''Quiet Places'' is

Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American ( Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in these ...

's ninth

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and her last for

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, with whom she had had a very strained relationship ever since the financial disaster of the experimental ''

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''. In fact, her next album, '' Buffy'', had already been recorded before ''Quiet Places'' was actually released and was not to find a label for many months after she had completely broken with Vanguard. Musically, ''Quiet Places'' covered similar territory to her previous album, and was again recorded in Nashville with Norbert Putnam co-producing and such session stalwarts as the

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and keyboardist David Briggs backing her voice and guitar. ''Quiet Places'' failed to dent the '' Billboard'' Top 200.

Track listing

All songs composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie except where noted. # "Why You Been Gone So Long" (

Mickey Newbury Milton Sims "Mickey" Newbury Jr. (May 19, 1940 – September 29, 2002) was an American songwriter, recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Early life and career Newbury was born in Houston, Texas, on May 19, ...

) – 2:56 # "No One Told Me" – 3:05 # "For Free" ( Joni Mitchell) – 4:07 # "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain When She Comes" – 2:29 # "Clair Vol's Young Son" – 2:23 # "Just That Kind of Man" – 2:47 # "Quiet Places" – 2:31 # "Have You Seen My Baby? (Hold On)" ( Randy Newman) – 3:12 # "There's No One in the World Like Caleb" – 2:58 # "Civilization" (

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) – 2:20 # "Eventually" ( Gerry Goffin, Carole King) – 3:37 # "The Jewels of Hanalei" – 3:11

Personnel

*Buffy Sainte-Marie – vocals, guitar, piano *

Charlie McCoy Charles Ray McCoy (born March 28, 1941) is a Grammy-winning American session musician, harmonica player, and multi-instrumentalist. In 2009, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Based in Nashville, McCoy's playing is heard on r ...

, Billy Sanford – guitar *

Norbert Putnam Norbert Auvin Putnam (born August 10, 1942) is an American musician, studio owner and record producer who was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame in 2019.Robert McFarland, Jr"Norbert Putnam."'' Delta Business Journal''. November 2004. Acce ...

– bass * David Briggs – piano, organ * Kenny Buttrey – drums, percussion *

- horns *Sid Sharp Strings - strings

References

{{Authority control 1973 albums Buffy Sainte-Marie albums Albums produced by Norbert Putnam Vanguard Records albums