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{{Infobox album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = Joan
| name = Joan
| Type = Album
| type = Album
| Artist = [[Joan Baez]]
| artist = [[Joan Baez]]
| Cover = Joanalbum.jpg
| cover = Joanalbum.jpg
| Released = August 1967
| alt =
| released = August 1967
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| Recorded = Vanguard Studios, [[New York]], April - June 1967
| recorded = April – June 1967
| Genre = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| Length = 44:49
| venue =
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| studio = Vanguard Studios, [[New York City]]
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| Label = [[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]] VSD79240 (US)<br />Fontana STFL 6082 (UK)
| Producer = [[Maynard Solomon]]
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| length = 44:49
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| Last album = ''[[Noël (Joan Baez album)|Noël]]''<br />(1966)
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| label = [[Vanguard Records|Vanguard]] <small>VSD-79240</small>
| This album = '''''Joan'''''<br />(1967)
| producer = [[Maynard Solomon]]
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| Next album = ''[[Portrait of Joan Baez]]''<br />(1967)
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| prev_title = [[Noël (Joan Baez album)|Noël]]
| prev_year = 1966
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| next_title = [[Portrait of Joan Baez]]
| next_year = 1967
}}
}}
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{{Album reviews

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'''''Joan''''' is a 1967 album by [[Joan Baez]]. Having exhausted the standard voice/guitar folksong format by 1967, Baez collaborated with composer [[Peter Schickele]] (with whom she'd worked on the 1966 [[Christmas]] album, ''[[Noël (Joan Baez album)|Noël]]''), on an album of orchestrated covers of mostly then-current pop and rock and roll songs. Works by [[Donovan]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Tim Hardin]], the [[Beatles]], and [[Richard Fariña]] were included, as well as selections by [[Jacques Brel]] and [[Edgar Allan Poe]].
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|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r95908|pure_url=yes}} link]
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'''''Joan''''' is the seventh studio album by [[Joan Baez]], released in 1967. Having exhausted the standard voice/guitar folksong format by 1967, Baez collaborated with arranger-conductor [[Peter Schickele]] (with whom she'd worked on the 1966 [[Christmas]] album, ''[[Noël (Joan Baez album)|Noël]]''), on an album of orchestrated covers of mostly then-current pop and rock and roll songs. Works by [[Donovan]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Tim Hardin]], the [[Beatles]], and [[Richard Fariña]] were included, as well as selections by [[Jacques Brel]] and [[Edgar Allan Poe]].


The recording of "[[Children of Darkness]]" was a tribute to Baez's brother-in-law, novelist and musician [[Richard Fariña]], who had been killed in a motorcycle accident a year earlier.
The recording of "[[Children of Darkness]]" was a tribute to Baez's brother-in-law, novelist and musician [[Richard Fariña]], who had been killed in a motorcycle accident a year earlier.
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"La Colombe" is a French anti-war anthem about French soldiers being sent to fight [[Algeria]] in the latter country's bid for independence.
"La Colombe" is a French anti-war anthem about French soldiers being sent to fight [[Algeria]] in the latter country's bid for independence.


The 2003 Vanguard reissue contains two bonus tracks: "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" and "Autumn Leaves".
The 2003 Vanguard reissue contains two bonus tracks: "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" and "Autumn Leaves", the latter sung entirely in French.


==Cover==
==Cover==
According to the liner notes on the 2003 reissue, in the cover photo of Baez, she was actually lying down. A candid photo taken during recording sessions while she was resting between songs was spun around so it looked as though she was sitting or standing upright.
According to the liner notes on the 2003 reissue, in the cover photo of Baez, she was actually lying down. A candid photo taken during recording sessions while she was resting between songs was spun around so it looked as though she was sitting or standing upright. The photo was by French photographer Alain Gaveau,<ref>[http://www.joanbaez.com/Discography/J.html ''Joan'' album credits] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191817/http://www.joanbaez.com/Discography/J.html |date=2016-03-04 }} Joan Baez discography. Accessed February 20, 2017.</ref> with whom she was romantically attached at the time. He also contributed the photo for her previous album, ''Noel'' and her book ''Daybreak''.<ref>Joan Baez, ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=4Lw5Y0nsWd0C&dq=%22He+took+the+cover+photos+for+the+noel+and+Joan+albums%22&pg=PA129 And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir]'', Simon and Schuster, 2012, p. 129 (via Google Books) Accessed February 20, 2017.</ref>

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==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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#"La Colombe (The Dove)" ([[Jacques Brel]])
#"La Colombe (The Dove)" ([[Jacques Brel]])
#"[[Dangling Conversation]]" ([[Paul Simon]])
#"[[Dangling Conversation]]" ([[Paul Simon]])
#"The Lady Came from Baltimore" ([[Tim Hardin]])
#"[[The Lady Came from Baltimore]]" ([[Tim Hardin]])
#"North" ([[Joan Baez]], Nina Dusheck)
#"North" ([[Joan Baez]]; Nina Dusheck, lyrics)


===Side two===
===Side two===
#"Children of Darkness" ([[Richard Fariña]])
#"Children of Darkness" ([[Richard Fariña]])
#"The Greenwood Side" (Traditional)
#"[[The Cruel Mother|The Greenwood Side]]" (Traditional)
#"[[If I Were a Carpenter (song)|If You Were a Carpenter]]" (Hardin)
#"[[If I Were a Carpenter (song)|If You Were a Carpenter]]" (Hardin)
#"[[Annabel Lee]]" (Don Dilworth; lyrics: [[Edgar Allan Poe]])
#"[[Annabel Lee]]" (Don Dilworth; lyrics: [[Edgar Allan Poe]])
#"Saigon Bride" (Baez, Dusheck)
#"Saigon Bride" (Joan Baez; Nina Dusheck, lyrics )


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Joan Baez]] — [[vocals]], [[guitar]]
*[[Joan Baez]] – vocals, guitar
*[[Peter Schickele]] — [[arrangement|arranger]], [[conducting|conductor]]
*[[Peter Schickele]] – arranger, conductor


==Chart positions==
==Chart positions==
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:07, 8 June 2024

Joan
Studio album by
Joan Baez
ReleasedAugust 1967
RecordedApril – June 1967
StudioVanguard Studios, New York City
GenreFolk
Length44:49
LabelVanguard VSD-79240
ProducerMaynard Solomon
Joan Baez chronology
Noël
(1966) 		Joan
(1967) 		Portrait of Joan Baez
(1967)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic link

Joan is the seventh studio album by Joan Baez, released in 1967. Having exhausted the standard voice/guitar folksong format by 1967, Baez collaborated with arranger-conductor Peter Schickele (with whom she'd worked on the 1966 Christmas album, Noël), on an album of orchestrated covers of mostly then-current pop and rock and roll songs. Works by Donovan, Paul Simon, Tim Hardin, the Beatles, and Richard Fariña were included, as well as selections by Jacques Brel and Edgar Allan Poe.

The recording of "Children of Darkness" was a tribute to Baez's brother-in-law, novelist and musician Richard Fariña, who had been killed in a motorcycle accident a year earlier.

"La Colombe" is a French anti-war anthem about French soldiers being sent to fight Algeria in the latter country's bid for independence.

The 2003 Vanguard reissue contains two bonus tracks: "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" and "Autumn Leaves", the latter sung entirely in French.

Cover

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According to the liner notes on the 2003 reissue, in the cover photo of Baez, she was actually lying down. A candid photo taken during recording sessions while she was resting between songs was spun around so it looked as though she was sitting or standing upright. The photo was by French photographer Alain Gaveau,[1] with whom she was romantically attached at the time. He also contributed the photo for her previous album, Noel and her book Daybreak.[2]

Track listing

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Side one

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  1. "Be Not Too Hard" (Donovan, lyrics: Christopher Logue)
  2. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
  3. "Turquoise" (Donovan)
  4. "La Colombe (The Dove)" (Jacques Brel)
  5. "Dangling Conversation" (Paul Simon)
  6. "The Lady Came from Baltimore" (Tim Hardin)
  7. "North" (Joan Baez; Nina Dusheck, lyrics)

Side two

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  1. "Children of Darkness" (Richard Fariña)
  2. "The Greenwood Side" (Traditional)
  3. "If You Were a Carpenter" (Hardin)
  4. "Annabel Lee" (Don Dilworth; lyrics: Edgar Allan Poe)
  5. "Saigon Bride" (Joan Baez; Nina Dusheck, lyrics )

Personnel

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Chart positions

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Year Chart Position
1967 Billboard Pop Albums 38

References

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  1. ^ Joan album credits Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Joan Baez discography. Accessed February 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Joan Baez, And A Voice to Sing With: A Memoir, Simon and Schuster, 2012, p. 129 (via Google Books) Accessed February 20, 2017.
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