Running for My Life
1980 studio album by Judy Collins
Running for My Life | ||||
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Studio album by Judy Collins | ||||
Released | 1980 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Judy Collins | |||
Judy Collins chronology | ||||
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Running for My Life is a studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins.[1] It was released by Elektra Records in 1980. It peaked at No. 142 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.[2]
The version of "Marieke" found here is a new recording.
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
The Star Tribune noted that Collins "does sing with a bit more variety and toughness than in earlier times."[6]
Track listing
- "Running for My Life" (Judy Collins)
- "Bright Morning Star" (Arranged and adapted by Judy Collins)
- "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" (Stephen Sondheim)
- "Marieke" (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest)
- "Pretty Women" (Stephen Sondheim)
- "Almost Free" (Hugh Prestwood)
- "I Could Really Show You Around" (Peter Allen, Dean Pitchford)
- "I've Done Enough Dyin' Today" (Larry Gatlin)
- "Anyone Would Love You" (Harold Rome)
- "The Rainbow Connection" (Kenneth Ascher, Paul Williams)
- "This Is the Day" (Judy Collins)
- "Wedding Song" (Judy Collins)
Personnel
- Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano
- Tom Barney – bass
- Lou Volpe – guitar
- Bob Cranshaw – bass
- Warren Doze – drums
- Bob Christianson – synthesizer
- Thomas Bogoan – vocals
- Steve Clayton – vocals
- Leslie Dorsey – vocals
- Charles Magruder – vocals
- June Magruder – vocals
- Helene Miles – vocals
- Lenny Roberts – vocals
- David Smith – vocals
- Thomas Texter – vocals
References
- ^ Baker, Brian (August 15, 2010). "Tom Jones, Crowded House, Judy Collins and Steve Poltz". Cincinnati CityBeat.
- ^ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Running for My Life Review by William Ruhlmann". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 154.
- ^ Anthony, Michael (25 Apr 1980). "Collins proves she can do it by herself". Star Tribune. p. 3C.
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- A Maid of Constant Sorrow (1961)
- Golden Apples of the Sun (1962)
- Judy Collins #3 (1963)
- Fifth Album (1965)
- In My Life (1966)
- Wildflowers (1967)
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1968)
- Whales & Nightingales (1970)
- True Stories and Other Dreams (1973)
- Judith (1975)
- Bread and Roses (1976)
- Hard Times for Lovers (1979)
- Running for My Life (1980)
- Times of Our Lives (1982)
- Home Again (1984)
- Fires of Eden (1990)
- Voices (1995)
- Portrait of an American Girl (2005)
- Judy Collins Sings Lennon and McCartney (2007)
- Silver Skies Blue with Ari Hest (2016)
- Everybody Knows with Stephen Stills (2017)
- Winter Stories with Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line (2019)
- Spellbound (2022)
- The Judy Collins Concert (1964)
- Living (1971)
- Sanity and Grace (1989)
- Colors of the Day (1972)
- So Early in the Spring (1977)
- Forever: An Anthology (1997)
- Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (2004)
- "Both Sides, Now"
- "Someday Soon"
- "Chelsea Morning"
- Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
- Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins
- Stephen Stills
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