Buffy Sainte-Marie - The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie(twofer 2 Albums in One)
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Artist: Buffy Sainte-MarieBrand: SAINTE-MARIE,BUFFY
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Vanguard Records
Soundtracks:
- Soulful Shade Of Blue
- Summer Boy
- Universal Soldier
- Better To Find Out For Yourself
- Cod'ine
- He's a Keeper Of a Fire
- Take My Hand For a While
- Ground Hog
- The Circle Game
- My Country 'Tis Of Thy People You're Dying
- Many a Mile
- Until It's Time For You To Go
- Rolling Log Blues
- God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot
- Guess Who I Saw In Paris
- Piney Wood Hills
- Now That the Buffalo's Gone
- Cripple Creek
- I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again
- The Vampire
- Little Wheel Spin And Spin
- Winter Boy
- Los Pescadores
- Sometimes When I Get To Thinkin'
Music reviews of The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie(twofer 2 Albums in One)
Music Review: Native American Enchantress
Rating: 5 Stars
Beginning in 1964 with "It's My Way!", Buffy Sainte-Marie issued an album every year through 1969. In 1970 the Vanguard label released this "best of" distilled from those first 6 albums. The following year they put out "Volume Two", which drew from the same six records. It's a testament to her consistency that Two was as good as One.
I remember seeing her on the talk/variety shows of the era singing "Little Wheel Spin And Spin", and thinking to myself "Who is this woman"? With her chiseled cheekbones, long black hair, and flowing angel-sleeved white dress - she was absolutely fascinating. So was her unusual song and voice. I vowed to find out.
What immediately struck me upon hearing this "best of" was how versatile she was, effortlessly moving between folk, country and rock. Especially intriguing were the tracks taken from her 1969 classic "Illuminations", which featured eerie synthesizer effects and was a forerunner of "goth". The singer Nico beat her to it, but had a lighter touch. Buffy, by contrast, was "heavy as a lead weight". Nico wouldn't sound as foreboding as this until 1974's "The End". But whereas Nico sounded like a stoned Marlene Dietrich, Buffy possessed the drama and gravitas of Maria Callas.
Sainte-Marie's songwriting also stood out from the pack. For sheer variety, she was un-matched by any of her female contemporaries. It's obvious to me that her occasional incantatory style exerted major influence on Patti Smith. Just listen to "He's A Keeper Of The Fire" or "God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot" (which she adapted from a Leonard Cohen poem) and see if you disagree. Her voice can be soft and girlish, or a vibrato-filled banshee wail akin to Grace Slick. Must be heard to be believed. Truly great!
I'd recommend buying all her albums, but "The Best Of Buffy Sainte-Marie" Volumes One and Two are a good place to start. They're a good value for the money and contain her most famous, essential tracks - especially this Volume One. Three of her best 70's albums are available on a 2-CD set under the umbrella title "The Mid-1970's Recordings", and are terrific. After a long hiatus spent raising her son, she issued the worthwhile "Coincidence And Likely Stories" in 1993 - and has finally graced us again with her new release "Running For The Drum". "Drum" currently comes with an excellent 63 minute DVD reviewing her remarkable life.
Peace activist, champion of Native rights, pioneer of digital recording and electronic media, painter, university lecturer and longtime educator, world-travelling ambassador of song - Buffy's done it all and is still going strong. Check her out - she's the very definition of "renaissance woman".
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Media Type: CD
Artist: SAINTE-MARIE,BUFFY
Title: BEST OF BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE
Street Release Date: 01/01/1987
Genre: FOLK
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