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Island of Circles
Studio album by
Various artists
ReleasedJune 26, 1992
Recorded1992
GenreRock
Length62:53
LabelNettwerk
ProducerDenis Bov, Change of Heart, Count Mink, Sir Elmo, Lou Giordano, Orman Joban, Kevin Kane, Kramer, John Leckie, Ken "Hi-Watt" Marshall, The Posies, Greg Reely, Rudy Tambala, Conrad Uno, Steven Wilson, Windwalker, The Young Fresh Fellows
Donovan chronology
Colours
(1991) 		Island of Circles
(1992) 		Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964-1976
(1992)
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Island of Circles is a tribute album to singer-songwriter Donovan that was released on June 26, 1992, by Nettwerk.[1] The title song "Island of Circles" is provided by Donovan himself. Along with Donovan's contemporaneous box set collection Troubadour: The Definitive Collection 1964–1976, the album contributed to a resurgence of interest in Donovan's music in the early 1990s, after he had been deemed unfashionable and out of step with changing musical tastes in the 1970s.[2]

Sarah McLachlan's version of "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" was also included as a bonus track on some, but not all, editions of her 1991 album Solace. Spirit of the West's rendition of "Sunshine Superman" was reissued on their 2008 career retrospective Spirituality 1983–2008: The Consummate Compendium.

A slightly remixed version of No-Man's cover version of "Turquoise" later became the basis for an original song by the group called "Ocean Song," which was released later that same year as a single by the One Little Indian Records label.[3]

The song "Island of Circles" was recorded again for the 2004 Donovan album Brother Sun, Sister Moon.

Track listing

  1. "Island of Circles" – Donovan
  2. "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – Brix E. Smith and Nigel Kennedy – 5:50
  3. "Epistle to Dippy" – Hypnolovewheel – 3:57
  4. "Sunshine Superman" – Spirit of the West – 3:43
  5. "The Fat Angel" – Windwalker – 7:51
  6. "Mad John's Escape" – Young Fresh Fellows – 2:12
  7. "Laléna" – Papa Sprain and Butterfly Child – 5:30
  8. "Wear Your Love Like Heaven" – Sarah McLachlan – 3:21
  9. "Armageddon" – Julian Jones – 3:25
  10. "The River Song" – Posies – 3:22
  11. "Changes" – Black Sox – 3:13
  12. "Turquoise" – No-Man – 5:58
  13. "Colours" – Superconductor – 3:03
  14. "Barabajagal" – Chocolate Factory – 4:39
  15. "Black Widow" – Change of Heart – 4:27
  16. "The Natural High is the Best High in the World (Riki Tiki Tavi)" – When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water – 2:22

References

  1. ^ "Donovan reborn: 60s flower child on fast track to 90s celebrity". The Province, June 4, 1992.
  2. ^ "Remember Donovan?". The Province, March 2, 1993.
  3. ^ "No-Man - Ocean Song". Discogs.
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