Melanie (Safka) - Stoneground Words (1972) Part 1 (Full Album)

Track List: 1-4

1. Melanie Safka - Together Alone (0:00)
2. Melanie Safka - Between The Road Signs (4:47)
3. Melanie Safka - Summer Weaving (7:25)
4. Melanie Safka - My Rainbow Race (11:14)

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Stoneground Words is an album released by Melanie in 1972. It contains the singles "Together Alone" and "Do You Believe".

Allmusic.com praises the album as "mature, intelligent and ambitious" and an "under-heard classic".

U.K. music bible Melody Maker hailed the album as "the most sophisticated she's made. The naiveté of "Beautiful People" and the streaks of self-pity have been replaced by deeper, more comprehensive methods of expression."

NME conceded that "this album is... well, it's kind of nice, you know? A trifle over-arranged, and more than a little corny, but very soothing. All in all, possibly the most enjoyable Melanie I've heard, far more mature and purged of many of the more cloying qualities of her earlier stuff."

Personnel:
Melanie - guitar, vocals
Sal DiTroia - acoustic guitar
Hugh McCracken - guitar
Bill Keith - steel guitar
Don Payne - Fender bass
Chuck Domanico, Richard Davis - double bass
Roger Kellaway - piano, arrangements
Ron Frangipane - organ, harmonium
Donald McDonald - drums
Johnny Pacheco - congas
Al Cohn - tenor saxophone

Technical:
Brooks Arthur - engineer
Tom Wilkes - photography