In These Times (Peter, Paul, and Mary album)

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In These Times
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 2003 (2003-11-11)
Recorded2003
Genre Folk
Length42:07
Label Rhino Records (Warner Bros. Records)
Producer Peter Yarrow, Noel Paul Stookey
Peter, Paul, and Mary chronology
Carry It On
(2000)
In These Times
(2003)
The Very Best of Peter, Paul & Mary
(2005)
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In These Times is the thirteenth and final album by Peter, Paul, and Mary released by Rhino Records (Warner Bros. Records) in 2004. The album has 12 new recordings with originals and selections by Pete Seeger, Anne Feeney, Gene Nelson, and other music artists. [2] Several of the songs have a social justice theme. Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Allmusic called the album "reassuring and refreshing". [3]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Union Medley: You Gotta Go Down and Join the Union/Put It on the Ground/Union Maid/We Shall Not Be Moved/Which Side Are You On?"
  2. "Have You Been to Jail for Justice?"
  3. "Jesus Is on the Wire"
  4. "Don't Laugh at Me"
  5. "Wayfaring Stranger"
  6. "How Can I Keep from Singing?/The Great Storm Is Over"
  7. "Invisible People"
  8. "Of This World"
  9. "Some Walls"
  10. "All God's Critters"
  11. "It's Magic"
  12. "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread"

Personnel

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