| 词条 | No Easy Walk to Freedom | ||||
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| name = No Easy Walk to Freedom | type = Studio album | longtype = | artist = Peter, Paul and Mary | cover = Peter Paul and Mary - No Easy Walk to Freedom.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = | released = 1986 | studio = {{flatlist|
}} | genre = {{hlist|Folk|pop}} | length = 33:42 | label = Gold Castle, PolyGram | producer = John McClure, Peter Yarrow | prev_title = Such is Love | prev_year = 1983 | next_title = A Holiday Concert With The New York Choral Society | next_year = 1988 | chronology =Peter, Paul and Mary albums | misc = }} No Easy Walk to Freedom is a 1986 studio album by American folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Its release coincided with the group's 25th anniversary. Produced by John McClure and Peter Yarrow, the album was nominated in the Best Contemporary Folk Album category at the 29th Annual Grammy Awards. Background and compositionWithout a label, Peter, Paul and Mary signed with Gold Castle Records to record No Easy Walk to Freedom. Released in 1986, it marked the trio's 25th anniversary.[2] The album was their first in almost nine years.[3] The title track was written for Nelson Mandela.[4] The group sought to connect the causes of Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr.[2] A few years later, Peter, Paul and Mary would perform "No Easy Walk to Freedom" at an event in Tokyo honoring Mandela shortly after his release from prison.[4] A music video for the song, directed by George Gage and Jim Shea, features archival footage depicting the group's involvement in human rights issues, along with performance clips.[5] Other songs on the album include "El Salvador", a protest song about the United States' involvement in the Salvadoran Civil War, and "Light One Candle", written for Jewish dissidents in the Soviet Union.[6] Critical receptionNo Easy Walk to Freedom received a 1987 Grammy Award nomination in the Best Contemporary Folk Album category.[7] Billboard noted the group's "familiar formula of story-songs and socially conscious material" and described the album as "a pleasant return to form."[5] A review in Digital Audio and Compact Disc Review wrote that the album's songs are "each stamped with PP&M's unique voice and harmonies, that deal not only with protest, but also with love, friendship, and childhood."[8] Allmusic's L. Katz wrote, "This is one of the trio's later releases and, if their fire is a bit dimmed, one can't blame them. However, if you want a CD that brings you back to the dawn of the flower-child generation, this probably isn't the one."[1] Keith Tuber of Orange Coast said: "Makes you wonder why it took 10 years and a new label to showcase the talent of these legendary performers."[6] A review in the Reno Gazette-Journal called the album "an extraordinary comeback, a set of 10 political broadsides and topical ballads. The arrangements are clean and fresh and the performances are genuinely moving from start to finish."[9]Track listingSide one
Side two
Charts
Personnel
References1. ^1 {{cite web|last=Katz|first=L.|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/no-easy-walk-to-freedom-mw0000650624|title=Peter, Paul and Mary - 'No Easy Walk to Freedom'|publisher=AllMusic|accessdate=September 8, 2017}} 2. ^1 {{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/157937844/ | subscription=yes| title=3 Veteran Rock Acts Disappoint | publisher=Morning News | page=118 | date=February 22, 1987 | accessdate=September 9, 2017}} 3. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99907555/ | subscription=yes| title=A Few Words With... | publisher=Detroit Free Press | page=33 | date=July 31, 1987 | accessdate=September 8, 2017}} 4. ^1 {{cite book| last1=Yarrow| first1=Peter | last2=Kerry| first2=John| title=Peter Paul and Mary: Fifty Years in Music and Life| publisher=Imagine (Charlesbridge)| location=Watertown, M.A.| edition=1st| year=2014| pages=98| isbn=978-1936140329}} 5. ^1 {{cite journal | date=December 20, 1986| title=Video Track| journal=Billboard| volume=98| issue=51| pages=37, 64| issn=0006-2510}} 6. ^1 {{cite journal | date=July 1987| title=Music: The B Side| journal=Orange Coast| volume=13| issue=7| page=194| issn=0279-0483}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/peter-paul-and-mary|title=Grammys: Artist - Peter, Paul, and Mary|publisher=The Recording Academy||accessdate=September 8, 2017}} 8. ^{{cite journal | date=1987| title=Peter, Paul & Mary Sing Out a New Warning| journal=Digital Audio and Compact Disc Review| volume=3| issue=7| page=8| issn=1041-8342}} 9. ^{{cite web | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/150418916/ | subscription=yes| title=On the Record | publisher=Reno Gazette-Journal | page=69 | date=February 1, 1987 | accessdate=September 8, 2017}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/331058/peter-paul-and-mary/chart?f=305|title=Chart History - Peter, Paul and Mary|publisher=Billboard|accessdate=September 8, 2017}} External links
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