True Stories and Other Dreams

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True Stories and Other Dreams
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ReleasedJanuary 1973
Recorded1972
Studio The Record Plant, New York City
Genre Folk
Length40:17
Label Elektra
Producer Mark Abramson
Judy Collins chronology
Colors of the Day
(1972)
True Stories and Other Dreams
(1973)
Judith
(1975)
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True Stories and Other Dreams is the ninth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released by Elektra Records in 1973. [1] It peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. [2]

Contents

The album included Valerie Carter's "Cook With Honey", which returned Collins to the U.S. pop singles top-forty, as well as Tom Paxton's song "The Hostage" about the 1971 Attica Prison riots. It also included a number of Collins' own compositions, including "The Fisherman Song", which she would later perform on Sesame Street .

Track listing

All tracks composed by Judy Collins; except where indicated

  1. "Cook With Honey" (Valerie Carter) – 3:29
  2. "So Begins the Task" (Stephen Stills) – 3:11
  3. "Fishermen Song" – 3:56
  4. "The Dealer (Down and Losin')" (Bob Ruzicka) – 3:55
  5. "Secret Gardens" – 5:30
  6. "Holly Ann" – 4:47
  7. "The Hostage" (Tom Paxton) – 2:52
  8. "Song for Martin" – 5:05
  9. "Che" – 7:32

Personnel

Production notes

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References

  1. "Timeline".
  2. "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard . Retrieved 2022-02-28.