A Song Will Rise

by Peter, Paul and Mary

A Song Will Rise cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: May 1965
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 37:17
  • Community rating: 3.66/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Albert B. Grossman

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded amidst the escalating tension surrounding the Vietnam War, 'A Song Will Rise' finds the preeminent folk-pop trio balancing traditional material with increasingly urgent, topical songwriting. The album notably features a pristine interpretation of Bob Dylan's 'When the Ship Comes In' and the blues-inflected hit 'For Lovin' Me'. It captures the group maintaining their acoustic purity just before the genre's massive shift towards electric instrumentation.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, harmonies, acoustic, storytelling, ensemble, melodic, gang-vocals

Tracklist

  1. When the Ship Comes In (2:38)
  2. Jimmy Whalen (2:41)
  3. Come and Go with Me (3:08)
  4. Gilgarra Mountain (6:02)
  5. Ballad of Spring Hill (Spring Hill Disaster) (3:13)
  6. Motherless Child (3:43)
  7. Wasn't That a Time (2:23)
  8. Monday Morning (3:18)
  9. The Cuckoo (2:21)
  10. San Francisco Bay Blues (3:02)
  11. Talkin' Candy Bar Blues (2:36)
  12. For Lovin' Me (2:08)

Credits

  • Peter, Paul and Mary - primary artist
  • Milton Okun - music director [musical director], adapted by, arranged by
  • Bob Dylan - written-by
  • Mary Travers - adapted by, arranged by
  • Noel Paul Stookey - adapted by, arranged by, written-by
  • Peter Yarrow - adapted by, arranged by, written-by
  • Ewan MacColl - written-by
  • Peggy Seeger - written-by

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