True Stories and Other Dreams

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True Stories and Other Dreams
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Studio album by
Judy Collins
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. [4] It peaked at No. 27 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. [5]

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

Charts

Chart performance for True Stories and Other Dreams
Chart (1973)Peak
position
Canada Top 100 Albums ( RPM ) [6] 9
US Top LP's & Tape ( Billboard ) [7] 27
US Top 100 Albums ( Cash Box ) [8] 23
US The Album Chart ( Record World ) [9] 31

References

  1. ↑ Ruhlmann, William. "True Stories & Other Dreams Review". AllMusic . Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "Timeline".
  5. ↑ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard . Retrieved February 28, 2022.
  6. ↑ "RPM 100 Albums" (PDF). RPM . Vol. 19, no. 11. April 28, 1973. p. 12. ISSN   0315-5994.
  7. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's & Tape" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 85, no. 14. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. April 7, 1973. p. 74. ISSN   0006-2510.
  8. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XXXIV, no. 43. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. April 14, 1973. p. 39. ISSN   0008-7289.
  9. ↑ "The Album Chart" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 28, no. 1347. New York: Record World Pub. Co. April 14, 1973. p. 30. ISSN   0034-1622.
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