Sandy Denny - Listen Listen: An
Introduction To Sandy Denny (1999)
Island's single-disc Sandy Denny compilation does its best to offer a
compact overview of the iconic singer's work. Focusing on the four records
completed before her death in 1978, the 17-track "Listen Listen" winds
comfortably through career highlights like "The North Star Grassman and the
Raven," "Blackwaterside," and the gorgeous title track. Fans will contest
the omission of tracks like "Carnival" and "It Suits Me Well," but for such
a slim collection - considering Denny's invaluable work with Fairport
Convention, Fotheringay, and the Strawbs - "Listen Listen" is a fine
introduction to the artist's later days. Fans and non-fans alike would do
better to pick up 2000's excellent double-disc career-spanning "No More Sad
Refrains: The Anthology". -cduniverse.com
