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Karen Beth
Karen Beth
The Joys of Life
Style: Folk
Label: Decca
Catalog Number: DL 75148
Released: 1969, 60's
One of the most obscure albums to make the Billboard Top 200, Karen Beth’s The Joys of Life is an Acid Archives favorite featuring a gorgeous voice that has been described as “a mixture of Karen Dalton and Buffy Sainte-Marie.” The album has quite a haunting quality to it with organ, tremolo, and Beth’s lyrics speaking to darkness, death, loneliness and, at times, hope. The album is a great listen all the way through and the songs detail the highs and lows of life through juxtapositions of light and darkness – though it’s interesting the album title specifically calls out the “joys” of life. Just check the dark but also hopeful lyrics on A5 Something To Believe In. “But what is that I see shining through the darkness? Is it just day reflection in the night? Or can it be that someone somewhere in the shadows has lit a candle for those who have died?”
– Phil Cho
Recommended – Full Listen
Tags: Acid Archives / Acoustic / Cult Classic
Tracklist:
A1 It’s All Over Now
A2 In The Morning
A3 I Know That You Know
A4 The Joys Of Life
A5 Something To Believe In
A6 April Rain
B1 White Dakota Hill
B2 Come December
B3 Song To A Shepherd
B4 Nothing Lasts
B5 Tomorrow’s A New Day
Credits:
Engineer – Elvin Campbell
Producer, Arranged By – Milton Okun
Written-By – Alan Jarosz (tracks: A2, A3, B1), Karen Beth
