Released 1964 It's My Way
(1964) Many a Mile
(1965) Release date 1964 Label Vanguard Records | Length 40:35 Artist Buffy Sainte-Marie Producer Maynard Solomon Genre Folk music | |
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It’s My Way! is the first album by folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie. Though the album did not chart it proved influential in the folk community. It is most famous for two widely covered folk standards, "Universal Soldier" and "Cod'ine", as well as "Now That the Buffalo's Gone", a lament about the continued confiscation of Indian lands, as evidenced by the building of the Kinzua Dam in about 1964. The cover features a mouthbow, which was to be a trademark of her sound on her first three albums.
Contents
Cod'ine was also lyrically altered by Janis Joplin and appears on This is Janis Joplin 1965.
In 2016, It's My Way! was inducted by the Library of Congress into the National Recording Registry.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic William Ruhlman gave the album 5 of 5 stars and wrote "This is one of the most scathing topical folk albums ever made... Even decades later, the album's power is moving and disturbing."
Track listing
Side one
- "Now That the Buffalo's Gone"
- "The Old Man's Lament"
- "Ananias"
- "Mayoo Sto Hoon"
- "Cod'ine"
- "Cripple Creek"
- "The Universal Soldier"
Side two
- "Babe in Arms"
- "He Lived Alone in Town"
- "You're Gonna Need Somebody on Your Bond"
- "The Incest Song"
- "Eyes of Amber"
- "It's My Way"
Personnel
Songs
1Now That the Buffalo's Gone2:50
2The Old Man's Lament4:02
3Ananias2:40