Diamonds & Rust

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Diamonds & Rust
Diamonds & Rust (Joan Baez album - cover art).jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1975
RecordedJanuary 1975
Studio
Genre Folk rock, folk jazz
Length39:45
Label A&M
Producer David Kershenbaum, Joan Baez, Larry Carlton
Joan Baez chronology
Gracias a la Vida
(1974)
Diamonds & Rust
(1975)
From Every Stage
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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, Jackson Browne, 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]

Contents

An alternate recording of "Dida" had appeared on the previous year's Gracias a la Vida .

Track listing

All songs composed by Joan Baez; except where noted.

Side one
  1. "Diamonds & Rust" - 4:47
  2. "Fountain of Sorrow" (Jackson Browne) - 4:30
  3. "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) - 2:45
  4. "Children and All That Jazz" - 3:07
  5. "Simple Twist of Fate" (Bob Dylan) - 4:44
Side two
  1. "Blue Sky" (Dickey Betts) - 2:46
  2. "Hello In There" (John Prine) - 3:05
  3. "Jesse" (Janis Ian) - 4:28
  4. "Winds of the Old Days" - 3:55
  5. "Dida" (Joan Baez) – duet with Joni Mitchell - 3:25
  6. Medley: "I Dream of Jeannie" (Stephen Foster; arranged by Joan Baez) / "Danny Boy" [4] (Frederic Weatherly) - 4:13

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Diamonds & Rust
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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