Rendezvous (Sandy Denny album)

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Rendezvous
Rendezvous cover
Studio album by Sandy Denny
Released 1977
Recorded 1977 at Island Studios (Basing Street and Hammersmith), CBS (London), Strawberry Studios (Stockport), Sound Techniques (Chelsea)
Genre folk rock
Length 39:02
Label UK: Island Records, 1977 (ILPS 9433)
Hannibal Records, 1986 (HNBL 4422)
Producer Trevor Lucas
Professional reviews
Sandy Denny chronology
Like an Old Fashioned Waltz
(1974)		 Rendezvous
(1977)		 Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
(1985)

Rendezvous is a 1977 album by English folk rock singer Sandy Denny and was her last release before her death the following year. Featuring a few cover versions and mostly self-written material, her voice was said to be "showing the strain that came from her fondness for drink and drugs"[1], and the album took almost a year to complete.[2] The album was also more instrumented than its predecessors, featuring a brass band and large string section; Denny was particularly partial to the string sections on her final two albums, including Rendezvous, and described them as her "fur coat".[1]

Following the release of Rendezvous, Denny stepped back into family life with her husband, Trevor Lucas, and newly-born daughter, Georgia,[3] and died in April 1978 following a fall.

A single was released taken from the album, "Candle in the Wind"/"Still Waters Run Deep", but failed to chart. The A-side featured Richard Thompson on lead guitar,[4] and the B-side had been recorded during the sessions for Rendezvous, later appearing as a bonus track on the 2005 CD reissue of the album.[5]

Contents

[edit] Reception

Allmusic's reviewer Brett Hartenbach was less than enthusiastic about Rendezvous, criticising it as "overwrought" and in particular Trevor Lucas' production, saying "use of cumbersome strings, backup singers and bloated lead guitars weigh things down and bury some otherwise fine writing". His summation was that Rendezvous was "a flawed attempt at gaining a wider audience, by an artist who deserved better and was capable of the best".[6] However, he did give the album a three-star rating of a possible five.
Rolling Stone's 2004 assessment was that having left her folk roots behind, "casting her as pop singer didn't quite work on Rendezvous", describing "Candle in the Wind" as "busy" and "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" as "merely capable".[7]

[edit] Track listing

All songs credited to Sandy Denny except where noted

[edit] Side one

  1. "I Wish I Was a Fool For You (For Shame of Doing Wrong)" (Richard Thompson) - 4:25
  2. "Gold Dust" - 3:54
  3. "Candle in the Wind" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) - 4:08
  4. "Take Me Away" - 4:23
  5. "One Way Donkey Ride" - 3:34

[edit] Side two

  1. "I'm a Dreamer" - 4:45
  2. "All Our Days" - 7:25
  3. "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" (Jack Rhodes, Dick Reynolds) - 3:40
  4. "No More Sad Refrains" - 2:48

[edit] CD issue extra track

  1. Full Moon - 4:30[8]

[edit] Extra tracks on 2005 release

  1. "Still Waters Run Deep" - 2:54 (B-side of the single "Candle in the Wind")
  2. "Full Moon" - 4:28[8]
  3. "I'm a Dreamer" (demo) - 4:14[9]
  4. "Easy to Slip" - 3:25[10]
  5. "Moments" (Bryn Haworth) - 3:43[10]

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Singers

[edit] Silver band

  • John Hudson
  • Alan Holmes
  • Ray Grand
  • Gordon Bland
  • David White
  • Robert Richards
  • Peter Lockett
  • Philip Goodwin


  • John Marino, Sterling Sounds - mastering
  • Bloomfield/Travis - sleeve design

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b You had to hold on to the furniture when Sandy sang (May 6, 2005). Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
  2. ^ http://www.codehot.co.uk/sandy/bio.htm. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  3. ^ Sandy Denny: Fair play to her (8 November 2007). Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
  4. ^ Candle in the Wind. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  5. ^ Still Waters Run Deep. Retrieved on 2008-06-08.
  6. ^ Rendezvous. Retrieved on 2008-06-06.
  7. ^ Sandy Denny Biography.
  8. ^ a b previously released on Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
  9. ^ previously released on A Boxful of Treasures
  10. ^ a b previously released on The Attic Tracks 1972-1984
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Sandy Denny
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Albums with Fotheringay
Collaborations
Compilations
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? · The BBC Sessions 1971-1973 · Live at the BBC · A Box of Treasures
Guest appearances
"The Battle of Evermore" (with Led Zeppelin) · Tommy (with The Who) · Galleries (with The Young Tradition) · Ragtime Cowboy Jew (with Stefan Grossman)