Rendezvous

Sandy Denny

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 1, 1991)
• Original Release Date: 1977
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hannibal
• ASIN: B000000647
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #45,570 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great last album, February 26, 1999

By A Customer

Rendezvous is Sandy Denny's last album, and although it's somewhat uneven in quality, I think it's fitting that this should be her last. The mood is stately, solemn and the sadness she can voice so well has a darker hue than usual.

On side one, the best tracks are the jazzy "Gold Dust" and the beautiful "One way donkey ride". Side two is the strongest side I think, starting off with the gorgeous "I'm a dreamer", followed by the masterpiece on this album, which is "All our days". I would have bought the record for this track alone ! A great atmosphere and a fine arrangement with classical overtones - at long last no strings that make her work seem so honey-drippingly sweet as has happened so often, marring a lot of her solo work. The two closing songs are nice, but the album should have ended with "All our days".

I like to think that Sandy Denny said goodbye to us with "All our days". A fitting close to a fine career of a woman with a great and gentle voice that could really reach into a heart, and who had so many beautiful songs to offer.

Hans Wigman

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant-- but a departure, July 9, 2003

By	E. C Goodstein (Northern CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album DOES have a lot of production, & to some extent you
have to work through it. Those who just want Sandy of the '60's
Fairport years might never like it. But I do. There's some real adventure here. "Wish I Was a Fool for You" is one of her best
more folk rock vocals-- if I agree not superior to original. "Take Me Away" is kind of torchy folk rock a la Linda Ronstadt
at the time. Slowing down "Silver Threads" is charming IMO, & "Gold Dust" is an interesting near-jazz experiment. The strongest points though are the ballads, especially "I'm a Dreamer" & "Full Moon," certainly two of the greatest songs Sandy
ever wrote. Yes, I'd like to hear several of these without so
much production-- but in all still an extraordinary album, if yes
a considerable departure. Please rerelease this-- LIKE AN OLD FASHIONED WALTZ too!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Album, December 18, 1999

By	R. J Metz (Blacksburg, VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

When I heard Nanci Griffith Sing "Who Knows Where the Time Goes," on her Other Voices Too Album, I thought it was written by Judy Collins. But then I looked at the liner notes and saw that Sandy Denny really wrote it. Then I became curious about albums by Sandy Denny. A friend of mine loaned me her Vinyl copy of Rendevous. I loved it very much. I even copied it onto a blank tape before returning it. I now listen to it in the car sometimes. Sandy Denny passed away right after she made this album. I loved her version of Candle in the Wind, much better than that Cheesy Princess Diana version. It made me cry.