Odetta (Folkways album)

Infobox Album
Name = Odetta
Type = Album
Artist = Odetta


Released = 1967 (LP)
Recorded =
Genre = Folk, pop, jazz, gospel
Length = 32:01
Label = Verve Folkways, FTS-3014
Producer = Jim Dickson
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3vfuxqt0ldje link]
Last album = "Odetta in Japan" (1966)
This album = "Odetta" (1967)
Next album = "The Best of Odetta" (1967)

"Odetta" is the 1967 album by Odetta. It is viewed as one of her most "commercial" (that is, aimed at mainstream audiences), but it has not subsequently been re-released on CD as many of her albums were.

It should not be confused with other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels: the 1963 compilation LP "Odetta" on the Everest label and 2003's "Odetta" which is actually the album "To Ella".

Allmusic stated in their review that "She also acquits herself fairly well on cuts that strike a sort of funky lounge jazz mood, although those songs aren't memorable. Overall, it's a curiosity, not too embarrassing, but not matching her with the settings that suit her best."

Track listing

Side A:
#"Give Me Your Hand" (Dorothy Stewart) – 2:45
#"Strawberry Fields Forever" (Lennon, McCartney) – 3:28
#"Love Songs of the Nile" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed)– 3:22
#"Oh, My Babe" (Bert Jansch) – 3:10
# "Little Red Caboose" (Traditional?) – 2:00
#""Child of God" (Traditional) – 2:18 Side B:
# "Hogan's Alley" (Traditional) – 1:52
# "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:36
# "African Prayer" (Galt MacDermot) – 3:18
# "Oh Papa" (Traditional?) – 2:49
# "Turn Me 'Round" (Traditional?) – 3:23

Personnel

*Odetta – vocals, guitar)
*Les Grinage – bass
*John Foster – piano
*John Seiter – drums

External links

* [http://www.akh.se/odetta/ft3014.htm "Odetta" on Åke's website]