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Media Type: CD
Artist: COLLINS,JUDY
Title: COLORS OF THE DAY-BEST OF
Street Release Date: 10/11/1988
Domestic
Genre: VOCAL

Track Listing

1. Someday Soon
2. Since You Asked
3. Both Sides Now
4. Sons Of
5. Suzanne
6. Farewell to Tarwathie
7. Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
8. Sunny Goodge Street
9. My Father
10. Albatross
11. In My Life
12. Amazing Grace

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10216 in Music
• Brand: COLLINS,JUDY
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Amazon.com
Fans of this most unsullied of folksingers have strong options when it comes to retrospectives. Colors of the Day first arrived in record stores in 1972 and serves as a primer to her earliest, most time-honored recordings, including the hits "Someday Soon," "Both Sides Now," "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" and "Suzanne." Those four tracks, as well as four others, turn up on Elektra's 1997 two-disc Forever...The Judy Collins Anthology, which is by far the superior career overview. Still, those who treasure Collins's earlier folk-based recordings over her later art-song experiments will find Colors to their liking. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews

There is no one like Judy Collins.
When I think of the folk movement of the early sixties and I look for a signature voice which stands out above all the others, Judy Collins is the one. Her voice is remarkably beautiful, her phrasing, her ability to annunciate, the range of her voice place her in a category by herself. People called Frank Sinatra "The Voice," the same can be said of Collins, she is one of those rare talents who come along once in a great while.

Every song on this album is worth listening to, we all have our individual favourites, I would strongly recommend "Sons Of," "Since You Asked," "My Father," "Both Sides Now," "Farewell to Tarwathie" and "Amazing Grace" just for starters. Every song is beautifully aranged and thoughtfully performed, I don't believe Collins ever over sings, she treats her music with a thoughtfulness and intuitive awareness that makes every recording that much more enjoyable.

I recommend this for anyone interested in good folk music but also curious about exqusitely beautiful art.

Gold version is wonderful
I had this album 30 years ago, and wore it out. Two years ago I bought the Elektra CD, and was astonished at how bad it was. It made me wonder if I misremembered how good the album was. This Gold version is the answer -- the difference is like night and day. Whatever was done wrong when making that Elektra stinker, has been set right on the Gold CD. If you REALLY want to hear Judy Collin's voice in all its glory, this is the CD to buy. If I hadn't compared the two CDs myself, I would never have believed there could be so much difference.

Incredible
Judging by some of the negative comments posted, I think people must learn to sit back and listen. True, Judy Collins has a voice that is very plain at times, but that is part of what makes her music so good. When she sings, she sounds sincere. You can understand all of the wonderful words. It makes Collins seem less like some unreachable celebrity, and more like a human being. That is what makes her songs so touching. I think it is time that we drop our idea of what a voice is supposed to sound like, and instead recognize a truly great artist who doesn't sound like everyone else.