Eco-Song

Eco-Song is a theme album by Donovan. It is a compilation album of 21 songs taken from his catalog and described as "climate change songs". The album, which was mastered at Estudi 1 in Llevant, Majorca,[2] is ascribed to "Donovan & Linda", giving co-credit to Donovan's wife and muse, Linda Lawrence. Eco-Song is dedicated to climate change activist Greta Thunberg. The songs are intended as the soundtrack for an opera by Donovan and Sebastian Dean, to be titled Slow Down World, based on the plot of four young students in Cork involved in a climate strike.[3][4]

Eco-Song
Studio album by
Donovan
Released2019
StudioEstudi 1 (Calma Estudios) (remastering)
GenrePop
LabelDonovan Discs
Producer(various)
Donovan chronology
Shadows of Blue
(2013)
Eco-Song
(2019)

It took 50 years from my first climate change protest song in 1968 and now, at last, here comes Greta the Great! It’s about time... and we have so little time left!

Donovan[1]

Donovan's plans to take the album on tour did not materialize due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[5] but his performances at Cadogan Hall on 12 October 2020 included selections from the album.[1]

Track listing

  1. "Diggin’ The Future Now!" (2010)
  2. "Slow Down World" (1976)
  3. "The Voice Of Protest" (1974)
  4. "No Hunger" (1976)
  5. "The Great Song Of The Sky" (1974)
  6. "Children Of The World" (1976)
  7. "Yellow Star" (1973)
  8. "Cryin' Shame" (1976)
  9. "Riki Tiki Tavi" (1970)
  10. "How Silly" (1974)
  11. "We Are One" (1980)
  12. "The Crunch" (1970)
  13. "Brave New World" (1977)
  14. "Only To Be Expected" (1980)
  15. "Comin' To You" (1980)
  16. "Neutron" (1980)
  17. "You Do Belong (Teenage Suicide)" (1993)
  18. "Lord Of The Universe" (1970)
  19. "The Blame Game" (2013)
  20. "Save The World" (1995)
  21. "Operating Manual For Spaceship Earth" (1973)

References

  1. "Donovan: A socially distanced performance". Cadogan Hall. 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  2. "Estudi 1: Mastering for Eco Song Donovan". CalmaEstudis. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  3. "Eco-Song – Donovan & Linda Tribute Album To Greta". Donovan official website. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  4. Zoe Williams (April 13, 2020). "Donovan: 'I waited to see if Greta Thunberg's generation would have their own songwriters'". Irish Times. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  5. Zoe Williams (9 April 2020). "Donovan: 'Can you believe the Beatles and I were paying 96% tax?'". The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
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