The Essential Donovan

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The Essential Donovan
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Greatest hits album by
Donovan
Released17 April 2012 [1]
Genre Pop rock
Length2:02:53
Label
Donovan chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Donovan
(2008)		The Essential Donovan
(2012)		Breezes of Patchouli: His Studio Recordings 1966-1969
(2013)

The Essential Donovan is a greatest hits album by the Scottish musician Donovan. Originally released in 2004, [2] it was re-released to higher acclaim as a part of Sony Legacy's Essential series in 2012.

Contents

Release

The album was released to coincide with Donovan's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic (2004)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
AllMusic (2012)Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

In a review for the original 2004 issue, AllMusic's John Bush states that it "merely reissues Donovan's Greatest Hits "; he notes that "the music is obviously excellent, beginning with Donovan's wistful debut 'Catch the Wind' and progressing through his psychedelic pop hits of the late '60s, but Donovan's Greatest Hits presents the same material with perspective and a flair that this series compilation lacks." [4]

Reviewing the 2012 reissue, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that the album is "perhaps better compared to the 1992 box Troubadour: The Definitive Collection , another two-CD set that delved deeply into Donovan's career", going on to state that the album "emphasizes Donovan's psychedelic mod hipster side over his wannabe Dylan folkie". [5] Joe Marchese of The Second Disc stated the album is a "poetic rumination of diverse images that come together as a portrait of youth", going on to state the album's first disc includes "ten songs that truly made psychedelia mainstream." [7]

Track listing

  1. Catch the Wind – 2:55
  2. Colours – 2:55
  3. Sunshine Superman – 4:40
  4. Season of the Witch – 4:55
  5. Mellow Yellow – 3:42
  6. Epistle to Dippy – 3:10
  7. There Is a Mountain – 2:34
  8. Wear Your Love Like Heaven – 2:24
  9. Jennifer Juniper – 2:42
  10. Hurdy Gurdy Man – 3:19
  11. Laléna – 2:54
  12. To Susan on the West Coast Waiting – 3:11
  13. Atlantis – 4:57
  14. Barabajagal – 3:18

References

  1. ↑ April 14, 2014 Billboard issue (PDF). Billboard. 14 April 2012. p. 13.
  2. ↑ Marchese, Joe (9 March 2012). "Wear Your Love Like Heaven: New "Essential Donovan" Arriving From Legacy". The Second Disc. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 Horowitz, Hal (8 May 2012). "Donovan: The Essential Donovan". American Songwriter. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  4. 1 2 Bush, John, The Essential Donovan [2004] - Donovan, AllMusic , retrieved 5 September 2024
  5. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, The Essential Donovan [2012] - Donovan, AllMusic , retrieved 20 August 2024
  6. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th rev. ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 253. OL   21112308M.
  7. ↑ Marchese, Joe (17 April 2012). "Review: Donovan, "The Essential Donovan"". The Second Disc. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
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