Song of Innocence

Infobox Album |
Name = Song of Innocence
Type = Album
Artist = David Axelrod


Released = 1968
Recorded =
Genre = Psychedelic pop Baroque pop
Length = 26:48
Label = Capitol
Producer = David Axelrod
Reviews =
* Allmusic.com Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dkuvad1kv8wn link] |
Last album =
This album = "Song of Innocence"
(1968)
Next album = "Songs of Experience
(1969)

"Song of Innocence" is a 1968 album by David Axelrod. The album was inspired by "Songs of Innocence", a collection of poems by English poet William Blake. Allmusic review describes the album as a "suite that blended pop, rock, jazz, theater music, and R&B" and has "withstood the test of time". [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dkuvad1kv8wn allmusic ((( Song of Innocence > Overview ))) ] ]

A subsequent companion album, in 1969, "Songs of Experience" ("songs" as a plural noun) was released. Sometime after that in the 1970s, the "Song of Innocence" album was re-released as "Songs of Innocence". [ [http://www.geocities.com/damasjohn/axelps.html#songs David Axelrod Albums ] ]

Track listing

# Urizen – 4:01
# Holy Thursday – 5:32
# The Smile – 3:26
# A Dream – 2:31
# Song of Innocence – 4:33
# Merlin's Prophecy – 2:44
# The Mental Traveller – 4:02

Miscellanea

* track "Rabbit in Your Headlights" contains samples of "Holy Thursday"
* track "A Day at the Races" contains samples of "Urizen", in particular, the funky bassline break.
*"Return of the Loop Digga" from album "The Unseen" mentions Axelrod and "Holy Thursday".
*"Holy Thursday" appears in the 2008 video game Grand Theft Auto IV, on the station .
*"Holy Thursday" was sampled by Swizz Beatz for the track "Dr. Carter" off Lil Wayne's album Tha Carter III
* track "Think Twice" contains a sample of "Holy Thursday"

References