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Ian & Sylvia had been making their country leanings more pronounced in their recordings a year or two prior to Full Circle. On Full Circle itself, they moved deeper into country and country-rock, the backup players including such stellar Nashville sidemen as Pete Drake, Ken Buttrey, Norbert Putnam, and Bill Purcell. At the same time, unfortunately, it continued the decline (if a very slow one) from their mid-'60s peak, due to the combination of somewhat weaker material and the frequent unsuitability of full-band arrangements to the duo's strengths. For all that, there are fitfully decent items here, showing the pair at least willing to take some chances with longer, more complex songs and some string and choir arrangements. Sylvia Fricker's "Woman's World" is a standout, and not at all typical of the rest of the LP, sounding rather like Joni Mitchell's early work in its feminist perspective and sensitive piano accompaniment, with no vocal contributions from Ian Tyson. Among the better remaining tracks are Ian Tyson's lengthy character study "Stories He'd Tell," the jaunty country-folk of "Please Think," and "Mr. Spoons," the last of which, oddly, the duo had released (in a different version) on their Lovin' Sound LP just a year earlier.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Ian Tyson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Court, Producer - Hamilton Camp, Composer - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Tyson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Court, Producer - Sylvia Fricker Tyson, ComposerLyricist - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Tyson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Court, Producer - Sylvia Fricker Tyson, ComposerLyricist - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Tyson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Elliot Mazer, Producer - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Tyson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Court, Producer - Sylvia Fricker Tyson, ComposerLyricist - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Tyson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Court, Producer - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist - Keith McKei, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Tyson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - John Court, Producer - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Tyson, Adapter, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Court, Producer - Sylvia Fricker Tyson, Arranger, Work Arranger - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Ian Tyson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Dylan, ComposerLyricist - John Court, Producer - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
David Rea, ComposerLyricist - Ian Tyson, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - John Court, Producer - Ian & Sylvia, MainArtist
℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Ian & Sylvia had been making their country leanings more pronounced in their recordings a year or two prior to Full Circle. On Full Circle itself, they moved deeper into country and country-rock, the backup players including such stellar Nashville sidemen as Pete Drake, Ken Buttrey, Norbert Putnam, and Bill Purcell. At the same time, unfortunately, it continued the decline (if a very slow one) from their mid-'60s peak, due to the combination of somewhat weaker material and the frequent unsuitability of full-band arrangements to the duo's strengths. For all that, there are fitfully decent items here, showing the pair at least willing to take some chances with longer, more complex songs and some string and choir arrangements. Sylvia Fricker's "Woman's World" is a standout, and not at all typical of the rest of the LP, sounding rather like Joni Mitchell's early work in its feminist perspective and sensitive piano accompaniment, with no vocal contributions from Ian Tyson. Among the better remaining tracks are Ian Tyson's lengthy character study "Stories He'd Tell," the jaunty country-folk of "Please Think," and "Mr. Spoons," the last of which, oddly, the duo had released (in a different version) on their Lovin' Sound LP just a year earlier.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:39:35
- Main artists: Ian & Sylvia
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Folk
© 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 1968 Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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