- Noël (Joan Baez album)
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Noël 
Studio album by Joan Baez Released December 1966 Recorded 1966 Genre Folk, Christmas Length 41:00 Label Vanguard Producer Maynard Solomon Professional reviews Joan Baez chronology Farewell Angelina
(1965)Noël
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(1967)Noël was a Christmas album by Joan Baez, released in 1966. Working with composer Peter Schickele (PDQ Bach), Baez, for the first time, recorded an album outside the standard guitar-based folk format. (She would go on to work with Schickele on her next two albums, both of which also featured classical orchestration.) Unlike holiday albums by many other popular artists, Baez included mostly traditional material, avoiding more lighthearted or commercial fare in favor of a somber, understated tone. She included both familiar ("The Little Drummer Boy") and more obscure ("Down in Yon Forrest") material.
Track listing
- "O come, O come, Emmanuel" (traditional)
- "Coventry Carol" (traditional)
- "Good King Wenceslas" (traditional)
- "The Little Drummer Boy" (K. Davis, H. Onorati, H. Simeone)
- "I Wonder As I Wander" (traditional)
- "Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella"
- "Down in Yon Forrest" (traditional)
- "The Carol of the Birds" (traditional)
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" (traditional)
- "Ave Maria" (Franz Schubert) - sung in German
- "Mary's Wandering" (traditional)
- "Deck the Halls" (traditional)
- "Away in a Manger" (J. Murray)
- "Adeste Fideles (O Come, all ye Faithful)" (traditional)
- "Cantique de Noël (O Holy Night)" (A. Adam)
- "What Child Is This" (traditional)
- "Silent Night" (F. Gruber)
A 2001 CD reissue of the album included the following bonus tracks:
- "The First Noel" (traditional)
- "We Three Kings" (traditional)
- "Virgin Mary" (traditional)
- "Good Christian Kings" (traditional)
- "Burgundian Carol" (traditional)
- "Away in a Manger" (J. Murray) - alternate version sung in French
Studio albums Joan Baez (1960) • Joan Baez, Vol. 2 (1961) • Joan Baez/5 (1964) • Farewell, Angelina (1965) • Noël (1966) • Joan (1967) • Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time (1968) • Any Day Now (1968) • David's Album (1969) • I Live One Day at a Time (1970) • Carry It On (1971) • Blessed Are... (1971) • Come from the Shadows (1972) • Where Are You Now, My Son? (1973) • Gracias a la Vida: Joan Baez canta en español (1974) • Diamonds & Rust (1975) • Gulf Winds (1976) • Blowin' Away (1977) • Honest Lullaby (1979) • Recently (1987) • Speaking of Dreams (1989) • Play Me Backwards (1992) • Gone From Danger (1997) • Dark Chords on a Big Guitar (2003) • Day after Tomorrow (2008)Live albums Joan Baez in Concert (1962) • Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 (1963) • From Every Stage (1976) • Live Europe 83 (1983) • Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring (1988) • Ring Them Bells (1995) • Live at Newport (1996; recorded 1963-65) • Bowery Songs (2005)Compilations Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square (1959) • Portrait of Joan Baez (1967) • The First 10 Years (1970) • The Joan Baez Ballad Book (1972) • Hits: Greatest and Others (1973) • The Contemporary Ballad Book (1974) • The Joan Baez Lovesong Album (1976) • Best of Joan C. Baez (1977) • The Joan Baez Country Music Album (1979) • Joan Baez: Classics (1986) • Rare, Live & Classic (1993) • Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection (2000) • The Complete A&M Recordings (2003)Notable songs "Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You" • "China" • "Day After Tomorrow" • "Diamonds & Rust" • "Farewell, Angelina" • "Forever Young" • "Here's to You" • "Honest Lullaby" • "House of the Rising Sun" • "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" • "Joe Hill" • "Lily of the West" • "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" • "Love Song to a Stranger" • "Mary Hamilton" • "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" • "Recently" • "Reunion Hill" • "Rexroth's Daughter" • "Scarlet Tide" • "Silver Dagger" • "Speaking of Dreams" • "Stones in the Road" • "Sweet Sir Galahad" • "There but for Fortune" • "We Shall Overcome" • "What Have They Done to the Rain"Related Categories:- Albums produced by Maynard Solomon
- Christmas albums by American artists
- Joan Baez albums
- Vanguard Records albums
- 1966 Christmas albums
- English-language albums
- German-language albums
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