1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die - #24. Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)

Joan Baez - Joan Baez (1960)

Track Listing (standout tracks listed in bold)

1. Silver Dagger
2. East Virginia
3. Fare Thee Well (Or Then Thousand Miles)
4. House Of The Rising Sun
5. All My Trials
6. Wildwood Flower
7. Donna Donna
8. John Riley
9. Rake and Rambling Boy
10. Little Moses
11. Mary Hamilton
12. Henry Martin
13. El Preso Numero Nueve

The female version of Bob Dylan. The main difference is Joan Baez didn’t write her own material, where as Dylan did. These are stark bare recordings of a young girl and her guitar letting the songs stand on their own merit – which they do for the most part. Unfortunately like Dylan – Joan cannot sing. Just 19 at the time she recorded the album, it was made up of mostly traditional songs. Including a dismal version "House of the Rising Sun". This record was difficult to get all the way through and I cannot recommend it.

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