She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina

by Buffy Sainte-Marie

She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1971
  • Label: Vanguard
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 35:01
  • Community rating: 3.3/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Backed by prominent musicians including Ry Cooder and members of Crazy Horse, Buffy Sainte-Marie's seventh studio album bridges indigenous activist folk with tough, electric folk-rock. 'She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina' features sweeping original compositions alongside brilliant covers of Neil Young and Leonard Cohen, delivered with her distinctive, highly emotive vibrato. The robust arrangements perfectly elevate her sharp, poetic, and politically resonant songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, political

Tracklist

  1. Rollin' Mill Man (2:18)
  2. Smack Water Jack (3:21)
  3. Sweet September Morning (2:53)
  4. She Used To Wanna Be A Ballerina (2:17)
  5. Bells (4:37)
  6. Helpless (3:11)
  7. Moratorium (4:14)
  8. The Surfer (2:38)
  9. Song Of The French Partisan (3:16)
  10. Soldier Blue (3:21)
  11. Now You've Been Gone For A Long Time (2:54)

Credits

  • Ariel Gonzales - musician [thanks to], written-by
  • Billy Talbot - musician [thanks to]
  • Bob West - musician [thanks to]
  • Carlos Pardeiro - musician [thanks to], written-by
  • Crazy Horse - musician [thanks to]
  • Danny Whitten - musician [thanks to]
  • Gayle Levant - musician [thanks to]
  • Jesse Ed Davis - musician [thanks to]

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