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Illuminations 1969

folk rock 36 min 12 tracks

Illuminations is the sixth album by the American singer Buffy Sainte-Marie, released in 1969 on Vanguard Records. From a foundation of vocals and acoustic guitar, Sainte-Marie and producer Maynard Solomon made pioneering use of the Buchla 100 synthesizer to create electronically treated vocals. It was also an early quadraphonic vocal album. The album's only single was "Better to Find Out for Yourself".

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Character

Spare, grave, character-led and classical in form.

sparerichly built
gravecomic
character-ledplot-driven

Tracks

1God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot4:52
2Mary1:31
3Better to Find Out for Yourself2:13
4The Vampire2:05
5Adam5:06
6The Dream Tree2:35
7Suffer the Little Children2:54
8The Angel3:42
9With You, Honey1:49
10Guess Who I Saw in Paris2:26
11He's a Keeper of the Fire3:21
12Poppies3:27

12 tracks, 36 minutes.

About the album

Artist: Buffy Sainte‐Marie
Released: 1969
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: US

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