Judith (album)

1975 studio album by Judy Collins

Judith

Studio album by

Judy Collins

Released| March 17, 1975[1]
Recorded| 1975, A&R Studios, New York
Genre| Folk
Length| 43:39
Label| Elektra
Producer| Arif Mardin
Judy Collins chronology
| True Stories and Other Dreams
(1973)  | Judith
(1975)  | Bread and Roses
(1976)

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AllMusic| [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide| [4]

Judith is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released in 1975 by Elektra Records in both stereo (7E-1032) and CD-4 quadraphonic (EQ-1032) versions. Collins recorded Judith three years after her precedent album True Stories and Other Dreams, having been focused during the interim on producing Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman a documentary about Antonia Brico.[5]

Peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart,[6] Judith became Collins' best-selling studio album to date: certified Gold by the RIAA in 1975, for sales of over 500,000 copies, Judith would be certified Platinum in 1996, for sales of over 1,000,000 copies.[7]

Collins received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for her cover of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns".[8] Sondheim won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year that same year, based on the popularity of Collins' performance of the song on this album.[9] The single peaked at No. 36 on Billboard's Pop singles chart in 1975, and then reentered the chart in 1977, reaching No. 19; it spent a total of 27 non-consecutive weeks on this chart.[10]

The album also includes material by Steve Goodman, Danny O'Keefe, Wendy Waldman, Jimmy Webb, the Rolling Stones, and the 1930s standard "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", as well as three of Collins' own compositions- "Houses", "Song for Duke", and "Born to the Breed".[2]

## Track listing

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1. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:59
2. "Angel Spread Your Wings" (Danny O'Keefe) – 3:05
3. "Houses" (Judy Collins) – 4:32
4. "The Lovin' of the Game" (Pat Garvey) – 3:03
5. "Song for Duke" (Judy Collins) – 3:33
6. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:57
7. "Salt of the Earth" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
8. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Jay Gorney) – 3:13
9. "City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman) – 4:07
10. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 3:44
11. "Pirate Ships" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:42
12. "Born to the Breed" (Judy Collins) – 4:45

## Personnel

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* Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano
* George Marge – English horn, flute, recorder
* Bill Slapin – alto flute
* Romeo Penque – flute, bass flute
* Emanuel Vardi – viola
* Gene Orloff – violin
* Kenny Ascher – electric piano
* Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, Steve Burgh, Charlie Brown, Steve Goodman – guitar
* Tony Levin – bass
* Steve Gadd – drums
* Ralph MacDonald – percussion
* Kenneth Bichel – ARP synthesizer
* Eric Weissberg – bass, guitar, steel guitar, dobro
* Pat Rebillot, Paul Griffin – organ, electric piano
* Don Brooks – harmonica
* Arthur Clarke, Seldon Powell, Tony Studd, Frank Wess, Randy Brecker, Garnett Brown – horns
* Steve Goodman, Denver Collins, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Eunice Peterson, Eric Weissberg – background vocals
* Corky Hale – harmonica, harp
* Dom Cortes – accordion
* George Ricci – cello

## Production notes

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* Arif Mardin – producer
* Jonathan Tunick – arranger, conductor ("Houses", "Send in the Clowns" and "I'll Be Seeing You")
* Arif Mardin – arranger, conductor (remaining songs)
* Phil Ramone – recording engineer
* Glenn Berger – assistant recording engineer
* Glen Christensen – art direction
* David Larkham, Ron Wong– design
* Francesco Scavullo – photography

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for Judith | Chart (1975)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[11] | 19
Canada Top Albums (RPM)[12] | 19
UK Albums (OCC)[13] | 7
US Top LP's & Tape (Billboard)[14] | 17
US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[15] | 22
US The Album Chart (Record World)[16] | 17

### Year-end charts

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Year-end chart performance for Judith | Chart (1975)  | Position

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Canada Top Albums (RPM)[17] | 73
US Top LP's & Tape (Billboard)[18] | 17
US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[19] | 94

## Certifications and sales

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Certifications for Judith Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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United States (RIAA)[7] | Platinum  | 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ "E/A/N Sets March LPs" (PDF). Record World. 30 (1446). New York, NY, USA: Record World Publishing Co., Inc.: 20 March 8, 1975. ISSN 0034-1622. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2023. "Set for national release on March 17 are Judy Collins' first Elektra album of newly-recorded songs in two years, "Judith""`{{cite journal}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Judith Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). "Collins, Judy". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). New York: Muze UK Ltd. pp. 338–339\. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
4. ^ Evans, Paul (1992). "Judy Collins". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. p. 154\. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
5. ^ Detroit Free Press 10 August 1975 "The Diverse Judy Collins is Much More Than a Folkie" by Christine Brown p.7-D
6. ^ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
7. ^ a b "American album certifications – Judy Collins – Judith". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
8. ^ "Grammy Award Nominees 1976 - Grammy Award Winners 1976".
9. ^ "Judy Collins' Biography". Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
10. ^ "Judy Collins - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014.
11. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. p. 69\. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
12. ^ "RPM Top Albums" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 23, no. 22\. July 26, 1975. p. 37\. ISSN 0315-5994.
13. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
14. ^ "Billboard Top LP's & Tape" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 87, no. 24\. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. June 14, 1975. p. 54\. ISSN 0006-2510.
15. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XXXVII, no. 6\. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. June 28, 1975. p. 45\. ISSN 0008-7289.
16. ^ "The Album Chart" (PDF). Record World. Vol. 31, no. 1459\. New York: Record World Pub. Co. June 6, 1975. p. 34\. ISSN 0034-1622.
17. ^ "Top 100 Albums of 1975" (PDF). RPM. Vol. 24, no. 14\. December 27, 1975. p. 11\. ISSN 0315-5994.
18. ^ "Number One Pop – Albums" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 87, no. 52\. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. December 27, 1975. p. TA-16. ISSN 0006-2510.
19. ^ "Top 100 Albums 75" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XXXVII, no. 32\. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. December 27, 1975. p. 44\. ISSN 0008-7289.

## External links

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* Judith at Discogs (list of releases)

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Judy Collins

Discography

Studio albums|

* 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)
* Amazing Grace (1985)
* Fires of Eden (1990)
* Judy Sings Dylan... Just Like a Woman (1993)
* Come Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas (1994)
* Voices (1995)
* Portrait of an American Girl (2005)
* Judy Collins Sings Lennon and McCartney (2007)
* Paradise (2010)
* Bohemian (2011)
* Strangers Again (2015)
* Silver Skies Blue with Ari Hest (2016)
* A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim (2017)
* Everybody Knows with Stephen Stills (2017)
* Winter Stories with Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line (2019)
* Spellbound (2022)

Live albums|

* The Judy Collins Concert (1964)
* Living (1971)
* Sanity and Grace (1989)
* Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2012)

Compilation albums|

* Recollections (1969)
* Colors of the Day (1972)
* So Early in the Spring (1977)
* Forever: An Anthology (1997)
* Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (2004)
* White Bird: Anthology of Favorites (2021)

Singles|

* "Both Sides, Now"
* "Someday Soon"
* "Chelsea Morning"

Related|

* Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
* Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins
* Stephen Stills

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