David's Album | ||||
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Released | May 1969 | |||
Recorded | September 1968 | |||
Studio | Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Folk,country | |||
Length | 44:41 | |||
Label | VanguardVSD-79308 | |||
Producer | Maynard Solomon | |||
Joan Baez chronology | ||||
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David's Album is the tenth studio album byJoan Baez, recorded inNashville and released in 1969. It peaked at number 36 on theBillboard Pop Albums chart.
Baez's then husband,David Harris, a country music fan, was about to be imprisoned fordraft resistance, and she recorded the album as a gift to him. It was recorded during the same sessions as Baez's previous release ofBob Dylan songs,Any Day Now.[1]
The cover sketch is a drawing of David Harris by Joan Baez.
The Vanguard reissue contains two previously unreleased tracks, "How Can I Miss You", a duet with Baez' sisterMimi Fariña, andTom Paxton's "The Last Thing on My Mind."
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In hisAllmusic review, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "the singing and playing still hold up. Baez also sets aside some of her occasional stridency here, in favor of a more relaxed performance that shows her in the most engaging manner of her career... David's Album has transcended its origins in part because of the sheer range of material on it... David Harris is long since out of jail, and he and Baez parted, but it's still an excellent album."[1]
Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[2] | 33 |
USBillboard 200[3] | 36 |