Yes, "Illuminations" is cooler, but I don't see a reason to rate this album too low. For me, it's another of her masterpieces. Diverse, original, marked by the extraordinary style of Sainte-Marie, who in 1967 hits you with some truly "bomb" tracks with that voice full of vibrato that's just mind-blowing, capable of evoking inexplicable emotions. She deserves credit for being one of the first to interpret the songs of a young author who would debut in the studio the following year, one Roberta Joan Anderson, known to friends as "Joni." Buffy is at the highest level both as a singer-songwriter and as an interpreter. I lament the lack of a duet between her and Roger Chapman... With all that vibrato and the stereo turned up, the walls of the house would have collapsed. more

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