- Audio CD (Feb 1 1998)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Elektra Entertain.
- ASIN: B000002I26
- Other Editions: Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #68,145 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Michael From Mountains |
| 2. Since You Asked |
| 3. Sisters Of Mercy |
| 4. Priests |
| 5. A Ballata Of Francesco Landini |
| 6. Both Sides Now |
| 7. La Chanson Des Vieux Amants |
| 8. Sky Fell |
| 9. Albatross |
| 10. Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye |
Product Description
Amazon.com essential recording
She began her career as a folk formalist. Her clear, clean diction and perfect pitch wedded to both age-old folk songs and modern upstarts (Dylan, Eric Andersen) cast her as an immediate authority. With In My Life and Wildflowers she began to shift away from pure folk and into art song. Arranged and conducted by Joshua Rifkin, the disc's orchestration adds a suitable grace to Collins's high seriousness. Joni Mitchell's two compositions are further softened, while Leonard Cohen's three songs sound positively biblical. Toss in a Jacques Brel piece and a 14th-century Italian ballad, and you have the perfect formation of Collins's aesthetic before it congealed in the middle of the road. --Rob O'Connor
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Wildflowers,
By A Customer
This review is from: Wildflowers (Audio CD)
Correction on your track list #8 should be SKY fell, not SHY.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Essential Judy Collins,
By klavierspiel "klavierspiel" (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wildflowers (Audio CD)
Judy Collins is by now one of America's most enduring popular singers. "Wildflowers," along with "In My Life," "Whales and Nightingales" and one or two other albums, represents her particular sensibility in its best light. She started as a strong-voiced folk performer of a distinctly challenging bent. By "Wildflowers" her voice had become higher and lighter in timbre, and her repertory had broadened to include songwriters as diverse as Brel, Mitchell, Cohen and herself. One appreciates after thirty-plus years the quality of the material she chose, and the intricacy and intelligence of the lyrics, even if at times they seem somewhat precious. The beautiful orchestrations by Joshua Rifkin also still give much pleasure. In general the songs on this album do not cover as wide an emotional range as on some of her other discs, tending uniformly toward the gentle and contemplative. On the other hand, they play better to her particular vocal and interpretive strengths. For me, this remains my favorite Collins album.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Classic Collins!,
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This review is from: Wildflowers (Audio CD)
What can one say about an album that so closely approaches perfection? There are no weak links in these recordings. For those who would purchase this album for the hits included, the rest of the songs will be a revelation. My favorite on here was always "La Chanson Des Vieux Amants". For me, this is 'transportation' music. It can carry me back to the time of its release in an instant. This music is so very, very far from what is done today; the reproduction on CD lends a sonic immediacy that truly wasn't present even on the original LP. I have yet to hear the younger generation of performers approach the honesty, the clarity, or the emotion of this era.
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