Gift of Song
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| Studio album by Judith Durham | ||||||||||
| Released | 15 February 1970 | |||||||||
| Recorded | Western Recorders | |||||||||
| Genre | Folk music , World music, Country music | |||||||||
| Label | A&M Records | |||||||||
| Producer | Chad Stuart | |||||||||
| Judith Durham chronology | ||||||||||
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Gift of Song is the second studio album released in 1970 by Australian recording artist Judith Durham.
The album was re-released in 1973 and again on CD and digitally in 2012.[1][2]
The album produced the singles, "The Light Is Dark Enough"/"Wanderlove" which was released in January 1970[3] and "Take Care of My Brother".
Reception
Richie Unterberger from AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 saying "This seems to be A&M's (unsuccessful) attempt to break ex-Seeker Judith Durham into the American pop market. Not much of The Seekers' folk-pop is left on this heavily, though tastefully, orchestrated production. Durham and her handlers seem to be aiming for a Judy Collins-like Baroque-folk on many cuts, and (in other parallel with Collins) some theatrical art song-informed songs. Durham's voice is not as good or expressive as Collins', and her material isn't as stellar either. For all that, this isn't a bad record, particularly when it does get into its most melancholy classical-Baroque arrangements on "Wanderlove," "There's a Baby," and similar numbers. A couple of Mason Williams songs, "Wanderlove" and "Here Am I," are among the better offerings, and there's also a relatively little-known Harry Nilsson song, "Wailing of the Willow"." [4]
Track listing
- LP/ Cassette
- A1 "Wanderlove" (Mason Williams) - 2:35
- A2 "I Wish I Knew" (R. Nichols, H.Levy) - 2:50
- A3 "There's a Baby" (A. Bertenstein, V. Millrose) - 2:52
- A4 "That's How My Love Is" (Clive Westlake) - 3:10
- A5 "I Can Say" (David Reilly) - 3:38
- B1 "Gift of Song" (Patti Ingalls) - 3:08
- B2 "Wailing of the Willow" (Harry Nilsson) - 2:29
- B3 "The Light is Dark Enough" (Maitland, Kerr) - 2:39
- B4 "Take Care of My Brother" (Art Podell) - 3:00
- B5 "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) - 2:49
- B6 "Here I Am" (Mason Williams) - 2:33
External links
References
- ↑ "Gift of Song by Judith Durham". Sanity. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- ↑ "Gift of Song". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ "Judith Durham singles". Judith Durham UK. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
- ↑ "Gift Of Song". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 September 2016.