Judith (album)

Judith is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, released in 1975 by Elektra Records in both stereo (7E-1032) and CD-4 quadraphonic (EQ-1032) versions. Collins recorded Judith three years after her precedent album True Stories and Other Dreams, having been focused during the interim on producing Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman a documentary about Antonia Brico.^[5]

Judith
Studio album by Judy Collins
Released	March 17, 1975[1]
Recorded	1975, A&R Studios, New York
Genre	Folk
Length	43:39
Label	Elektra
Producer	Arif Mardin
Judy Collins chronology
True Stories and Other Dreams (1973) Judith (1975) Bread and Roses (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

Peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart,^[6] Judith became Collins' best-selling studio album to date: certified Gold by the RIAA in 1975, for sales of over 500,000 copies, Judith would be certified Platinum in 1996, for sales of over 1,000,000 copies.^[7]

Collins received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for her cover of Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns".^[8] Sondheim won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year that same year, based on the popularity of Collins' performance of the song on this album.^[9] The single peaked at No. 36 on Billboard's Pop singles chart in 1975, and then reentered the chart in 1977, reaching No. 19; it spent a total of 27 non-consecutive weeks on this chart.^[10]

The album also includes material by Steve Goodman, Danny O'Keefe, Wendy Waldman, Jimmy Webb, the Rolling Stones, and the 1930s standard "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", as well as three of Collins' own compositions- "Houses", "Song for Duke", and "Born to the Breed".^[2]

Track listing

1. "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:59
2. "Angel Spread Your Wings" (Danny O'Keefe) – 3:05
3. "Houses" (Judy Collins) – 4:32
4. "The Lovin' of the Game" (Pat Garvey) – 3:03
5. "Song for Duke" (Judy Collins) – 3:33
6. "Send in the Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) – 3:57
7. "Salt of the Earth" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
8. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" (E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Jay Gorney) – 3:13
9. "City of New Orleans" (Steve Goodman) – 4:07
10. "I'll Be Seeing You" (Sammy Fain, Irving Kahal) – 3:44
11. "Pirate Ships" (Wendy Waldman) – 2:42
12. "Born to the Breed" (Judy Collins) – 4:45

Personnel

• Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano
• George Marge – English horn, flute, recorder
• Bill Slapin – alto flute
• Romeo Penque – flute, bass flute
• Emanuel Vardi – viola
• Gene Orloff – violin
• Kenny Ascher – electric piano
• Hugh McCracken, David Spinozza, Steve Burgh, Charlie Brown, Steve Goodman – guitar
• Tony Levin – bass
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Ralph MacDonald – percussion
• Kenneth Bichel – ARP synthesizer
• Eric Weissberg – bass, guitar, steel guitar, dobro
• Pat Rebillot, Paul Griffin – organ, electric piano
• Don Brooks – harmonica
• Arthur Clarke, Seldon Powell, Tony Studd, Frank Wess, Randy Brecker, Garnett Brown – horns
• Steve Goodman, Denver Collins, Cissy Houston, Sylvia Shemwell, Eunice Peterson, Eric Weissberg – background vocals
• Corky Hale – harmonica, harp
• Dom Cortes – accordion
• George Ricci – cello

Production notes

• Arif Mardin – producer
• Jonathan Tunick – arranger, conductor ("Houses", "Send in the Clowns" and "I'll Be Seeing You")
• Arif Mardin – arranger, conductor (remaining songs)
• Phil Ramone – recording engineer
• Glenn Berger – assistant recording engineer
• Glen Christensen – art direction
• David Larkham, Ron Wong– design
• Francesco Scavullo – photography

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Judith Chart (1975) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[11] 19 Canada Top Albums (RPM)[12] 19 UK Albums (OCC)[13] 7 US Top LP's & Tape (Billboard)[14] 17 US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[15] 22 US The Album Chart (Record World)[16] 17

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Judith Chart (1975) Position Canada Top Albums (RPM)[17] 73 US Top LP's & Tape (Billboard)[18] 17 US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box)[19] 94

Certifications and sales

Certifications for Judith

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.