Running for My Life

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Running for My Life
Judy collins running for my life album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Judy Collins
Released1980
Genre Folk
Label Elektra
Producer Judy Collins
Judy Collins chronology
Hard Times for Lovers
(1979)		Running for My Life
(1980)		 Times of Our Lives
(1982)

Running for My Life is a studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins. [1] It was released by Elektra Records in 1980. It peaked at No. 142 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. [2]

Contents

The version of "Marieke" found here is a new recording.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

The Star Tribune noted that Collins "does sing with a bit more variety and toughness than in earlier times." [6]

Track listing

  1. "Running for My Life" (Judy Collins)
  2. "Bright Morning Star" (Arranged and adapted by Judy Collins)
  3. "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" (Stephen Sondheim)
  4. "Marieke" (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest)
  5. "Pretty Women" (Stephen Sondheim)
  6. "Almost Free" (Hugh Prestwood)
  7. "I Could Really Show You Around" (Peter Allen, Dean Pitchford)
  8. "I've Done Enough Dyin' Today" (Larry Gatlin)
  9. "Anyone Would Love You" (Harold Rome)
  10. "The Rainbow Connection" (Kenneth Ascher, Paul Williams)
  11. "This Is the Day" (Judy Collins)
  12. "Wedding Song" (Judy Collins)

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Running for My Life
Chart (1979)Peak
position
US Top LPs & Tape ( Billboard ) [7] 142
US Top 101 to 200 Albums ( Cash Box ) [8] 132
US The Album Chart ( Record World ) [9] 173

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References

  1. ↑ Baker, Brian (August 15, 2010). "Tom Jones, Crowded House, Judy Collins and Steve Poltz". Cincinnati CityBeat.
  2. ↑ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard . Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  3. ↑ "Running for My Life Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). "Collins, Judy". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). New York: Muze UK Ltd. pp. 338–339. ISBN   978-1-84609-856-7.
  5. ↑ Evans, Paul (1992). "Judy Collins". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. p. 154. ISBN   0-679-73729-4.
  6. ↑ Anthony, Michael (25 Apr 1980). "Collins proves she can do it by herself". Star Tribune. p. 3C.
  7. ↑ "Billboard Top LPs & Tape" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 92, no. 20. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. May 17, 1980. p. 72. ISSN   0006-2510.
  8. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XLII, no. 1. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. May 17, 1980. p. 45. ISSN   0008-7289.
  9. ↑ "Albumd 101–150" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 36, no. 1711. New York: Record World Pub. Co. May 10, 1980. p. 38. ISSN   0034-1622.
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