Noel (Joan Baez album)

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Noel
Studio album by Joan Baez
Released	December 1966
Recorded	1966
Genre	Folk
Length	41:00
Label	Vanguard
Producer(s)	Maynard Solomon
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (Not rated) link
Joan Baez chronology
Farewell Angelina (1965)	Noel (1966)	Joan (1967)

Noel was a Christmas album by Joan Baez, released in 1966. Working with composer Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach), Baez, for the first time, recorded an album outside the standard guitar-based folk format. (She would go on to work with Schickele on her next two albums, both of which also featured classical orchestration.) Unlike holiday albums by many other popular artists, Baez included mostly traditional material, avoiding more lighthearted fare (e.g. "Rudolph", "Santa Claus is Coming to Town"), in favor of a more somber, understated tone. She included both familiar ("The Little Drummer Boy") and more obscure ("Down in Yon Forrest") material.

[edit] Track listing

1. "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (traditional)
2. "Coventry Carol" (traditional)
3. "Good King Wenceslas" (traditional)
4. "The Little Drummer Boy" (K. Davis, H. Onorati, H. Simeone)
5. "I Wonder As I Wander" (traditional)
6. "Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella"
7. "Down In Yon Forrest" (traditional)
8. "The Carol Of The Birds" (traditional)
9. "Angels We Have Heard On High" (traditional)
10. "Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert, in German)
11. "Mary's Wandering" (traditional)
12. "Deck The Halls" (traditional)
13. "Away In A Manger" (M.Luther)
14. "Adeste Fidelis" (traditional)
15. "Cantique De Noel" (O Holy Night) (A. Adam)
16. "What Child Is This" (traditional)
17. "Silent Night" (F. Gruber)