Toda Violeta Parra: El folklore de Chile Vol. VIII | |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Violeta Parra |
Cover: | Toda Violeta Parra.png |
Released: | 1961 |
Genre: | Chilean folklore |
Length: | 44:38 |
Label: | Odeón |
Prev Title: | Tonadas |
Prev Year: | 1961 |
Next Title: | El folklore de Chile según Violeta Parra |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Toda Violeta Parra: El folklore de Chile Vol. VIII is an album by Violeta Parra released on the Odeón label in late 1961. It was the fifth full-length album by Parra and part of Odeón's "El folclore de Chile" series to which Parra contributed five albums. The album contains 14 songs collecting Parra's work as a folk songwriter at different stages of her career. The album was Parra's first to explore issues of social justice and includes three tracks (A5, A7, and B5) in which she set to music poems of Nicanor Parra and Pablo Neruda.[1] [2]
The album cover features photographs by Fernando Krah. The original release included liner notes by Gastón Soublette.[1]
All songs written and composed by Violeta Parra, except tracks A5 and A7 (lyrics from poems of Nicanor Parra) and B5 (lyrics from poem of Pablo Neruda).
Side A
Side B