''Recently'' is a studio album by the American musician

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, released in 1987. It was her first album of new material issued in the US in eight years. Baez covered

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, U2,

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. Baez wrote two of the album's songs. The track "

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" was nominated for a

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for Best Contemporary Folk Recording.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that Baez's "airy soprano is a bit more brittle and edgy these days, but still buoyant." The '' St. Petersburg Times'' determined that "Baez's singing, D strong as ever after spending the last six years in voice training, still soars and flutters, but it's more earthy, more soulful."

Track listing

References

{{Authority control Joan Baez albums 1987 albums Albums recorded at Capitol Studios