Recently (album)

Recently
Recently
Studio album by Joan Baez
Released	July 1987
Recorded	Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre	Folk
Length	38:38
Label	Gold Castle
Producer	Alan Abrahams
Joan Baez chronology

Recently is a studio album by the American musician Joan Baez, released in 1987.^[1]^[2] It was her first album of new material issued in the US in eight years.^[3]

Baez covered Mark Knopfler, U2, Peter Gabriel, and Johnny Clegg.^[4] Baez wrote two of the album's songs.^[5]

The track "Asimbonanga" was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Folk Recording".^[6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[7]

Newsday wrote that Baez's "airy soprano is a bit more brittle and edgy these days, but still buoyant."^[8] The St. Petersburg Times determined that "Baez's singing, D strong as ever after spending the last six years in voice training, still soars and flutters, but it's more earthy, more soulful."^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Brothers in Arms"	Mark Knopfler	5:01
2.	"Recently"	Joan Baez	3:03
3.	"Asimbonanga"	Johnny Clegg	4:47
4.	"The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress"	Jimmy Webb	3:06
5.	"James & The Gang"	Joan Baez	4:27
6.	"Let Us Break Bread Together"/"Oh Freedom"	Traditional	6:47
7.	"MLK"	Paul David Hewson, David Howell Evans, Larry Mullen, Jr., Adam Clayton	2:54
8.	"Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"	Chips Moman, Dan Penn	3:20
9.	"Biko"	Peter Gabriel	5:13
Total length:			38:38

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