Primordial Lovers

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Primordial Lovers
Primordial-Lovers-LP.jpg
LP cover
Studio album by
Essra Mohawk
ReleasedMay 1970 [1]
Recorded1969
Studio
Genre Rock, jazz, soul [2] [3]
Language English
Label Reprise
Producer Frazier Mohawk
Essra Mohawk chronology
Sandy's Album Is Here At Last
(1968)		Primordial Lovers
(1970)		Essra Mohawk
(1974)
Alternative cover
Primordial-Lovers-CD.jpg
Mummypump Music CD cover

Primordial Lovers is the second album by American singer-songwriter Essra Mohawk, released in May 1970. [1] The original Reprise LP included a 20-page booklet with the album's song lyrics.

Contents

In 2000 the album was re-released by Rhino Handmade as a 22-track collection Primordial Lovers MM, combining the original album with two non-album singles tracks, "Jabberwock Song" and "Image of Yu", and the entire 1974 follow-up album on Asylum Records, Essra Mohawk. In 2010 the album was reissued by Collectors' Choice with five previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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On AllMusic Charles Donovan said, "Primordial Lovers is assured of its status as an unsung classic. All who hear it, and there aren't enough, are bewitched by its esoteric poetry, unguarded passion, and great tunes.... Mohawk is a wondrous creature of contrasts: simultaneously urbane and nature-loving, knowing and naïve, all-powerful yet unabashedly vulnerable at the same time. Her voice is a remarkable instrument..." [4]

Track listing

All songs composed and arranged by Essra Mohawk. [5]

Side 1

  1. "I Am the Breeze"
  2. "Spiral"
  3. "I'll Give It to You Anyway"
  4. "I Have Been Here Before"

Side 2

  1. "Looking Forward to the Dawn"
  2. "Thunder in the Morning"
  3. "Lion on the Wing"
  4. "It's Up to Me"
  5. "It's Been a Beautiful Day"

Additional tracks on Collectors' Choice and Mummypump CD releases

  2. "I Have Been Here Before" (piano / vocal)
  3. "Someone Has Captured Me"
  4. "Could You Lift Your Heart"
  5. "Question"
  6. "Drifter"

Additional tracks on Primordial Lovers MM Rhino Handmade CD release

Single-only tracks:
  2. "Jabberwock Song"
  3. "Image of Yu"
From the album Essra Mohawk:
  2. "New Skins for Old"
  3. "Openin' My Love Doors"
  4. "Full Fledged Woman"
  5. "You're Finally Here"
  6. "Summertime"
  7. "Back in the Spirit"
  8. "You Make Me Come to Pieces"
  9. "I Cannot Forget"
  10. "Song to an Unborn Soul"
  11. "If I'm Going to Go Crazy with Someone, It Might As Well Be You"
  12. "Magic Pen"

Personnel on original Primordial Lovers LP release

Musicians

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 "New Album Releases". Billboard. June 6, 1970. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Primordial Lovers by Essra Mohawk - RYM/Sonemic".
  3. ↑ "Essra Mohawk – Primordial Lovers (1969, Vinyl)". Discogs . 1969.
  4. 1 2 Donovan, Charles. "Essra Mohawk – Primordial Lovers". AllMusic. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  5. ↑ Primordial Lovers - Essra Mohawk | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 2021-11-11
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