Until this album, I was blissfully unaware of the world outside my teenage bubblegum. I credit the consiousness of her voice (both literally and figuratively ) with determining my world view up until this day. Thank you Joan

In my opinion this is one of the best albums of this legendary folk singer. It is therefore strange that few of these songs make it onto Baez compilations and that the album has not been available for a long time.

It opens with two protest songs: her own moving Prison Trilogy (Billy Rose) and Rainbow Road with its beautiful organ-like keyboards. Love Song To A Stranger is one of her most beautiful compositions, intimate and poetic, one of those songs that one never forgets.

Another Baez composition, Myths, is a gentle love song with an optimistic conclusion; it is followed by In The Quiet Morning (For Janis Joplin), the poignant tribute written by Mimi Farina. I still find those words so powerful and evocative: "Rolled in on a sea of disaster/Rolled out on a mainline rail."

All The Weary Mothers Of The Earth is a lilting ballad with an inspiring tune. To Bobby is a confessional and a conversation with Dylan and contains some great imagery, whilst Bangladesh is another gripping protest song about a tragedy of those times.

She does a splendid interpretation of Kenny Rogers' Stranger In My Place and the touch of country is quite welcome at this point. I also love her version of The Partisan, a song made famous by Leonard Cohen. Where Cohen has a verse in French, Baez sings the last verse in Greek. The album closes with a beautiful rendition of John Lennon's Imagine.

With six of her own compositions and the rest all quality songs, Come From The Shadows is a masterpiece that has been sorely neglected. I hope her fans rediscover the memorable songs and exquisite music offered here.

I agree with Pieter's review wholeheartedly. I just listened to the A&M cassette version of this album. The sound was incredible, and you could hear nuances of the musicians' playing that didn't come through on vinyl.

This was Joan Baez's debut album on A&M Records, and it is a beaut. Long out-of-print on CD, all cuts are now available on "The Complete A&M Recordings" collection. "Prison Trilogy," which opens the album, remains one of Baez's strongest original songs (the song was also recorded by Jeffrey Shurtleff on his A&M album "State Farm").