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In the liner notes to this album, Harry Belafonte is credited with selecting songs "that are an integral part of life...songs with a beat and mood and feeling that speak of people." Even though his records were now conveniently dumped into the "Male Vocalists" section of record stores, Belafonte continued to explore the human condition through roots musical forms. Although the album contains work songs ("Black Betty") and even a protest number ("Back of the Bus"), the mood of this album is generally upbeat, unlike the somber depiction of pain and misery of Swing Dat Hammer. Highlights range from the rousing gospel numbers "Ananias" and "John the Revelator" to a uniquely catchy interpretation of Woody Guthrie's "Pastures of Plenty." Belafonte acknowledges contemporary folk singer-songwriters with his versions of Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds" and Mark Spoelstra's "My Love is a Dewdrop." ~ Cary Ginell, Rovi

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Ballads, Blues and Boasters
Studio album by Harry Belafonte
Released 1964
Recorded RCA Victor Studio A, New York City
Genre Vocal, folk
Label RCA
Producer Bob Bollard, Priscilla Eaves
Harry Belafonte chronology
Belafonte at The Greek Theatre
(1964)		 Ballads, Blues and Boasters
(1964)		 An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

Ballads, Blues and Boasters is an album by Harry Belafonte, released in 1964.[2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Tone the Bell Easy" – 3:20
  2. "Blue Willow Moan" (Bill Eaton) – 3:35
  3. "Ananias" – 2:50
  4. "Boy" (G. Tipton, Joe Tinker Lewis) – 3:49
  5. "My Love Is a Dewdrop" (Mark Spoelstra) – 3:25
  6. "Back of the Bus" – 3:25
  7. "Pastures of Plenty" (Woody Guthrie) – 3:38
  8. "John the Revelator" (Traditional, Carver Neblett) – 3:41
  9. "Four Strong Winds" (Ian Tyson) – 2:54
  10. "Black Betty" (Traditional, Kaye Dunham) – 4:14
  11. "Big Boat Up the River" – 4:06

Personnel

Production notes:

  • Orchestra and chorus conducted by Howard A. Roberts
  • Bob Bollard – producer
  • Priscilla Eaves – producer
  • Bob Simpson – engineer
  • Ed Begley – tape mastering
  • Peter Perri – cover photo

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1964 The Billboard 200 103

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Allmusic entry for Ballads, Blues and Boasters Retrieved October 2009.

External links

v · d · eHarry Belafonte
Studio albums
Mark Twain and Other Folk Favorites (1954)  • Belafonte (1956)  • Calypso (1956)  • An Evening with Belafonte (1957)  • Belafonte Sings of the Caribbean (1957)  • To Wish You a Merry Christmas (1958)  • Belafonte Sings the Blues (1958)  • Love Is a Gentle Thing (1959)  • My Lord What a Mornin' (1959)  • Swing Dat Hammer (1960)  • Jump Up Calypso (1961)  • Midnight Special (1962)  • The Many Moods of Belafonte (1962)  • Streets I Have Walked (1963)  • Ballads, Blues and Boasters (1964)  • In My Quiet Room (1966)  • Calypso in Brass (1966)  • Belafonte on Campus (1967)  • Belafonte Sings of Love (1968)  • Homeward Bound (1970)  • Belafonte by Request (1970)  • The Warm Touch (1971)  • Calypso Carnival (1971)  • Play Me (1973)  • Turn the World Around (1977)  • Loving You Is Where I Belong (1981)  • Paradise in Gazankulu (1988)
Live albums
Belafonte at Carnegie Hall (1959)  • Belafonte Returns to Carnegie Hall (1960)  • Belafonte at The Greek Theatre (1964)  • En Gränslös Kväll På Operan (1966)  • Belafonte...Live! (1972)  • Belafonte Concert in Japan (1974)  • Belafonte '89 (1989)  • An Evening with Harry Belafonte and Friends (1997)
Compilations
Very Best of Harry Belafonte (2001)  • The Long Road to Freedom: An Anthology of Black Music (2001)  • The Essential Harry Belafonte (2005)
Collaborations
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