Whales & Nightingales

Whales & Nightingales is the eighth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released by Elektra Records in 1970. It peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.[3]

Whales & Nightingales
Studio album by
Judy Collins
ReleasedNovember 1970
Recorded1970
StudioFedco Audio Labs, Providence, Rhode Island
GenreFolk
Length42:32
LabelElektra
ProducerMark Abramson
Judy Collins chronology
Who Knows Where the Time Goes
(1968)		 Whales & Nightingales
(1970)		 Living
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Village VoiceC+[2]

The album includes material by Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Jacques Brel and Joan Baez, as well as Collins' top-forty version of "Amazing Grace",[4] and the traditional "Farewell to Tarwathie", on which Collins sang to the accompaniment of humpback whales.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1971, for sales of over 500,000 copies in the US.[5]

Track listing
  1. "A Song for David" (Joan Baez) – 3:30
  2. "Sons Of" (Eric Blau, Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest, Mort Shuman; arranged and adapted by Joshua Rifkin) – 2:26
  3. "The Patriot Game" (Dominic Behan) – 4:06
  4. "Prothalamium" (Michael Sahl, Aaron Kramer; arranged and adapted by Joshua Rifkin) – 1:42
  5. "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" (Pete Seeger) – 3:57
  6. "Gene's Song" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Gene Morrow) – 1:22
  7. "Farewell to Tarwathie" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Judy Collins) – 5:31
  8. "Time Passes Slowly" (Bob Dylan) – 3:35
  9. "Marieke" (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest; arranged and adapted by Joshua Rifkin) – 3:18
  10. "Nightingale I" (Judy Collins) – 2:11
  11. "Nightingale II" (Judy Collins, Joshua Rifkin) – 5:19
  12. "Simple Gifts" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Judy Collins) – 1:32
  13. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton; arranged and adapted by Judy Collins) – 4:03

Personnel
  • Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • John Nagy - string arrangement on "Time Passes Slowly"

Production notes

References
  1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r96074
  2. Christgau, Robert (January 7, 1971). "Consumer Guide (15)". The Village Voice. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  3. "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  4. "Judy Collins - Chart history | Billboard". Archived from the original on 2014-08-11.
  5. "American album certifications – Judy Collins". Recording Industry Association of America.
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