Song of Innocence

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Song of Innocence
Studio album by David Axelrod
Released	1968
Genre	Psychedelic pop Baroque pop
Length	26:48
Label	Capitol
Producer	David Axelrod
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com link
David Axelrod chronology
Song of Innocence (1968) Songs of Experience (1969)

This article is about the David Axelrod album. For the William Blake poems it was inspired by, see Songs of Innocence and of Experience.

Song of Innocence is a 1968 album by David Axelrod. The album was inspired by Songs of Innocence, a collection of poems by English poet William Blake. The All Music Guide review describes the album as a "suite that blended pop, rock, jazz, theater music, and R&B" and has "withstood the test of time".^[1]

A subsequent companion album, in 1969, "Songs of Experience" ("songs" as a plural noun) was released. Sometime after that in the 1970s, the "Song of Innocence" album was re-released as "Songs of Innocence".^[2]

[edit] Track listing

1. Urizen – 4:01
2. Holy Thursday – 5:32
3. The Smile – 3:26
4. A Dream – 2:31
5. Song of Innocence – 4:33
6. Merlin's Prophecy – 2:44
7. The Mental Traveller – 4:02

[edit] Miscellanea

• UNKLE's track "Rabbit in Your Headlights" contains samples of "Holy Thursday"
• Jurassic 5's track "A Day at the Races" contains samples of "Urizen", in particular, the funky bassline break.
• "Return of the Loop Digga" from Quasimoto's album "The Unseen" mentions Axelrod and "Holy Thursday".
• "Holy Thursday" appears in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV, on the station Fusion FM.

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