Song of Innocence
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| Song of Innocence | ||
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| Studio album by David Axelrod | ||
| Released | 1968 | |
| Genre | Psychedelic pop Baroque pop |
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| Length | 26:48 | |
| Label | Capitol | |
| Producer(s) | David Axelrod | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| David Axelrod chronology | ||
| Song of Innocence (1968) |
Songs of Experience (1969) |
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- This article is about the David Axelrod album. For the William Blake poems it was inspired by, see Songs of Innocence.
Song of Innocence is a 1968 album by David Axelrod. The album was inspired by Songs of Innocence, a collection of poems by English poet William Blake. The All Music Guide review describes the album as a "suite that blended pop, rock, jazz, theater music, and R&B" and has "withstood the test of time". [1]
A subsequent companion album, in 1969, "Songs of Experience" ("songs" as a plural noun) was released. Sometime after that in the 1970s, the "Song of Innocence" album was re-released as "Songs of Innocence". [2]
So there are apparently two titles for the first album.
Nevertheless, the original 1968 album was entitled "Song of Innocence".
[edit] Track listing
- Urizen – 4:01
- Holy Thursday – 5:32
- The Smile – 3:26
- A Dream – 2:30
- Song of Innocence – 4:33
- Merlin's Prophecy – 2:44
- The Mental Traveller – 4:02
[edit] Miscellanea
- UNKLE's track "Rabbit in Your Headlights" contains samples of "Holy Thursday"
- Jurassic 5's track "A Day at the Races" contains samples of "Urizen", in particular, the funky bassline break.
- "Return of the Loop Digga" from Quasimoto's album "The Unseen" mentions Axelrod and "Holy Thursday".
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