Come from the Shadows

Come from the Shadows
Studio album by Joan Baez
Released May 1972
Recorded Quadrophonic Sound Studios, Nashville, 1972
Genre Folk
Length 41:38
Label A&M
Producer Joan Baez
Joan Baez chronology
Blessed Are...
(1971)		 Come from the Shadows
(1972)		 Where Are You Now, My Son?
(1973)
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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 Fariña's "In the Quiet Morning (for Janis Joplin)".

The album was recorded at Quadrophonic Sound 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 a rotten thing you become a part of it" - Joan Baez

Track listing

  1. "Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose)" (Joan Baez) - 4:23
  2. "Rainbow Road" (Donnie Fritts, Dan Penn) - 3:03
  3. "Love Song To A Stranger" (Joan Baez) - 3:55
  4. "Myths" (Joan Baez) - 3:19
  5. "In The Quiet Morning" (Mimi Fariña) - 2:58
  6. "All The Weary Mothers of the Earth (People's Union #1)" (Joan Baez) - 3:34
  7. "To Bobby" (Joan Baez) - 3:53
  8. "Song of Bangladesh" (Joan Baez) - 4:49
  9. "A Stranger in My Place" (Kenny Rogers, Kin Vassy) - 3:07
  10. "Tumbleweed" (Douglas Van Arsdale) - 3:32
  11. "The Partisan" (Anna Marly, Hy Zaret) - 3:17
  12. "Imagine" (John Lennon) - 3:27

Personnel

See also

Wikiquote - Quotes from Come From the Shadows

Joan Baez
Studio albums
Joan Baez (1960) • Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961) • Joan Baez/5 (1964) • Farewell, Angelina (1965) • Noël (1966) • Joan (1967) • Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time (1968) • Any Day Now (1968) • David's Album (1969) • I Live One Day at a Time (1970) • Carry It On (1971) • Blessed Are... (1971) • Come from the Shadows (1972) • Where Are You Now, My Son? (1973) • Gracias a la Vida: Joan Baez canta en español (1974) • Diamonds & Rust (1975) • Gulf Winds (1976) • Blowin' Away (1977) • Honest Lullaby (1979) • Recently (1987) • Speaking of Dreams (1989) • Play Me Backwards (1992) • Gone From Danger (1997) • Dark Chords on a Big Guitar (2003) • Day after Tomorrow (2008)
Live albums
Joan Baez in Concert (1962) • Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 (1963) • From Every Stage (1976) • Live Europe 83 (1983) • Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring (1988) • Ring Them Bells (1995) • Live at Newport (1996; recorded 1963-65) • Bowery Songs (2005)
Compilations
Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square (1959) • Portrait of Joan Baez (1967)  • The First 10 Years (1970) • The Joan Baez Ballad Book (1972) • Hits: Greatest and Others (1973) • The Contemporary Ballad Book (1974) • The Joan Baez Lovesong Album (1976) • Best of Joan C. Baez (1977) • The Joan Baez Country Music Album (1979) • Joan Baez: Classics (1986) • Rare, Live & Classic (1993) • Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection (2000) • The Complete A&M Recordings (2003)
Notable songs
"Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" • "China" • "Day After Tomorrow" • "Diamonds & Rust" • "Farewell, Angelina" • "Forever Young" • "Here's to You"  • "Honest Lullaby" • "House of the Rising Sun" • "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" • "Joe Hill" • "Lily of the West" • "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" • "Love Song to a Stranger" • "Mary Hamilton" • "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" • "Recently" • "Reunion Hill" • "Rexroth's Daughter" • "Scarlet Tide" • "Silver Dagger" • "Speaking of Dreams" • "Stones in the Road" • "Sweet Sir Galahad" • "There but for Fortune" • "We Shall Overcome" • "What Have They Done to the Rain"
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