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Title: An inspired program
Review: "True Stories and Other Dreams" was the first of Collins' albums to contain at least half of her own original songs. Collins' songwriting on this album ("The Fisherman's Song," "Secret Gardens," "Song For Martin," "Holly Ann," "Che") show her to be an inspired, sometimes brilliant composer. For the remaining songs, Collins selected prime material: Tom Paxton's "The Hostage," Valerie Carter's "Cook With Honey" and Steve Stills' "So Begins the Task." This is one of Judy Collins' major releases and it deserved to be much more commercially successful than it was at the time of its release in 1973. It shows Collins off as both a premier songwriter and interpreter of contemporary material.
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