Wildflowers is an album by Judy Collins

Judy Collins

Judith Marjorie "Judy" Collins is an American singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism. She is an alumna of the University of Colorado.-Musical career:Collins was born and raised in Seattle, Washington...

, released in 1967. It was her highest charting album so far, reaching No 5 on the Billboard

Billboard charts

The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...

 Pop Albums charts. It included her hit version of Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...

's "Both Sides Now".

The album was arranged by Joshua Rifkin

Joshua Rifkin

Joshua Rifkin is an American conductor, keyboard player, and musicologist. He is best known by the general public for having played a central role in the ragtime revival in the 1970s with the three albums he recorded of Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records, and to classical musicians for his...

 and produced by Mark Abramson

Mark Abramson

Mark Abramson was an American record producer and artist. He produced recordings of Judy Collins, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Gibson, Love, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, Josh White and many other artists. He produced and directed "Shoot The Actor" and early music videos of The Doors and Love. His...

. Collins' recording "Albatross" was used in the 1968 film adaptation of The Subject Was Roses

The Subject Was Roses

The Subject Was Roses is a Pulitzer Prize-winning 1964 play written by Frank D. Gilroy, who also adapted the work in 1968 for film with the same title.- Background :...

. It was one of three self-penned tracks that appeared on the album, the first time that Collins wrote her own material.

Side one

1. "Michael from Mountains" (Joni Mitchell
   Joni Mitchell
   Joni Mitchell, CC is a Canadian musician, singer songwriter, and painter. Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Saskatchewan and Western Canada and then busking in the streets and dives of Toronto...
   
   ) – 3:10
2. "Since You Asked" (Judy Collins) – 2:34
3. "Sisters of Mercy" (Leonard Cohen
   Leonard Cohen
   Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
   
   ) – 2:31
4. "Priests" (Leonard Cohen) – 4:55
5. "A Ballata of Francesco Landini
   Francesco Landini
   Francesco degli Organi, Francesco il Cieco, or Francesco da Firenze, called by later generations Francesco Landini or Landino was an Italian composer, organist, singer, poet and instrument maker...
   
   " (ca. 1335 - 1397) Lasso! di Donna – 4:34

Side two

1. "Both Sides Now
   Both Sides Now (song)
   "Both Sides, Now" is a single by Joni Mitchell. Her recording first appeared on the album Clouds, released in 1969. She re-recorded the song in a jazz style for the album of the same name, released in 2000....
   
   " (Joni Mitchell) – 3:14
2. "La chanson des vieux amants (The Song of Old Lovers)" (Jacques Brel
   Jacques Brel
   Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
   
   ) – 4:40
3. "Sky Fell" (Judy Collins) – 1:47
4. "Albatross" (Judy Collins) – 4:51
5. "Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye" (Leonard Cohen) – 3:28

Personnel

• Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Joshua Rifkin
  Joshua Rifkin
  Joshua Rifkin is an American conductor, keyboard player, and musicologist. He is best known by the general public for having played a central role in the ragtime revival in the 1970s with the three albums he recorded of Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records, and to classical musicians for his...
  
   – arranger, conductor
• Other musicians uncredited

Production notes

• Produced by Mark Abramson
  Mark Abramson
  Mark Abramson was an American record producer and artist. He produced recordings of Judy Collins, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Bob Gibson, Love, Phil Ochs, Tom Rush, Josh White and many other artists. He produced and directed "Shoot The Actor" and early music videos of The Doors and Love. His...
  
  
• Engineered by John Haeny
• Photography by Jim Frawley
• Art direction and design by William S. Harvey
• Cover photo by Guy Webster