Blessed Are…

Folk · 1971 · 14 tracks

Blessed Are…

A sprawling double album where crystalline folk meets the warm, dusty textures of Nashville. Intimate storytelling backed by gentle pedal steel and piano.

August 1971 · Vanguard

A gentle, dignified warmth that balances personal longing with a deep, communal empathy.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks

03

The Salt of the Earth

3:26

04

Three Horses

7:07

06

Last, Lonely and Wretched

3:46

07

Lincoln Freed Me Today (The Slave)

3:25

10

When Time Is Stolen

3:02

11

Heaven Help Us All

3:36

12

Angeline

3:41

16

Gabriel and Me

3:31

17

Milanese Waltz / Marie Flore

5:59

18

The Hitchhiker's Song

4:23

19

The 33rd of August

3:46

20

Fifteen Months

4:29

21

Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

5:17

22

Maria Dolores

3:24

Moments Worth Listening For

The transition from the sparse acoustic opening of Fifteen Months into the full, warm Nashville band arrangement.

The haunting, high-register vibrato on the word 'Angeline' that seems to hang in the air long after the guitar stops.

The communal, gospel-inflected swell of the chorus in The Salt of the Earth.

Where This Album Departs

How does Blessed Are… sound next to the rest of Joan Baez's catalogue?

Autumn Walk+1.4σ

Autumn Walk saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

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