Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time

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Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time

Studio album by

Joan Baez

Released

June 1968

Recorded

1968

Studio

Vanguard Studios, New York City

Genre

Folk

Length

40:40

Label

Vanguard VSD-79275

Producer

Maynard Solomon

Joan Baez chronology

Joan
(1967)

Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time
(1968)

Any Day Now
(1968)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	(positive) ^[1]

Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time is the eighth studio album of poetry spoken and sung by American singer-songwriter Joan Baez, released in 1968. Composer-conductor Peter Schickele (of P. D. Q. Bach fame) did the orchestration, as he had on Baez's previous albums Noël (1966) and Joan (1967).

The album was released during a time when many folk, pop and rock artists were experimenting with mixing their music with classical orchestration (e.g. The Beatles, Judy Collins, The Rolling Stones.)

Track listing

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Side 1

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"Old Welsh Song" (Henry Treece)
"I Saw the Vision of Armies" (Walt Whitman)
"Minister of War" (Arthur Waley)
"Song In the Blood" (Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jacques Prévert)
"Casida of the Lament" (J.L. Gili, Federico García Lorca)
"Of the Dark Past" (James Joyce)
"London" (William Blake)
"In Guernica" (Norman Rosten)
"Who Murdered the Minutes" (Henry Treece)
"Oh, Little Child" (Henry Treece)
"No Man Is an Island" (John Donne)

Side 2

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"Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man" (James Joyce)
"All the Pretty Little Horses" (Traditional)
"Childhood III" (Arthur Rimbaud, Louis Varese)
"The Magic Wood" (Henry Treece)
"Poems from the Japanese" (Kenneth Rexroth)
"Colours" (Peter Levi, Robin Milner-Gulland, Yevgeny Yevtushenko)
"All in green went my love riding" (E. E. Cummings)
"Gacela of the Dark Death" (Federico García Lorca, Stephen Spender)
"The Parable of the Old Man and the Young" (Wilfred Owen)
"Evil" (N. Cameron, Arthur Rimbaud)
"Epitaph for a Poet" (Countee Cullen)
"Mystic Numbers- 36"
"When The Shy Star Goes Forth in Heaven" (James Joyce)
"The Angel" (William Blake)
"Old Welsh Song" (Henry Treece)

Personnel

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Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
Peter Schickele – composer, conductor

Chart positions

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Year	Chart	Position
1968	Billboard Pop Albums	84

References

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^ Grissim, John (12 October 1968). "Records". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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Studio albums	Folksingers 'Round Harvard Square (with Bill Wood and Ted Alevizos) Joan Baez Joan Baez, Vol. 2 Joan Baez/5 Farewell, Angelina Noël Joan Baptism: A Journey Through Our Time Any Day Now David's Album One Day at a Time Blessed Are... Come from the Shadows Where Are You Now, My Son? Gracias a la Vida: Joan Baez canta en español Diamonds & Rust Gulf Winds Blowin' Away Honest Lullaby Recently Speaking of Dreams Play Me Backwards Gone from Danger Dark Chords on a Big Guitar Day after Tomorrow Whistle Down the Wind
Soundtrack albums	Sacco & Vanzetti Carry It On
Live albums	Joan Baez in Concert Joan Baez in Concert, Part 2 Joan Baez in San Francisco From Every Stage Live Europe 83 Diamonds & Rust in the Bullring Ring Them Bells Live at Newport Bowery Songs Live At Woodstock
Compilations	Portrait of Joan Baez The First 10 Years The Joan Baez Ballad Book Hits: Greatest and Others The Contemporary Ballad Book The Joan Baez Lovesong Album Best of Joan C. Baez The Joan Baez Country Music Album Joan Baez: Classics Rare, Live & Classic
Notable songs	"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" "Copper Kettle" "Diamonds & Rust" "Farewell, Angelina" "Forever Young" "Here's to You" "Honest Lullaby" "The House of the Rising Sun" "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" "Joe Hill" "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" "Lily of the West" "Love Is Just a Four-Letter Word" "Mary Hamilton" "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" "Reunion Hill" "Scarlet Tide" "Silver Dagger" "Speaking of Dreams" "Sweet Sir Galahad" "There but for Fortune" "We Shall Overcome" "What Have They Done to the Rain"
Related	Discography Albert Baez (father) Mimi Fariña (sister) David Harris (husband) Richard Fariña (brother-in-law) Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

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