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A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (CD)

By: Donovan (Artist)

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DISC 1 for A Gift From A Flower To A Garden (CD) Album By Donovan (Artist)
1   Wear Your Love Like Heaven
2   Mad John's Escape
3   Skip-A-Long Sam
4   Sun
5   There Was A Time
6   Oh Gosh
7   Little Boy In Corduroy
8   Under The Greenwood Tree
9   Land Of Doesn't Have To Be, The
10   Someone Singing
11   Song Of The Naturalist's Wife
12   Enchanted Gypsy, The
13   Voyage Into The Golden Screen
14   Isle Of Islay
15   Mandolin Man And His Secret, The
16   Lay Of The Last Tinker
17   Tinker And The Crab, The
18   Widow With Shawl (A Portrait)
19   Lullaby Of Spring, The
20   Magpie, The
21   Starfish-On-The-Toast
22   Epistle To Derroll
 

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Review

Q (11/93, p.144) - 3 Stars - Good - "...taken with a large pinch of salt [A GIFT FROM A FLOWER] remains an oddly palatable hymn to hope and innocence..."
Q (Magazine) (p.117) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t remains a charming period piece with an enveloping magic all its own: party hippy utopianism, part Eastern mysticism, part British folk traditionalism."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[Donovan] found a more comfortable niche with primarily acoustic arrangements behind a poetic gentleness....In its balmy quietness, the new songs that poured from Donovan epitomised mid-60s pop's gingerbread castle hour..."

Title Note

Personnel includes: Donovan (vocals, guitar); Jack Bruce (bass).

Recorded around the time that Donovan studied meditation with the Beatles in India under the tutelage of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, A GIFT FROM A FLOWER TO A GARDEN is an ambitious 22-track double album. (In fact, it's one of the first two-LP sets in pop/rock history.) While the album offers more of the whimsical psychedelia first put forth by the Scottish singer/songwriter on 1966's SUNSHINE SUPERMAN, Donovan opts for a gentler, more thoughtful approach to both the music and lyrics. Oddly enough, it was also around this time that he publicly turned his back on drug use.

The alleged lack of hallucinogens, however, doesn't stop the fantasy-loving performer from unveiling trippy tunes such as the dreamy classic "Wear Your Love Like Heaven," along with spare, absurdist songs like "Voyage to the Golden Screen" and "Starfish-on-the-Toast." While only the former track proved to be a hit, GIFT is filled with fine mellow moments such as "Song of the Naturalist's Wife" and "The Lullaby of Spring," making it essential listening for those seeking to venture into the welcoming realm beyond Donovan's singles.

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5 out of 5 stars donovans best by far, December 25, 2007
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