My_Eyes_Have_Seen

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My Eyes Have Seen

1959 studio album by Odetta

My Eyes Have Seen is a studio album by American folk singer Odetta, first released in July 1959.[1][2] It is the first record by Odetta to be released by Vanguard Records.

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Milt Okun arranged and conducted a choir on a portion of the songs, notably "Motherless Children", "Ox-Driver Song" and the title piece.

My Eyes Have Seen was re-released on CD in 1994.

Reception

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In his review for Allmusic, critic Ronnie D. Lankford wrote of the album, "While it might be hard for a post-millennium roots fan to understand, Odetta—in her heyday—was the kind of folk artist who drove purists crazy.... My Eyes Have Seen is a nice portrait of a performer bucking conformity as she stretches her artistic legs a bit.."[3]

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Poor Little Jesus" – 1:54
  2. "Bald Headed Woman" – 2:20
  3. "Motherless Children" – 2:10
  4. "I Know Where I'm Going" – 2:00
  5. "The Foggy Dew" (Canon Charles O’Neill) – 5:29
  6. "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain/Water Boy" (Avery Robinson) – 6:54
  7. "Ox-Driver Song" – 2:35
  8. "Down on Me" – 2:55
  9. "Saro Jane" – 2:45
  10. "Three Pigs" – 1:18
  11. "No More Cane on the Brazos" – 3:38
  12. "Jumpin' Judy" – 2:26
  13. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Julia Ward Howe) – 3:52

Personnel

References

  1. [1]
    "12 New Vanguard LP's" (PDF). The Cash Box. The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc., NY. 18 July 1959. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  2. [2]
    "My Eyes Have Seen". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. 27 July 1959. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  3. [3]
    Lankford, Ronnie D. "My Eyes Have Seen > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
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