Colors of the Day

Colors of the Day: The Best of Judy Collins, (or simply Colors of the Day) is a compilation album by the American folk singer Judy Collins, released in 1972. It peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

It was produced by Mark Abramson of Elektra Records and contains 12 tracks, including her U.S. top-forty hit cover of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", her recording of "Amazing Grace", Sandy Denny's Who Knows Where the Time Goes", and Collins' own composition "Albatross" (the latter two recordings were included in the film adaptation of The Subject Was Roses). Former United States president Bill Clinton has called the album an all-time favorite.^[2]

Track listing

1. "Someday Soon" (Ian Tyson) – 3:44
2. "Since You Asked" (Judy Collins) – 2:33
3. "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:14
4. "Sons Of" (Eric Blau, Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest, Mort Shuman) – 2:26
5. "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:24
6. "Farewell to Tarwathie" (Traditional) – 5:31
7. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" (Sandy Denny) – 4:40
8. "Sunny Goodge Street" (Donovan) – 2:56
9. "My Father" (Judy Collins) – 5:02
10. "Albatross" (Judy Collins) – 4:50
11. "In My Life" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:53
12. "Amazing Grace" (Traditional) – 4:06

Personnel

• Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, liner notes
• Joshua Rifkin – arranger, conductor

Production notes

• Produced by Mark Abramson, David Anderle
• Mastered by Joe Gastwirt, Steve Hoffman, Andy Paley
• Engineered by John Haeny
• Photography by Bettey Beaird
• Jac Holzman – production supervisor

References