A Long and Winding Road

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A Long and Winding Road
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 29, 2008
RecordedFebruary 2008
Genre Pop, standards
Label PS Classics
Producer Jeffrey Lesser
Maureen McGovern chronology
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern
(2005)
A Long and Winding Road
(2008)

A Long and Winding Road is Maureen McGovern's twelfth studio album and was released in 2008 by PS Classics. It is a cover album of songs that were from the 1960s and early 1970s, written by notable songwriters of that era. Inside the album cover includes an essay by Philip Himberg (who is the Producing Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program) that covers Maureen McGovern's making of the album and the growth of the Great American Songbook during the 1960s.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All I Want/America" Joni Mitchell/Paul Simon 3:22
2."The Times They Are a-Changin'" Bob Dylan 3:31
3."The Circle Game" Joni Mitchell 5:14
4."The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (with Jay Leonhart, vocals and bass, arranged by Jay Leonhart) Paul Simon 1:40
5."Cowboy" Randy Newman 2:23
6."The Coming of the Roads" Billy Edd Wheeler 3:43
7."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?" Carole King, Gerry Goffin 3:08
8."Shed a Little Light/Carry It On" James Taylor/Gil Turner4:32
9."The Fiddle and the Drum" Joni Mitchell 3:03
10."Fire and Rain" James Taylor 4:04
11."Rocky Raccoon" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 3:31
12."Let It Be" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 3:15
13."By the Time I Get to Phoenix" Jimmy Webb 2:57
14."MacArthur Park" Jimmy Webb 2:14
15."The Moon's a Harsh Mistress" Jimmy Webb 3:24
16."And When I Die" Laura Nyro 4:06
17."Imagine" John Lennon 3:31
18."The Long and Winding Road" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 1:30

Album credits

Personnel

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