Stoneground Words
Studio album by
Melanie
Released1972
Studio914 Sound Studios, Blauvelt, New York
GenrePop
LabelNeighborhood
ProducerPeter Schekeryk
Melanie chronology
Gather Me
(1971)		 Stoneground Words
(1972)		 The Four Sides of Melane
(1972)

Stoneground Words is an album released by Melanie in 1972. It contains the singles "Together Alone" and "Do You Believe".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Allmusic praises the album as "mature, intelligent and ambitious" and an "under-heard classic." [2]

U.K. music bible Melody Maker hailed the album as "the most sophisticated she's made. The naiveté of "Beautiful People" and the streaks of self-pity have been replaced by deeper, more comprehensive methods of expression." [3]

NME conceded that "this album is... well, it's kind of nice, you know? A trifle over-arranged, and more than a little corny, but very soothing. All in all, possibly the most enjoyable Melanie I've heard, far more mature and purged of many of the more cloying qualities of her earlier stuff." [4]

Track listing

All songs written by Melanie Safka except where noted.

  1. "Together Alone"
  2. "Between the Road Signs"
  3. "Summer Weaving"
  4. "My Rainbow Race" (Pete Seeger)
  5. "Do You Believe?"
  6. "I Am Not a Poet (Night Song)"
  7. "Stoneground Words"
  8. "Song of the South, Based on a Theme from Song of the North, Adapted from the Original"
  9. "Maybe I Was (A Golf Ball)"
  10. "Here I Am"

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Album Charts Peak
position
U.S Billboard Charts [5] 80
U.S Cash Box Charts [6] 37
Australian Charts 69
Canadian Charts 34
Yugoslavian Charts [7] 5
Singles Charts Title Peak
position
U.S Billboard Hot 100 "Together Alone" 86
U.S Cash Box Charts "Together Alone" 57
Canadian Charts "Together Alone" 37
U.S Billboard Bubbling Under Chart "Do You Believe" 115

References

  1. ↑ Stoneground Words at AllMusic
  2. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/stoneground-words-mw0000839458
  3. ↑ https://melaniemusicsociety.tripod.com/STONEGRD.htm
  4. ↑ https://melaniemusicsociety.tripod.com/STONEGRD.htm
  5. ↑ "Melanie". Billboard.
  6. ↑ https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1973/Cash-Box-1973-02-03.pdf
  7. ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. No. 23 June 1973. p. 75. Retrieved January 8, 2024.
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