Search - :: Best of Catch the Wind

A Compilation of his first two albums..

Ray Riddle | Winter Haven, FL | 08/13/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is a compilation of his first two albums, "Catch the Wind" and "Fairy Tale" (in the US, anyway). If you've already got them, then you needn't bother with this. If you haven't, you can get both albums, with this one CD. A great collection of his pre-electric material. Well worth getting if you're into Donovan."

A true if slightly naive ballad voice.

Ray Riddle | 02/26/1999

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Whatever Donovan might lack in late twentieth century realism, he makes up for in a much-needed tone of optimism. It is easy enough to point out the endless complications of the world, but a clear voice of hope, however naive some might see it, supplies something quite vital. Donovan's music recalls from adolesence qualities both delicate and worthy - the hope that the energy and morality of lessons learned from childhood, from fairytales, might continue into adulthood. Somerset Maugham once said something along the lines of a true artist always being moved by the tale of Tristam and Isolde, Donovan belongs to all those who still are."