Honest Lullaby [Import]

Joan Baez | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony Bmg Europe
• ASIN: B000025MW7
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #90,373 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Let Your Love Flow

2. No Woman, No Cry

3. Light a Light

4. The Song at the End of the Movie

5. Before the Deluge

6. Honest Lullaby

7. Michael

8. For Sasha

9. For All We Know

10. Free at Last

Editorial Reviews

Out-of-print in the US! Sony/BMG.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars STRONG POP COLLECTION, October 29, 2000

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honest Lullaby (Audio CD)

A surprisingly effective excursion into pop for Baez, with a set of melodic songs gracefully interpreted. The lilting reggae of No Woman No Cry works well - she tweaked the lyrics (Trenchtown becomes Boystown) for a more universal application. Song At The End Of The Movie and Before The Deluge are magnificent sad songs without being despairing, whilst Honest Lullaby is autobiographical and reminiscent of the earlier Gulf Winds. An accomplished album then, with strong material and sophisticated delivery.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best ever, May 23, 2000

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Lea A. Gostyla - See all my reviews

This review is from: Honest Lullaby (Audio CD)

I am trying to collect all of Joan Baez's recordings. The first time I really listened to her was when Diamonds and Rust came out, and I've been a fan ever since. I would have to say that Honest Lullaby and Gulf Winds are by far my favorites. I even cross stitched the chorus to Honest Lullaby and it is framed and hanging on my daughter's wall: "If you should ever wonder, how the years and you survived; Honey, you've gotta mother who sings to you, dances on a string for you, opens her heart and brings to you, an honest lullaby."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential mid-period Joan Baez, and recorded at Muscle Shoals!, January 17, 2010

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Charles - Music Lover (Phoenix, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Honest Lullaby (Audio CD)

This album is distinctive in many ways. First, it was a brilliant coupling of cover material and original songs. Baez's original songs ("Honest Lullaby," "For Sasha," and "Michael," an ode to her boyfriend and early career) stand out amongst cover material by Jackson Browne, Janis Ian, and the Bellamy Brothers. Second, it was recorded at Muscle Shoals Studio and produced by Barry Beckett. Need I say anything about the quality of the musicianiship? Third, the mix on the vocals highlight Joan's lower register, which is beautiful and earthy and bears little resemblance to the ethereal sounds of Joan's early recordings.

The U.S. CD release included the single-release edited version of the title song, a mistake that always boggled my mind. I don't know if the import version includes the entire song, but, if not, the original album version is included in Baez's box set collection "Rare, Live and Classic." For "Honest Lullaby," Joan used the theme from the 50s hit "Little Darlin," and I remember seeing her in concert once where she interspersed lyrics from that song in the bridge.

I think the two performance highlights on "Honest Lullaby" are the program's final two songs: "For All We Know" and "Free At Last." I remember reading somewhere (her autobiography, maybe?) that Joan learned "For All We Know" from a Nina Simone album. Joan contributes a bravura vocal performance with piano accompaniment. "Free At Last," co-written by Joan, is a gospel-flavored number written about Martin Luther King, Jr., her buddy in the civil rights movement. The song will have you singing along and playing it again and again.

An amazing recording from an amazing artist. And the cover photography by Josef Karsh perfectly encapsulates the beautiful music.

P.S.: While recording this album at Muscle Shoals, Joan contributed vocals to the Amazing Rhythm Aces track "Homestead In My Heart" (from the 1979 "Amazing Rhythm Aces" album).