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Golden Apples of the Sun (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Golden Apples of the Sun

| type = studio album

| artist = Judy Collins

| cover = GoldenApplesoftheSun.jpg

| border = yes

| released = July 1962

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk

| length = 37:54

| label = Elektra{{cite book |last=Houghton |first=Mick |title=Becoming Elektra: The True Story of Jac Holzman's Visionary Record Label |date=2010 |publisher=Jawbone Press |page=295}}

| producer = Jac Holzman{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=258}}

| prev_title = A Maid of Constant Sorrow

| prev_year = 1961

| next_title = Judy Collins #3

| next_year = 1963

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |title=Judy Collins - Golden Apples of the Sun Album Reviews, Songs & More |last=Eder |first=Bruce |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/golden-apples-of-the-sun-mw0000860287 |website=AllMusic |access-date=29 March 2021}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Collins, Judy|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/338/mode/2up|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|location=New York|publisher=Muze UK Ltd.|year=2007|edition=5th Concise|pages=338–339|isbn=978-1-84609-856-7}}

|rev3 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Evans|chapter=Judy Collins|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonealbu0000unse/page/154/mode/2up|title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist|editor-last1=DeCurtis|editor-first1=Anthony|editor-link1=Anthony DeCurtis|editor-first2=James|editor-last2=Henke|editor-first3=Holly|editor-last3=George-Warren|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Random House|year=1992|page=154|isbn=0-679-73729-4}}

}}

Golden Apples of the Sun is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released by Elektra Records in 1962.{{cite web |last=Deming |first=Mark |title=Judy Collins Biography, Songs & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/judy-collins-mn0000294923/biography |website=AllMusic |access-date=29 March 2021}}

In 2001, Elektra re-released the album on CD with Collins' first album, A Maid of Constant Sorrow (1961).

Critical reception

In retrospective reviews, Bruce Eder of AllMusic wrote that Collins "generates a much more attractive sound and body of work, with a freer, less rigid approach that gives the songs a chance to breathe and flow." Richard Harrington of The Washington Post called the title track "brilliant", writing that the album presents Collins "in her traditional folksinger stage, reinvigorating folk standards."{{cite web |last=Harrington |first=Richard |title=Sweet: Judy Blue Eyes |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/technology/1995/06/28/sweet-judy-blue-eyes/b36e96ad-01ca-43b7-9218-71e87b8fad74/ |website=The Washington Post |access-date=29 March 2021}}

Track listing

All songs traditional, arranged by Judy Collins, unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "Golden Apples of the Sun" (lyrics by William Butler Yeats, from the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus"; music by Judy Collins) – 3:55
  2. "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" – 2:19
  3. "Little Brown Dog" – 3:12
  4. "Twelve Gates to the City" – 3:17
  5. "Christ Child Lullaby" – 2:55
  6. "Great Selchie of Shule Skerry" – 5:03

Side two

  1. "Tell Me Who I'll Marry" – 3:46
  2. "Fannerio" – 3:05
  3. "Crow on the Cradle" (Sydney Carter) – 3:25
  4. "Lark in the Morning" – 0:56
  5. "Sing Hallelujah" (Mike Settle) – 2:39
  6. "Shule Aroon" – 3:17

Personnel

Additional musicians

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References

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External links

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Category:1962 albums

Category:Judy Collins albums

Category:Albums produced by Jac Holzman

Category:Elektra Records albums

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