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Wildflowers (Judy Collins album)

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Released
  
October 1967

Length
  
35:44

Release date
  
October 1967

Producer
  
Mark Abramson

Recorded
  
New York City, 1967

Artist
  
Judy Collins

Label
  
Elektra Records

Genre
  
Folk music

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Wildflowers (1967)
  
Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1968)

Similar
  
Judy Collins albums, Folk music albums

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Wildflowers is an album by Judy Collins that was released in 1967. It is her highest charting album to date, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. It included her Top 10 hit version of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides, Now".

Contents

The album was arranged by Joshua Rifkin and produced by Mark Abramson. Collins' recording "Albatross" was used in the 1968 film adaptation of The Subject Was Roses. It was one of three self-penned tracks that appeared on the album, the first time that Collins wrote her own material.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1969, for sales of over 500,000 copies in the US.

Side one

  1. "Michael from Mountains" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:10
  2. "Since You Asked" (Judy Collins) – 2:34
  3. "Sisters of Mercy" (Leonard Cohen) – 2:31
  4. "Priests" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:55
  5. "A Ballata of Francesco Landini" (ca. 1335 - 1397) Lasso! di Donna – 4:34

Side two

  1. "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:14
  2. "La chanson des vieux amants (The Song of Old Lovers)" (Jacques Brel) – 4:40
  3. "Sky Fell" (Judy Collins) – 1:47
  4. "Albatross" (Judy Collins) – 4:51
  5. "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye" (Leonard Cohen) – 3:28

Personnel

  • Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Joshua Rifkin – arranger, conductor ("Priests" arranged by Robert Silvester and Robert Dennis)
  • Other musicians uncredited
  • Production

  • Mark Abramson - producer
  • John Haeny - engineer
  • Jim Frawley - photography
  • William S. Harvey - art direction and design
  • Guy Webster - cover photography
  • Songs

    1Michael From Mountains3:12
    2Since You Asked2:35
    3Sisters of Mercy2:34

    References

    Wildflowers (Judy Collins album) Wikipedia