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Best of Joan Baez
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Track Listing
- There But For Fortune
- Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- Water Is Wide
- Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
- I Am A Poor Wayfaring Stranger - Joan Baez, Mimi Fariña
- Joe Hill
- Pack up Your Sorrows
- Silver Dagger
- We Shall Overcome [Live][*]
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #188275 in Music
- Released on: 1997-09-30
- Number of discs: 1
Customer Reviews
Still a Favourite
The first song of Joan Baez I heard was Joe Hill - and I was captivated. This CD brings together some of her greatest hits - from "The Night they drove Old Dixie Down" to "Joe Hill" - and is highly recommended for the Joan Baez fan as well as for the uninitiated.
Marginal Introduction to a Major Artist
Even though Baez left Vanguard more than thirty years ago, you'd think her former label would do a better job than this when putting together a "best of" compilation covering the thirteen albums she released on the label from 1960 to 1971.
Sure, her only Top 10 hit is here--the cover of Robbie Robertson's "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"--along with a terrific cover of Phil Ochs' "There But for Fortune" and live versions of "The Water Is Wide," "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream," "Joe Hill" and the anthemic "We Shall Overcome"; but where are the Dylan covers (notably absent is her definitive version of "Love Is Just a Four Letter Word")? Also missing are any of Baez's own compositions, particularly "Sweet Sir Galahad."
[Note: I purchased this CD to get the original single version of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." The version on my copy of A&M's THE BEST OF JOAN C. BAEZ is a live version.]
This album has some terrific music; it just comes up short in its attempt to provide a complete picture of this talented folksinger. [Running Time - 28:12] RECOMMENDED
Short but Sweet
OK, this album is from the days when they only contained about 40-45 minutes of music, so the brevity is normal of the period. But there are some classic Joan songs and covers here. It's a classic album from the heyday of folk music.
