The Essential Donovan
The Essential Donovan | ||||
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Greatest hits album by Donovan | ||||
Released | 10 April 2012 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 2:02:53 | |||
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The Essential Donovan is a greatest hits album by the Scottish musician Donovan. Originally released in 2004,[1] it was re-released to higher acclaim as a part of Sony Legacy's Essential series in 2012.
Release
The album was released to coincide with Donovan's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.[2]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic (2004) | [3] |
AllMusic (2012) | [4] |
American Songwriter | [2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
In a review for the original 2004 issue, AllMusic's John Bush states that it "merely reissues Donovan's Greatest Hits"; he notes that "the music is obviously excellent, beginning with Donovan's wistful debut 'Catch the Wind' and progressing through his psychedelic pop hits of the late '60s, but Donovan's Greatest Hits presents the same material with perspective and a flair that this series compilation lacks."[3]
Reviewing the 2012 reissue, AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine states that the album is "perhaps better compared to the 1992 box Troubadour: The Definitive Collection, another two-CD set that delved deeply into Donovan's career", going on to state that the album "emphasizes Donovan's psychedelic mod hipster side over his wannabe Dylan folkie".[4] Joe Marchese of The Second Disc stated the album is a "poetic rumination of diverse images that come together as a portrait of youth", going on to state the album's first disc includes "ten songs that truly made psychedelia mainstream."[6]
Track listing
- Catch the Wind – 2:55
- Colours – 2:55
- Sunshine Superman – 4:40
- Season of the Witch – 4:55
- Mellow Yellow – 3:42
- Epistle to Dippy – 3:10
- There Is a Mountain – 2:34
- Wear Your Love Like Heaven – 2:24
- Jennifer Juniper – 2:42
- Hurdy Gurdy Man – 3:19
- Laléna – 2:54
- To Susan on the West Coast Waiting - 3:11
- Atlantis – 4:57
- Barabajagal – 3:18
References
- ^ Marchese, Joe (2012-03-09). "Wear Your Love Like Heaven: New "Essential Donovan" Arriving From Legacy". The Second Disc. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ a b Horowitz, Hal (2012-05-08). "Donovan: The Essential Donovan". American Songwriter. Retrieved 2024-09-05.
- ^ a b Bush, John, The Essential Donovan [2004] - Donovan, AllMusic, retrieved 2024-09-05
- ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas, The Essential Donovan [2012] - Donovan, AllMusic, retrieved 2024-08-20
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th rev. ed.). New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 253. OL 21112308M.
- ^ Marchese, Joe (2012-04-17). "Review: Donovan, "The Essential Donovan"". The Second Disc. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
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- What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (Catch the Wind)
- Fairytale
- Sunshine Superman
- Mellow Yellow
- A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
- The Hurdy Gurdy Man
- Barabajagal
- Open Road
- HMS Donovan
- Cosmic Wheels
- Essence to Essence
- 7-Tease
- Slow Down World
- Donovan
- Neutronica
- Love Is Only Feeling
- Lady of the Stars
- Sutras
- Pied Piper
- Sixty Four
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon
- Beat Cafe
- Shadows of Blue
- Donovan in Concert
- Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973
- Rising
- Rising Again
- Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986
- "Catch the Wind"
- "Colours"
- "Universal Soldier"
- "Turquoise" / "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)"
- "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond"
- "To Try for the Sun"
- "Josie"
- "Remember the Alamo"
- "Sunshine Superman"
- "Mellow Yellow"
- "Epistle to Dippy"
- "There Is a Mountain"
- "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"
- "Jennifer Juniper"
- "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
- "Atlantis"
- "Laléna"
- "Barabajagal"
- "Rock 'n' Roll with Me"
- "Season of the Witch"
- "Billion Dollar Babies"
- "I Am the Shaman"
albums
- The Best of Donovan (1969)
- Catch the Wind (1971)
- Catch the Wind (1986)
- Atlantis Calling
- Donovan's Greatest Hits
- Donovan's Greatest Hits and More
- The Collection
- Colours (1972)
- Colours (1991)
- Definitive Collection
- Donovan File
- Universal Soldier
- Wonderful Music of Donovan
- Early Treasures
- The Early Years
- This Is Donovan
- A Touch of Music a Touch of Donovan
- Sunshine Superman: The Very Best of Donovan
- Sunshine Superman: 18 Songs of Love and Freedom
- The Real Donovan
- Peace and Love Songs
- Minstrel Boy
- Mellow
- Love Is Hot, Truth Is Molten
- Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be
- Storyteller
- Summer Day Reflection Songs
- Eco-Song
- The Essential Donovan
- Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976
- Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan
- Linda Lawrence (wife)
- Donovan Leitch (son)
- Ione Skye (daughter)
- Kirsty Hume (daughter-in-law)
- Ben Lee (son-in-law)
- Ad-Rock (son-in-law)
- There Is an Ocean
- The Sports Play Dylan (and Donovan)
- Island of Circles
- Open Road
- One Night in Time
- The Sensual Donovan
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