Post Card (album)

Postcard is the debut album by Mary Hopkin. It was produced by Paul McCartney and released by Apple Records in February 1969 in the UK and in March 1969 in the US.[5] It reached number 3 in the UK and number 28 in the US.[6][7] It also reached number 24 in Canada. The original US and Canadian versions differed from the UK version by including the hit single "Those Were the Days" instead of a cover of "Someone to Watch Over Me".[5] The album included three songs written by the folk singer Donovan, one of which, "Lord of the Reedy River", was deemed to be one of the album highlights by AllMusic critic Richie Unterberger.[1] Rolling Stone critic John Mendelsohn regarded Hopkin's voice as being well-suited to the Donovan songs, although he considered the songs themselves to be "ponderous and over-long".[8] Unterberger felt that the only problem with the album was that it contained too many pre-rock standards, in accordance with McCartney's tastes, which were not as well suited to Hopkin as more simple folk songs.[1] Mendelsohn praised McCartney’s production as much as Hopkin’s singing.[9] The album was launched by Hopkin at the Post Office Tower, London, on 13 February 1969. McCartney attended.

Postcard
Studio album by Mary Hopkin
Released	21 February 1969
Studio	EMI, Trident and Morgan, London
Genre	Rock, folk
Length	42:00
Label	Apple
Producer	Paul McCartney
Mary Hopkin chronology
Postcard (1969) Earth Song/Ocean Song (1971)
Singles from Mary Hopkin
"Those Were the Days" Released: 1968

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Mojo	[2]
Rolling Stone	(favourable)[3]
Tom Hull	B[4]

The 2010 CD reissue includes both "Those Were the Days" and "Someone to Watch Over Me", as well as four bonus tracks including "Turn! Turn! Turn!", which was the B-side of "Those Were the Days", and Hopkin's second single "Goodbye", written by McCartney and credited to Lennon-McCartney,[10] plus four versions in Italian, Spanish, German and French of "Those Were The Days" as a digital download.[11]