Earth Song / Ocean Song

by Mary Hopkin

Earth Song / Ocean Song cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1 October 1971
  • Label: Apple
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 48:22
  • Community rating: 3.94/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Tony Visconti, this second studio album moved the artist significantly away from the orchestrated pop of her earlier work toward a more serious, pastoral contemporary folk sound. The arrangements are sparse and sophisticated, featuring delicate instrumentation that highlights her crystalline voice and a stronger focus on traditional influences. It remains a beautifully coherent, highly intimate masterclass in late 60s/early 70s chamber-folk.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, orchestral, choral, harp, melodic, gentle, strings, vintage

Tracklist

  1. International (3:37)
  2. There's Got To Be More (3:56)
  3. Silver Birch And Weeping Willow (2:49)
  4. How Come The Sun (5:44)
  5. Earth Song (3:54)
  6. Martha (4:53)
  7. Streets Of London (4:30)
  8. The Wind (2:06)
  9. Water, Paper And Clay (4:11)
  10. Ocean Song (4:15)
  11. Kew Gardens (2:24)
  12. When I Am Old One Day (2:26)
  13. Let My Name Be Sorrow (3:31)

Credits

  • Sacred System - primary artist
  • Sneak Attack - artwork
  • Skiz - other [roots control]

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