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Judith
Studio album by Judy Collins
Released	17 March 1975
Recorded	1975, A&R Studios, New York
Genre	Folk
Length	43:39
Label	Elektra
Producer	Arif Mardin
Judy Collins chronology
True Stories and Other Dreams (1973) Judith (1975) Bread and Roses (1976)

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Judith is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released in 1975 by Elektra Records in both stereo (7E-1032) and CD-4 quadraphonic (EQ-1032) versions. Collins recorded Judith three years after her precedent album True Stories and Other Dreams, having been focused during the interim on producing Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman a documentary about Antonia Brico.

Peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart, Judith became Collins' best-selling studio album to date: certified Gold by the RIAA in 1975, for sales of over 500,000 copies, Judith would be certified Platinum in 1996, for sales of over 1,000,000 copies.

Collins received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for her cover of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns". Sondheim won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year that same year, based on the popularity of Collins' performance of the song on this album. The single peaked at No. 36 on Billboard's Pop singles chart in 1975, and then reentered the chart in 1977, reaching No. 19; it spent a total of 27 non-consecutive weeks on this chart.

The album also includes material by Steve Goodman, Danny O'Keefe, Wendy Waldman, Jimmy Webb, the Rolling Stones, and the 1930s standard "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", as well as three of Collins' own compositions- "Houses", "Song for Duke", and "Born to the Breed".

Track listing

1. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:59
2. "Angel Spread Your Wings" (Danny O'Keefe) – 3:05
3. "Houses" (Judy Collins) – 4:32
4. "The Lovin' of the Game" (Pat Garvey) – 3:03
5. "Song for Duke" (Judy Collins) – 3:33
6. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:57
7. "Salt of the Earth" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
8. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Jay Gorney) – 3:13
9. "City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman) – 4:07
10. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 3:44
11. "Pirate Ships" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:42
12. "Born to the Breed" (Judy Collins) – 4:45

Personnel

• Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano
• George Marge – English horn, flute, recorder
• Bill Slapin – alto flute
• Romeo Penque – flute, bass flute
• Emanuel Vardi – viola
• Gene Orloff – violin
• Kenny Ascher – electric piano
• Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, Steve Burgh, Charlie Brown, Steve Goodman – guitar
• Tony Levin – bass
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion
• Kenneth Bichel – ARP synthesizer
• Eric Weissberg – bass, guitar, steel guitar, dobro
• Pat Rebillot, Paul Griffin – organ, electric piano
• Don Brooks – harmonica
• Arthur Clarke, Seldon Powell, Tony Studd, Frank Wess, Randy Brecker, Garnett Brown – horns
• Steve Goodman, Denver Collins, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Eunice Peterson, Eric Weissberg – background vocals
• Corky Hale – harmonica, harp
• Dom Cortes – accordion
• George Ricci – cello
• and many more

Production notes

• Arif Mardin – producer
• Jonathan Tunick – arranger, conductor ("Houses", "Send in the Clowns" and "I'll Be Seeing You")
• Arif Mardin – arranger, conductor (remaining songs)
• Phil Ramone – recording engineer
• Glenn Berger – assistant recording engineer
• Glen Christensen – art direction
• David Larkham, Ron Wong– design
• Francesco Scavullo – photography

Charts

Certifications and sales

References

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2. ^ Deming, Mark. "Judith Review". AllMusic. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
3. Larkin, Colin (2007). "Collins, Judy". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). New York: Muze UK Ltd. pp. 338–339. ISBN 978-1-84609-856-7.
4. Evans, Paul (1992). "Judy Collins". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. p. 154. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
5. Detroit Free Press 10 August 1975 "The Diverse Judy Collins is Much More Than a Folkie" by Christine Brown p.7-D
6. "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
7. ^ "American album certifications – Judy Collins – Judith". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
8. "Grammy Award Nominees 1976 - Grammy Award Winners 1976".
9. "Judy Collins' Biography". Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved August 28, 2014.
10. "Judy Collins - Chart history | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014.
11. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. p. 69. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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14. "Billboard Top LP's & Tape" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 87, no. 24. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. June 14, 1975. p. 54. ISSN 0006-2510.
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19. "Top 100 Albums 75" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XXXVII, no. 32. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. December 27, 1975. p. 44. ISSN 0008-7289.

External links

• Judith at Discogs (list of releases)

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Discography
Studio albums	A Maid of Constant Sorrow (1961) Golden Apples of the Sun (1962) Judy Collins #3 (1963) Fifth Album (1965) In My Life (1966) Wildflowers (1967) Who Knows Where the Time Goes (1968) Whales & Nightingales (1970) True Stories and Other Dreams (1973) Judith (1975) Bread and Roses (1976) Hard Times for Lovers (1979) Running for My Life (1980) Times of Our Lives (1982) Home Again (1984) Amazing Grace (1985) Fires of Eden (1990) Judy Sings Dylan... Just Like a Woman (1993) Come Rejoice! A Judy Collins Christmas (1994) Voices (1995) Portrait of an American Girl (2005) Judy Collins Sings Lennon and McCartney (2007) Paradise (2010) Bohemian (2011) Strangers Again (2015) Silver Skies Blue with Ari Hest (2016) A Love Letter to Stephen Sondheim (2017) Everybody Knows with Stephen Stills (2017) Winter Stories with Jonas Fjeld and Chatham County Line (2019) Spellbound (2022)
Live albums	The Judy Collins Concert (1964) Living (1971) Sanity and Grace (1989) Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2012)
Compilation albums	Recollections (1969) Colors of the Day (1972) So Early in the Spring (1977) Forever: An Anthology (1997) Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy (2004) White Bird: Anthology of Favorites (2021)
Singles	"Both Sides, Now" "Someday Soon" "Chelsea Morning"
Related	Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins Stephen Stills
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• 1975 albums
• Judy Collins albums
• Albums produced by Arif Mardin
• Elektra Records albums