Come from the Shadows

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Come from the Shadows
Come from the Shadows cover
Studio album by Joan Baez
Released May 1972
Recorded Quadrophonic Studios, Nashville, 1972
Genre Folk
Length 41:38
Label A&M
Producer Maynard Solomon
Professional reviews
Joan Baez chronology
Blessed Are...
(1971)
Come from the Shadows
(1972)
Where Are You Now, My Son?
(1973)

Come From the Shadows was a 1972 album by Joan Baez. After recording for the independent label Vanguard for more than a decade, Baez signed with A&M, and attempted to point her career in a slightly more "commercial" direction (though the album still had overtly political overtones). In addition to her own compositions "Prison Trilogy", "Myths", and "Love Song to a Stranger", Baez included John Lennon's "Imagine", Anna Marly's "Song of the Partisan", and Mimi Farina's "In the Quiet Morning (for Janis Joplin)".

The album was recorded at Quadrophonic Studios in Nashville.

The cover photo features an elderly couple being arrested at an anti-war protest, holding hands and flashing peace signs as they are led away.

From the album's liner notes:

"...In 1972, if you don't fight against an evil thing, you become a part of it..." - Joan Baez

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Prison Trilogy" (Billy Rose) (Joan Baez)
  2. "Rainbow Road" (Donnie Fritts/Dan Penn)
  3. "Love Song To A Stranger" (Joan Baez)
  4. "Myths" (Joan Baez)
  5. "In The Quiet Morning" (Mimi Farina)
  6. "All The Weary Mothers Of The Earth (People's Union #1)" (Joan Baez)
  7. "To Bobby" (Joan Baez)
  8. "Song Of Bangladesh" (Joan Baez)
  9. "A Stranger In My Place" (Kenny Rogers/Kin Vassy)
  10. "Tumbleweed" (Douglas Van Arsdale)
  11. "The Partisan" (Anna Marly/Hy Zaret)
  12. "Imagine" (John Lennon)

[edit] See also

Wikiquote - Quotes from Come From the Shadows