David's Album

David's Album Artist: Joan Baez
Label: Vanguard
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 029667008525
EAN: 0029667008525
ASIN: B0007RFOP2


Release Date: 2005-04-04

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  1. Music You'll Swear By

Tracks:

  1. If I Knew
  2. Rock Salt and Nails
  3. Glad Bluebird of Happiness
  4. Green, Green Grass of Home
  5. Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Joan Baez, The Jordanaires
  6. Tramp on the Street
  7. Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Joan Baez,
  8. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
  9. Hickory Wind
  10. My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
  11. How Can I Miss You [Live][#]
  12. Last Thing on My Mind [#]

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Classic album enhanced by two new songs.......2006-05-28

Although recorded in Nashville, this lovely album does not have an authentic country sound overall. It is more like her typical 1960s folk with a country infusion here and there. The songs include traditionals and gospel songs like Just A Closer Walk With Thee and Poor Wayfaring Stranger, a duet with her sister Mimi Farina, plus pop hits of the time like Green Green Grass Of Home and work from contemporary songwriters, like the Gram Parsons masterpiece Hickory Wind.

All the songs are memorable with a melancholy thread running through the album. The arrangements stick close to the originals but the fiddle, dobro and viola make some of the tracks quite special. The Jordannaires lend beautiful male backing vocals to Will The Circle Be Unbroken, whilst The Tramp On The Street has an additional verse co-written by Baez and Maynard Solomon. One of the highlights is the aforementioned duet with Mimi, in which there is a lovely harmonic interweaving of the voices in the chorus.

The lovely organ renders Just A Closer Walk With Thee quite stirring, whilst her version of Hickory Wind is also very soulful. The most country-sounding of the tracks is the uptempo My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains. This reissue contains a live version of How Can I Miss You and the folk classic The Last Thing On My Mind. I would say this is an essential album for Baez fans, but it does not rank amongst the very best of her 1960s output.

The tracks on David's Album were recorded during the same sessions as her Dylan tribute Any Day Now, which is an absolute gem. With songs like I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine, Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word, the heart-breaking Walls Of Redwing, One Too Many Mornings, Boots Of Spanish Leather and Restless Farewell, it is a classic folk album of the 1960s. Get them both and play them back to back for a good dose of that 1960s Baez magic.

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  2. Mirror in the Spirit Hotel
  3. First Girl I Loved ~ The Incredible String Band
  4. "CarTunes: The Lighter Side of Michael Kelly Blanchard" ~ Michael Kelly Blanchard
  5. Sunset Song ~ Dougie MacLean
  6. Passe Avant ~ Pentangle
  7. Live at the Freight and Salvage ~ Rebecca Riots
  8. A Little Bit at a Time ~ Linda Waterfall
  9. Tubular Dogs ~ Mrs. Ackroyd Band
  10. On the Line ~ Shady Grove Band

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Il Paese Dei Balocchi ~ Edoardo Bennato

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