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A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Donovan
A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
 
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Digitally remastered 1993 reissue on BGO of his top 20 1968 double album for EMI, on a single disc with all 22 of the original tracks, including the top 30 hit 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven'. The full title is 'A Gift From A...  more »

     
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All Artists: Donovan
Title: A Gift From A Flower To A Garden
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bgo - Beat Goes on
Release Date: 5/10/1999
Album Type: Import, Original recording remastered
Genres: Folk, International Music, Pop, Rock, Classic Rock
Styles: British & Celtic Folk, Reggae, Singer-Songwriters, Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, British Invasion
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Digitally remastered 1993 reissue on BGO of his top 20 1968 double album for EMI, on a single disc with all 22 of the original tracks, including the top 30 hit 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven'. The full title is 'A Gift From A Flower To A Garden'.

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Redefines "superlative"
Bertrand Stclair | new york, new york United States | 02/13/2010
(5 out of 5 stars)

"No need to address the specific content or the hippie-days nostalgia, this has been done well and amply by previous reviewers. I'd merely like to say that, beyond those considerations, musically this is an album that is timeless. Melodic inventiveness at its peak, simplicity of chord progressions hiding small harmonic complexities, done with restraint and elegance, and great attention to the sound. Never has an acoustic guitar sounded quite like this, seldom has Donovan sung with such modesty, without falsetto pyrotechnics overstating the fact that he had one of the better voices of the era. He had already made it clear earlier that the comparisons with Dylan were ridiculous, although the media, always starved for a jingoistic concept, would cling to this notion against all evidence pretty much for the rest of his career (including today, when the distinction between the two is as obvious as it could ever be). With this album, Donovan cemented his independence, his enormous and original creativity, and his place in the Pantheon of superlative composers. It doesn't matter if you're bored with the whole atmosphere and really prefer to listen to Nine Inch Nails, if you're even just moderately aware of the qualities required to put music together that might pass universally for "good music," you will acknowledge the presence of such qualities here, whether you continue listening or chuck the CD in the trash later."