Odetta (1967 album) explained

Odetta
Type:Album
Artist:Odetta
Cover:Odetta (Verve Folkways album) cover small.JPG
Released:1967 (LP)
Genre:Folk, pop, jazz, gospel
Length:32:01
Label:Verve Folkways, FTS-3014
Producer:Jim Dickinson
Prev Title:Odetta in Japan
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:The Best of Odetta
Next Year:1967

Odetta is the 1967 album by Odetta. It is viewed as one of her most "commercial" (that is, aimed at mainstream audiences), but it has not subsequently been re-released on CD as many of her other albums were.

It should not be confused with other self-titled albums by Odetta on different labels: the 1963 compilation LP Odetta on the Everest label and 2003's Odetta which is actually the album To Ella.

Reception

Allmusic stated in their review that "She also acquits herself fairly well on cuts that strike a sort of funky lounge jazz mood, although those songs aren't memorable. Overall, it's a curiosity, not too embarrassing, but not matching her with the settings that suit her best."

Track listing

Side A:

  1. "Give Me Your Hand" (Odetta Gordon) – 2:45
  2. "Strawberry Fields Forever" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:28
  3. "Love Songs of the Nile" (Nacio Herb Brown, Arthur Freed)– 3:22
  4. "Oh, My Babe" (adapted and arranged by Odetta Gordon) – 3:10
  5. "Little Red Caboose" (adapted and arranged by Odetta Gordon) – 2:00
  6. "Child of God" (Odetta Gordon, Leslie Grenage) – 2:18

Side B:

  1. "Hogan's Alley" (adapted and arranged by Odetta Gordon) – 1:52
  2. "Little Girl Blue" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) – 3:36
  3. "African Prayer" (Odetta Gordon) – 3:18
  4. "Oh Papa" (adapted and arranged by Odetta Gordon) – 2:49
  5. "Turn Me 'Round" (adapted and arranged by Odetta Gordon) – 3:23

Personnel

Technical

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