Stoneground Words

Stoneground Words
Studio album by Melanie
Released	1972
Genre	Pop
Label	Neighborhood
Producer	Peter Schekeryk
Melanie chronology
Gather Me (1971)Gather Me1971 Stoneground Words (1972) The Four Sides of Melane (1972)The Four Sides of Melane1972

Stoneground Words is an album released by Melanie in 1972. It contains the singles "Together Alone" and "Do You Believe".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Allmusic.com praises the album as "mature, intelligent and ambitious" and an "under-heard classic".^[1]

U.K. music bible Melody Maker hailed the album as "the most sophisticated she's made. The naiveté of "Beautiful People" and the streaks of self-pity have been replaced by deeper, more comprehensive methods of expression."

NME conceded that "this album is... well, it's kind of nice, you know? A trifle over-arranged, and more than a little corny, but very soothing. All in all, possibly the most enjoyable Melanie I've heard, far more mature and purged of many of the more cloying qualities of her earlier stuff."

Track listing

All songs written by Melanie Safka except where noted.

1. "Together Alone"
2. "Between the Road Signs"
3. "Summer Weaving"
4. "My Rainbow Race" (Pete Seeger)
5. "Do You Believe?"
6. "I Am Not a Poet (Night Song)"
7. "Stoneground Words"
8. "Song of the South, Based on a Theme from Song of the North, Adapted from the Original"
9. "Maybe I Was (A Golf Ball)"
10. "Here I Am"

Personnel

• Melanie - guitar, vocals
• Sal DiTroia - acoustic guitar
• Hugh McCracken - guitar
• Bill Keith - steel guitar
• Don Payne - bass
• Chuck Domanico, Richard Davis - double bass
• Roger Kellaway - piano, arrangements
• Ron Frangipane - organ, harmonium
• Donald McDonald - drums
• Johnny Pacheco - congas
• Al Cohn - tenor saxophone

Technical

• Brooks Arthur - engineer
• Tom Wilkes - photography

Charts