Victory Gardens | ||||
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Released | 1991 | |||
Recorded | June 18 – July 22, 1990 | |||
Genre | Folk rock [1] | |||
Length | 38:40 | |||
Label | Rykodisc | |||
Producer | John Lombardo | |||
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Victory Gardens is the debut album by the American musical duo John & Mary, released in 1991 by Rykodisc. [2] [3] John Lombardo, former member of 10,000 Maniacs and responsible for much of their early music, brought elements of the early Maniacs sound; Mary Ramsey added a blend of folk and classical influences.
Victory Gardens was produced by Lombardo and recorded at Mitch Easter's Chapel Hill Drive-In Studio in Winston-Salem, NC. The album features 10,000 Maniacs members Robert Buck and Jerome Augustyniak as well as special guests Ronnie Lane (Small Faces), Joey Molland (Badfinger) [1] and Augie Meyers (Sir Douglas Quintet, Texas Tornados).
The song "Red Wooden Beads" was included on Steal This Disc Vol. 3, part of a series of compact discs released by Rykodisc in 1991. "Rags of Flowers" was included on Troubadours of Folk Vol. 5: Singer-Songwriters of the '80s, part of a five volume series of compact discs released by Rhino Records in 1992.
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Trouser Press called the album "a seductive, low-key delight". [5] The Vancouver Sun opined that "Ramsey's voice is a little thin to be carrying the weight that these songs demand." [6]
All tracks composed by John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey except where indicated
In 1991 Rykodisc released a 7-inch vinyl promotional-only single