Diamonds & Rust
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Diamonds & Rust | ||||
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Released | April 1975 | |||
Recorded | January 1975 | |||
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Genre | Folk rock, folk jazz | |||
Length | 39:45 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | David Kershenbaum, Joan Baez, Larry Carlton | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Village Voice | C[2] |
Diamonds & Rust is the sixteenth studio album (and eighteenth overall) by American singer-songwriter Joan Baez, released in 1975. The album covered songs written or played by Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The Allman Brothers, Axel Rudi Pell, Jackson Browne, Judas Priest and John Prine. Diamonds & Rust, however, also contains a number of her own compositions, including the title track, a distinctive song written about Bob Dylan, which has been covered by various other artists.[3]
An alternate recording of "Dida" had appeared on the previous year's Gracias a la Vida.
Track listing
[edit]All songs composed by Joan Baez; except where noted.
- Side one
- "Diamonds & Rust" - 4:47
- "Fountain of Sorrow" (Jackson Browne) - 4:30
- "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) - 2:45
- "Children and All That Jazz" - 3:07
- "Simple Twist of Fate" (Bob Dylan) - 4:44
- Side two
- "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) - 2:46
- "Hello In There" (John Prine) - 3:05
- "Jesse" (Janis Ian) - 4:28
- "Winds of the Old Days" - 3:55
- "Dida" (Joan Baez) – duet with Joni Mitchell - 3:25
- Medley: "I Dream of Jeannie" (Stephen Foster; arranged by Joan Baez) / "Danny Boy"[4] (Frederick Weatherly) - 4:13
Personnel
[edit]- Joan Baez – vocals, acoustic guitar, Moog and ARP synthesisers, arranger
- Larry Carlton – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, arranger
- Dean Parks – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Wilton Felder – bass
- Reinie Press – bass
- Max Bennett – bass (10)
- Jim Gordon – drums
- John Guerin – drums (10)
- Larry Knechtel – acoustic piano
- Joe Sample – electric piano, Hammond organ
- Hampton Hawes – acoustic piano (4)
- David Paich – acoustic piano, electric harpsichord
- Red Rhodes – pedal steel guitar
- Malcolm Cecil – Moog and ARP synthesisers, synthesizer programming
- Robert Margouleff – synthesizer programming
- Tom Scott – flute, saxophone, arranger
- Jim Horn – saxophone
- Joni Mitchell – vocal improvisation (10)
- Rick Lotempio – electric guitar (10)
- Ollie Mitchell – trumpet
- Buck Monari – trumpet
- Jesse Ehrlich – cello
- Carl LaMagna, James Getzoff, Ray Kelley, Robert Konrad, Robert Ostrowsky, Ronald Folsom, Sidney Sharp, Tibor Zelig, William Hymanson, William Kurasch – violin
- Isabelle Daskoff – viola
- Technical
- David Kershenbaum, Joan Baez, Larry Carlton – producer
- Bernard Gelb – executive producer
- Rick Ruggeri – engineer
- Henry Lewy – engineer (10)
- Ellis Sorkin – assistant engineer
- Bob Cato – design
- Irene Harris – photography
Charts
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[8] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
[edit]- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (June 16, 1975). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved May 27, 2013.
- ^ Baez, Joan. 1987. And a Voice to Sing With: A Memoir. Century Hutchinson, London. ISBN 0-671-40062-2
- ^ An Irish song, on the album cover: Dedicated to my Grandmother, Barbara Bridge
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4083a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
- ^ "Joan Baez Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved October 28, 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Joan Baez – Diamonds". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 14, 2022.