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Released
  
March 1975

Judith (1975)
  
Bread and Roses (1976)

Release date
  
March 1975

Label
  
Elektra Records

Length
  
43:39

Artist
  
Judy Collins

Producer
  
Arif Mardin

Genre
  
Folk music

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Recorded
  
1975, A&R Studios, New York

Similar
  
Judy Collins albums, Folk music albums

Judy collins the moon is a harsh mistress


Judith is American singer and songwriter Judy Collins' 12th studio album, released in 1975 by Elektra Records in both stereo (7E-1032) and CD-4 quadraphonic (EQ-1032) versions. It peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, and is her best-selling studio album to date, achieving Platinum status in the mid 1990s.

Contents

Collins received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for her cover of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns". Sondheim won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year that same year, based on the popularity of Collins' performance of the song on this album. The single peaked at No. 36 on Billboard's Pop singles chart in 1975, and then reentered the chart in 1977, reaching No. 19; it spent a total of 27 non-consecutive weeks on this chart.

The album also includes material by Steve Goodman, Danny O'Keefe, Wendy Waldman, Jimmy Webb, the Rolling Stones, and the 1930s standard "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", as well as three of Collins' own compositions- "Houses", "Song for Duke", and "Born to the Breed".

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1975, for sales of over 500,000 copes. It was later certified Platinum in 1996, for sales of over 1,000,000 copes.

Track listing

  1. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:59
  2. "Angel Spread Your Wings" (Danny O'Keefe) – 3:05
  3. "Houses" (Judy Collins) – 4:32
  4. "The Lovin' of the Game" (Pat Garvey) – 3:03
  5. "Song for Duke" (Judy Collins) – 3:33
  6. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:57
  7. "Salt of the Earth" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
  8. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Jay Gorney) – 3:13
  9. "City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman) – 4:07
  10. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 3:44
  11. "Pirate Ships" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:42
  12. "Born to the Breed" (Judy Collins) – 4:45

Personnel

  • Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano
  • George Marge – English horn, flute, recorder
  • Bill Slapin - alto flute
  • Romeo Penque – flute, bass flute
  • Emanuel Vardi - viola
  • Gene Orloff – violin
  • Kenny Ascher – electric piano
  • Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, Steve Burgh, Charlie Brown, Steve Goodman – guitar
  • Tony Levin – bass
  • Steve Gadd – drums
  • Ralph MacDonald – percussion
  • Kenneth Bichel – ARP synthesizer
  • Eric Weissberg – bass, guitar, steel guitar, dobro
  • Pat Rebillot, Paul Griffin – organ, electric piano
  • Don Brooks – harmonica
  • Arthur Clarke, Seldon Powell, Tony Studd, Frank Wess, Randy Brecker, Garnett Brown - horns
  • Steve Goodman, Denver Collins, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Eunice Peterson, Eric Weissberg - background vocals
  • Corky Hale – harmonica, harp
  • Dom Cortes – accordion
  • George Ricci – cello
  • and many more

    • Songs

    1The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress3:04
    2Angel Spread Your Wings3:11
    3Houses4:39

    References

    Judith (album) Wikipedia
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