''Love's Small Song'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter

Baby Dee Baby Dee (born 1953) is an American performance artist, multi-instrumentalist, and singer-songwriter from Cleveland, Ohio. Early career In the 1970s, Baby Dee began her musical career as a street performer, but soon decided to take work as an ...

. The album was released in 2002 and consisted of two discs. The first disc contains songs composed and performed by Dee, while the second disc contains a singular 55-minute sound collage of birdsongs, specifically robins' songs. All recordings used were recorded in the backyard of Dee's mother's home in Cleveland. ''Love's Small Song'' is currently out of print as a lone album. The first disc has been compiled in its entirety with '' Little Window'' and ''Made for Love'' as the 2-CD set '' The Robin's Tiny Throat'', released by Durtro Jnana in 2007. The second disc is available as ''The Robins' Song'', released by Drag City in 2008.

Track listing

All songs composed by Baby Dee. Disc 1: #"The Moon and the Morning Star" – 3:52 #"So Bad" – 3:37 #"Look What the Wind Blew In" – 3:01 #"When I Get Home" – 5:08 #"My Heart's Come Home" – 4:02 #"Like Morning All Day Long" – 2:55 #"Small Wonder" – 3:57 #"Half a Chance" – 5:29 #"My Love Has Made a Fool of Me" – 5:24 #"April Day" – 5:48 Disc 2: #"Untitled" – 55:28

Personnel

*Baby Dee – vocals, piano,

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Influence

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, frontman of

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, has called ''Love's Small Song'' one of his favorite albums. *"So Bad" was covered by

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on their 2008 EP ''The Snow Leopard''.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Love's Small Song 2002 albums Baby Dee albums Durtro albums