The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues
{{For|the similarly titled compilation|The Best of Odetta}}
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| artist = Odetta
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| released = 1994
| recorded = 1956–1957
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| length = 50:46
| label = Tradition
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| prev_title = Movin' It On
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = To Ella
| next_year = 1998
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The Best of Odetta: Ballads and Blues is a compilation album by American folk singer Odetta, originally released in 1994.
The focus of the material is the music Odetta performed when recording for the Tradition label — Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues (1956) and Odetta at the Gate of Horn (1957). Tradition released The Best of Odetta on LP with a slightly different track list in 1967.
It was also re-released on CD on the Collectables label in 2006.
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|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r89328|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
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Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
- "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" – 1:59
- "Lowlands" – 2:41
- "The Fox" – 1:53
- "The Lass from the Low Countree" (John Jacob Niles) – 4:40
- "Devilish Mary" – 1:57
- "Take This Hammer" (Ledbetter) – 3:33
- "Greensleeves" – 2:49
- "Deep River" – 3:00
- "Chilly Winds" – 2:43
- "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (Huey Prince, Lou Singer) – 2:43
- "Shame and Scandal" (Sir Lancelot) – 2:23
- "'Buked and Scorned" – 2:40
- "Joshua" – 1:54
- "Glory, Glory" – 2:13
- "Been in the Pen" – 2:32
- "Deep Blue Sea" – 3:02
- "God's Gonna Cut You Down" – 1:51
- Spiritual Trilogy" – 6:05
Personnel
References
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{{Odetta}}
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