In My Life (Judy Collins album)

Infobox Album
Name = In My Life
Type = Album
Artist = Judy Collins


Released = June 1966
Recorded = Sound Techniques, London, 1966
Genre = Folk
Length = 43:29
Label = Elektra
Producer = Mark Abramson
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfuxqt5ld6e link]
Last album = "Fifth Album"
(1965)
This album = "In My Life"
(1966)
Next album = "Wildflowers"
(1967)

"In My Life" was an album by American folk singer Judy Collins, released in 1966. It peaked at No. 46 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts in 1967.

Working with arranger Joshua Rifkin many of the songs featured dramatic orchestral arrangements, a departure from Collins' previous albums, which had all been straightforward folk. The album included work by Leonard Cohen, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Richard Farina. Collins' version of the song "Suzanne" is considered to be the recording that first introduced Leonard Cohen's music to a wide audience. [ [http://www.cbc.ca/national/news/suzanne/ The Story of Suzanne, CBC article.] Accessed July 18, 2008.]

Allmusic stated "Judy Collins was already an accomplished interpretive singer before recording this album, but In My Life found her widening her horizons and revealing an even greater gift than one might have imagined; for the most part, it's a superb album and still one of her best."

Track listing

# "Tom Thumb's Blues" (Bob Dylan) – 5:03
# "Hard Lovin' Loser" (Richard Farina) – 2:37
# "Pirate Jenny" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 4:02
# "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:21
# "La Colombe" (Jacques Brel, Alasdair Clayre) – 5:03
# "Marat/Sade" (Richard Peaslee) – 5:33
# "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" (Randy Newman) – 2:46
# "Sunny Goodge Street" (Donovan) – 2:55
# "Liverpool Lullaby" (Stan Kelly) – 2:57
# "Dress Rehearsal Rag" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:19
# "In My Life" (Lennon-McCartney) – 2:53

Personnel

*Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, keyboards
*Joshua Rifkin – arranger, conductor
*Other musicians uncredited

References