Island of Circles
Island of Circles | ||||
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Studio album by Various artists | ||||
Released | June 26, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 62:53 | |||
Label | Nettwerk | |||
Producer | Denis Bov, Change of Heart, Count Mink, Sir Elmo, Lou Giordano, Orman Joban, Kevin Kane, Kramer, John Leckie, Ken "Hi-Watt" Marshall, The Posies, Greg Reely, Rudy Tambala, Conrad Uno, Steven Wilson, Windwalker, The Young Fresh Fellows | |||
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Island of Circles is a tribute album to singer-songwriter Donovan that was released on June 26, 1992, by Nettwerk.[1] The title song "Island of Circles" is provided by Donovan himself. Along with Donovan's contemporaneous box set collection Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976, the album contributed to a resurgence of interest in Donovan's music in the early 1990s, after he had been deemed unfashionable and out of step with changing musical tastes in the 1970s.[2]
Sarah McLachlan's version of "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" was also included as a bonus track on some, but not all, editions of her 1991 album Solace. Spirit of the West's rendition of "Sunshine Superman" was reissued on their 2008 career retrospective Spirituality 1983–2008: The Consummate Compendium.
A slightly remixed version of No-Man's cover version of "Turquoise" later became the basis for an original song by the group called "Ocean Song," which was released later that same year as a single by the One Little Indian Records label.[3]
The song "Island of Circles" was recorded again for the 2004 Donovan album Brother Sun, Sister Moon.
Track listing
- "Island of Circles" – Donovan
- "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – Brix E. Smith and Nigel Kennedy – 5:50
- "Epistle to Dippy" – Hypnolovewheel – 3:57
- "Sunshine Superman" – Spirit of the West – 3:43
- "The Fat Angel" – Windwalker – 7:51
- "Mad John's Escape" – Young Fresh Fellows – 2:12
- "Laléna" – Papa Sprain and Butterfly Child – 5:30
- "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" – Sarah McLachlan – 3:21
- "Armageddon" – Julian Jones – 3:25
- "The River Song" – Posies – 3:22
- "Changes" – Black Sox – 3:13
- "Turquoise" – No-Man – 5:58
- "Colours" – Superconductor – 3:03
- "Barabajagal" – Chocolate Factory – 4:39
- "Black Widow" – Change of Heart – 4:27
- "The Natural High is the Best High in the World (Riki Tiki Tavi)" – When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water – 2:22
References
- ^ "Donovan reborn: 60s flower child on fast track to 90s celebrity". The Province, June 4, 1992.
- ^ "Remember Donovan?". The Province, March 2, 1993.
- ^ "No-Man - Ocean Song". Discogs.
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- What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (Catch the Wind)
- Fairytale
- Sunshine Superman
- Mellow Yellow
- A Gift from a Flower to a Garden
- The Hurdy Gurdy Man
- Barabajagal
- Open Road
- HMS Donovan
- Cosmic Wheels
- Essence to Essence
- 7-Tease
- Slow Down World
- Donovan
- Neutronica
- Love Is Only Feeling
- Lady of the Stars
- Sutras
- Pied Piper
- Sixty Four
- Brother Sun, Sister Moon
- Beat Cafe
- Shadows of Blue
- Donovan in Concert
- Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973
- Rising
- Rising Again
- Greatest Hits Live: Vancouver 1986
- "Catch the Wind"
- "Colours"
- "Universal Soldier"
- "Turquoise" / "Hey Gyp (Dig the Slowness)"
- "You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond"
- "To Try for the Sun"
- "Josie"
- "Remember the Alamo"
- "Sunshine Superman"
- "Mellow Yellow"
- "Epistle to Dippy"
- "There Is a Mountain"
- "Wear Your Love Like Heaven"
- "Jennifer Juniper"
- "Hurdy Gurdy Man"
- "Atlantis"
- "Laléna"
- "Barabajagal"
- "Rock 'n' Roll with Me"
- "Season of the Witch"
- "Billion Dollar Babies"
- "I Am the Shaman"
albums
- The Best of Donovan (1969)
- Catch the Wind (1971)
- Catch the Wind (1986)
- Atlantis Calling
- Donovan's Greatest Hits
- Donovan's Greatest Hits and More
- The Collection
- Colours (1972)
- Colours (1991)
- Definitive Collection
- Donovan File
- Universal Soldier
- Wonderful Music of Donovan
- Early Treasures
- The Early Years
- This Is Donovan
- A Touch of Music a Touch of Donovan
- Sunshine Superman: The Very Best of Donovan
- Sunshine Superman: 18 Songs of Love and Freedom
- The Real Donovan
- Peace and Love Songs
- Minstrel Boy
- Mellow
- Love Is Hot, Truth Is Molten
- Like It Is, Was, and Evermore Shall Be
- Storyteller
- Summer Day Reflection Songs
- Eco-Song
- Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976
- Try for the Sun: The Journey of Donovan
- Linda Lawrence (wife)
- Donovan Leitch (son)
- Ione Skye (daughter)
- Kirsty Hume (daughter-in-law)
- Ben Lee (son-in-law)
- Ad-Rock (son-in-law)
- There Is an Ocean
- The Sports Play Dylan (and Donovan)
- Island of Circles
- Open Road
- One Night in Time
- The Sensual Donovan
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