Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Judy Collins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000002I2E
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #123,148 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

By the time this 1967 title hit the racks, Judy Collins was earning a deserved reputation for having an ear for promising songwriters. The album's predecessor, In My Life, provided early exposure to a couple of young songsmiths named Leonard Cohen and Randy Newman. With Who Knows, the folkie princess turned her luminous gaze toward up-and-coming British folk-rockers Sandy Denny (who penned the title track) and the Incredible String Band's Robin Williamson ("First Boy I Loved"). Toss in the hit version of Ian Tyson's "Someday Soon," a couple more Cohen numbers ("Story of Isaac" and "Bird on a Wire"), and Collins's own "My Father," along with a crack crew of players (including Van Dyke Parks and Stephen Stills), and you have an estimable early singer-songwriter record. --Steven Stolder

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Media Type: CD
Artist: COLLINS,JUDY
Title: WHO KNOWS WHERE THE TIME GOES
Street Release Date: 05/03/1988
Domestic
Genre: VOCAL

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Put, THE Classic Folk-Rock Album of Her Career!, June 6, 2000

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Barron Laycock "Labradorman" (Temple, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Audio CD)

This effort is easily the single best album in Judy Collins' long and illustrous career. From the opening phrases of "Hello, Horray!" to the final chords of "Pretty Polly", this brilliant effort never stops delighting and amazing the listener with its unique combination of brilliant song writing and selection, vocal performances, and musical scoring and accompaniment. This one went off all the charts, folks, as her first effort after the blockbuster success she experienced with "Both Sides Now". With rock luminaries like Stephen Stills (who wrote his hit song, "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" about Collins) singing harmonies, and also playing bass and acoustic counterpoint to Judy's own acoustic guitar work, the album absolutely soars in songs like "Someday Soon", "My Father", "Who Knows Where The Time Goes", "Poor Immigrant" and "First Boy I Loved". There really isn't a single dog on the whole album, and the musical style and substance is truly timeless. Put it on the machine and sit back to be entertained, moved, and amazed at what this talented and ageless singer and some her friends and lovers have given to the ages. Simply put, this is an absolutely matchless piece of music history you should be able to experience and enjoy again and again. So enjoy!

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Folk rock masterpiece, December 30, 1999

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Scott T Mc Nally (ORLANDO, Fl USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Audio CD)

This Collins at her best. The backing muscians are superb and her voice never sounded better than it does here. The tile cut penned by the great Sandy Denny, is one of the best songs to come out of the late 60's, and she does it beautifully.The track that grabs me the most though is Pretty Polly, though there's not one lackluster track to be found here. It all shines. There are 2 female folk rock albums that in my opinion are the best of the genre. This runs a close second To "Sandy" from Sandy Denny in 1972. If you like this, you've got to check out Denny

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Judy Collins' Best CD, January 10, 2003

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H. F. Corbin "Foster Corbin" (ATLANTA, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Audio CD)

This CD is simply the best recording Judy Collings ever made. The photo of Judy barefoot and wearing a long, rose colored peasant dress complete with floppy black hat is hopelessly 60's but that is the only thing dated about this CD. The music is as fresh and wonderful as the day Ms. Collins made the original album. I believe this is the first recording that Judy went electric on; she is joined here by Stephen Stills on electric guitar or electric bass on many of the songs. There is not an uninteresting cut on this CD from Dylan's "Poor Immigrant" to the two Leonard Cohen songs: "My Father" and "Bird on the Wire." Then there is Ian Tyson's rollicking "Someday Soon" and Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes." My favorite, however, is Judy's own "My Father," where she establishes herself as a fine lyric poet as well as a singer of incomparable talent. The haunting lines from this lovely song "and watch the Paris sun set in my father's eyes" are particularly poignant if you know that Ms. Collins' father was blind.

If I were stranded on a desert island, I'd take this CD with me.