Buffy Sainte-Marie [1964] It's My Way!

[01] Now That The Buffalo's Gone
[02] The Old Man's Lament
[03] Ananias
[04] Mayoo Sto Hoon
[05] Cod'ine
[06] Cripple Creek
[07] The Universal Soldier
[08] Babe In Arms
[09] He Lived Alone In Town
[10] You're Gonna Need Somebody On Your Bond
[11] The Incest Song
[12] Eyes Of Amber
[13] It's My Way



amg: This is one of the most scathing topical folk albums ever made. Sainte-Marie sings in an emotional, vibrato-laden voice of war ("The Universal Soldier," later a hit for Donovan), drugs ("Cod'ine"), sex ("The Incest Song"), and most telling, the mistreatment of Native Americans, of which Sainte-Marie is one ("Now That the Buffalo's Gone"). Even decades later, the album's power is moving and disturbing.
(amg 10/10)