Recently

Joan Baez | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 12, 1996)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002UJ4
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,049 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Brothers In Arms

2. Recently

3. Asimbonanga

4. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress

5. James & The Gang

6. Let Us Break Bread Together/Freedom

7. MLK

8. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man

9. Biko

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joan Baez at her best, August 4, 2000

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Bogardus "NW reader" (Oregon, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Recently (Audio CD)

"Recently" brings the listener Joan Baez's beautiful voice in full and glorious maturity. This is not an album of rearranged and previously recorded hits or traditional favorites, but a beautiful compilation including 2 written by Joan."Recently" is one of 2 superior efforts by one of our greatest contemporary Folk singers. The other great album is "Come From The Shadows". Both albums contain the social consciousness that Joan champions, but also are masterful musical assemblages. If you are only going to own 1 or 2 Joan Baez albums, let it be these. Enjoy!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the best, August 30, 2009

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D. Estenes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Recently (Audio CD)

Recently is one of the finest pieces of work Joan Baez has ever done. The songs are timelessly relevant and will have everyone reminiscing as they listen to the words. A touch of eloquence from the "Madonna of Folk". Truly an asset to anyone's collection.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lacks some spark, January 31, 2006

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

Although I love the music of Joan Baez, I'm not so sure of this 1987 album. Like 1989's Speaking Of Dreams, it lacks the passion of her 60s and 70s work and seems to be an attempt to marry her "art-singer" style of the 1980s with her earlier political consciousness. As such, it doesn't really gel. I like her interpretation of the Johnny Clegg song Asimbonanga (a Zulu tribute to Nelson Mandela) and her version of Peter Gabriel's Biko, whilst her own composition, the title track Recently, is competent enough. As for the rest, the singing is good but the album lacks some spark somehow. Perhaps I am just conditioned to the simplicity and beauty of her characteristic style of folk music. This is still a good album with memorable songs.