What About Me in Bloomington, MN

What About Me
is
Anne Murray
's first album, originally released in 1968 on Canada's tiny
Arc
label. After
Murray
signed with
Capitol
in 1969 and began making hits,
Pickwick
reissued her
recordings for the American market. The
folk
arrangements bring the acoustic guitar to the foreground, and
's confident vocals show that she was already fully developed as a singer.
"There Goes My Everything"
ventures into
folk-rock
territory, but most of the music, which includes songs by
Tom Paxton
and
Joni Mitchell
, is in the tradition of the Canadian
scene associated with
Gordon Lightfoot
Ian & Sylvia
.
looks even younger in the cover photos than she would have been when this album was made, but her mature performances make her debut nearly as appealing as her better-known major-label recordings. ~ Greg Adams