Judith (album)

Judith
Studio album by
Judy Collins
Released17 March 1975[1]
Recorded1975, A&R Studios, New York
GenreFolk
Length43:39
LabelElektra
ProducerArif Mardin
Judy Collins chronology
True Stories and Other Dreams
(1973) 		Judith
(1975) 		Bread and Roses
(1976)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Judith is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released in 1975 by Elektra Records in both stereo (7E-1032) and CD-4 quadraphonic (EQ-1032) versions. Collins recorded Judith three years after her precedent album True Stories and Other Dreams, having been focused during the interim on producing Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman a documentary about Antonia Brico.[5]

Peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart,[6] Judith became Collins' best-selling studio album to date: certified Gold by the RIAA in 1975, for sales of over 500,000 copies, Judith would be certified Platinum in 1996, for sales of over 1,000,000 copies.[7]

Collins received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for her cover of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns".[8] Sondheim won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year that same year, based on the popularity of Collins' performance of the song on this album.[9] The single peaked at No. 36 on Billboard's Pop singles chart in 1975, and then reentered the chart in 1977, reaching No. 19; it spent a total of 27 non-consecutive weeks on this chart.[10]

The album also includes material by Steve Goodman, Danny O'Keefe, Wendy Waldman, Jimmy Webb, the Rolling Stones, and the 1930s standard "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", as well as three of Collins' own compositions- "Houses", "Song for Duke", and "Born to the Breed".[2]

Track listing

  1. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:59
  2. "Angel Spread Your Wings" (Danny O'Keefe) – 3:05
  3. "Houses" (Judy Collins) – 4:32
  4. "The Lovin' of the Game" (Pat Garvey) – 3:03
  5. "Song for Duke" (Judy Collins) – 3:33
  6. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:57
  7. "Salt of the Earth" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
  8. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Jay Gorney) – 3:13
  9. "City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman) – 4:07
  10. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 3:44
  11. "Pirate Ships" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:42
  12. "Born to the Breed" (Judy Collins) – 4:45

Personnel

Production notes

  • Arif Mardin – producer
  • Jonathan Tunick – arranger, conductor ("Houses", "Send in the Clowns" and "I'll Be Seeing You")
  • Arif Mardin – arranger, conductor (remaining songs)
  • Phil Ramone – recording engineer
  • Glenn Berger – assistant recording engineer
  • Glen Christensen – art direction
  • David Larkham, Ron Wong– design
  • Francesco Scavullo – photography

Charts

Certifications and sales

Certifications for Judith
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ Detroit Free Press 10 August 1975 "The Diverse Judy Collins is Much More Than a Folkie" by Christine Brown p.7-D
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  7. ^ a b "American album certifications – Judy Collins – Judith". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
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  18. ^ "Number One Pop – Albums" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 87, no. 52. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. December 27, 1975. p. TA-16. ISSN 0006-2510.
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