Running for My Life
Encyclopedia
Running for My Life is an album by Judy Collins
, released in 1980. It peaked at No 142 on the Billboard
Pop Albums charts, continuing a significant drop-off in chart positions for Collins for the past few years and years to come until Home Again brought her near No. 50.
The version of "Marieke" found here is a new re-recording.
Judy Collins
Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins is an American singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism. She is an alumna of the University of Colorado.-Musical career:Collins was born and raised in Seattle, Washington...
, released in 1980. It peaked at No 142 on the Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
Pop Albums charts, continuing a significant drop-off in chart positions for Collins for the past few years and years to come until Home Again brought her near No. 50.
The version of "Marieke" found here is a new re-recording.
Track listing
- "Running for My Life" (Judy Collins)
- "Bright Morning Star"
- "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" (Stephen SondheimStephen SondheimStephen Joshua Sondheim is an American composer and lyricist for stage and film. He is the winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards including the Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre, multiple Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Laurence Olivier Award...
) - "MariekeMarieke (song)Marieke is a 1962 song by the Belgian singer Jacques Brel.-The song:In Marieke, Brel sings about a Flemish girl, Marieke, whom he once loved and lived "between the towers of Bruges and Gent"...
" (Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
, Gerard Jouannest) - "Pretty Women" (Stephen Sondheim)
- "Almost Free" (Hugh PrestwoodHugh PrestwoodHugh Prestwood is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in country music. His first hit as a songwriter was "Hard Time for Lovers", which was recorded in 1978 by Judy Collins. Prestwood also wrote "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart", a Number One for Randy Travis in 1990, and a song for...
) - "I Could Really Show You Around" (Peter Allen, Dean PitchfordDean PitchfordDean Pitchford is an American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist. His work has earned him an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for three additional Oscars, two more Golden Globes, seven Grammy Awards and two Tony Awards.-Early life:Pitchford was born in...
) - "I've Done Enough Dyin' Today" (Larry GatlinLarry GatlinLarry Wayne Gatlin is an American country music singer/songwriter. He is perhaps best known for teaming up with his brothers Steve and Rudy in the late 1970s, becoming one of country music's most successful acts of the 1970s and 1980s. Gatlin has had a total of 33 Top 40 singles...
) - "Anyone Would Love You" (Harold Rome)
- "The Rainbow Connection" (Kenneth AscherKenneth AscherKenneth "Kenny" Lee Ascher , is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who is active in jazz, rock, classical, and musical theater genres — in live venues, recording studios, and cinema production. He is widely known for co-writing, with Paul Williams, The Rainbow Connection...
, Paul WilliamsPaul Williams (songwriter)Paul Hamilton Williams, Jr. is an Academy Award-winning American composer, musician, songwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for popular songs performed by a number of acts in the 1970s including Three Dog Night's "An Old Fashioned Love Song", Helen Reddy's "You and Me Against the World",...
) - "This Is the Day" (Judy Collins)
- "Wedding Song" (Judy Collins)
Personnel
- Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano
- Tom Barney – bass
- Lou Volpe – guitar
- Bob Cranshaw – bass
- Warren Doze – drums
- Bob Christianson – synthesizer
- Thomas Bogoan – vocals
- Steve Clayton – vocals
- Leslie Dorsey – vocals
- Charles Magruder – vocals
- June Magruder – vocals
- Helene Miles – vocals
- Lenny Roberts – vocals
- David Smith – vocals
- Thomas Texter – vocals