and the trademark vibrato is used more selectively than in earlier years, so even those put off by her odd voice in the past may warm to it now (this last comment is not negative criticism on my part; I always found her voice strangely beautiful, and I own copies of all her recordings in one form or another). This is a five-star album all the way, but then, so are many of Buffy's others. If only "Sweet America" and "Changing Woman" would come out on CD! I'm still waiting for those (and keeping my vinyl copies in safe storage). For those of you reading this who are interested, "Starwalker" exists in an even better performance on "Sweet America," but since that album is currently unavailable, the version here will do nicely.

This One is For Amy J........2006-01-06

Amy, the album you are looking for is Sweet America by Buffy. It came out in 1976 and the song your are referring to is
"Qu'appelle Valley, Saskatchewan. The lyrics are:
You can travel all alone
You can travel all alone
Or you can come along with me
Walk the old way
heyo ha heya

Wrap me in your blanket dance me around
Wrap me in your blanket dance me around
Take me back to where my heart belongs
Qu'appelle Valley, ho Saskatchewan
Qu'appelle Valley, ho Saskatchewan

You can travel all alone
You can travel all alone
Or you can come along with me
Walk the old way
heyo ha heya

track length 3:21
Hope this helps.

Honest Inquiry to Buffy Sainte-Marie Fans.......2005-10-15

I heard "Starwalker" and a song that has the words, "Wrap me in your blanket, and dance me around...take me back to where my heart belongs...in the Valley of Sasquechwan," while up in Mt.Shasta, California, visiting a friend who had an old album. Since then, I have done research online which seems to indicate that this elusive album which contains both songs no longer exists or has been discontinued, inaccessible to the public.

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Wonderful Album.......2005-09-11

I hope everyone buys this album. Buffy at her best. And now you can buy it in the U.S. instead of only in England. You can't go wrong with this album.

A masterpiece.......2005-07-31

There are songs on various Buffy Ste.-Marie albums that are favorite singles, but this album is the pinnacle of her career and a unique contribution to popular music, comparable to Paul Simon's explorations of international music (Rhythm of the Saints, etc.).

Every cut on this album is clearly "Indian," from the political screed of "Gold Bull" to the painful portrait in "Emma Lee" and the footstomping exuberance of "Starwalker." That's not to say the album tries to embrace the entirety of American Indian experience, but that she has written an entire album of mainstream music that is planted firmly in Indian America.

There are only a handful of "rock musicians" who are likely to be remembered for their art in the next century. Buffy Ste.-Marie is one of them, and this is her best album. Out of print for years; grab it now.

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