Early Days (Beth Hirsch album)

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Early Days
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ReleasedJune 2000 (2000-06)
Label Studio !K7 [1]
Beth Hirsch chronology
Early Days
(2000)
Titles & Idols
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Early Days is the first album by Beth Hirsch, released in 2000. [6] [7]

Contents

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that Hirsch "bridges powdery lyrics and floating acoustics throughout the nine-track album, singing from an inner spirituality." [2] The Evening Post wrote that "it's possibly a little too narrowly focused and while the self-penned arrangements are beguiling, the disc hardly progresses beyond delicate and pretty." [5] Newsday deemed the album "standard acoustic singer-songwriter fare, a throwback to the days when Joni Mitchell sounded fresh." [8]

Track listing

All tracks written by Beth Hirsch.

  1. "Come a Day" – 3:35
  2. "Gabrielle" – 3:58
  3. "Mary the Angel" – 3:58
  4. "Life Is Mine" – 3:06
  5. "Somebody Dandy" – 3:45
  6. "The More We Live" – 4:03
  7. "No Refrain" – 3:17
  8. "Dream On" – 2:29
  9. "Silent Song" – 4:07

Personnel

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