title: Joy Will Find a Way
text: # Joy Will Find a Way
  
  Joy Will Find a Way is the sixth full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1975 by True North Records and received a gold certification in Canada in 1985.
  
  ## Reception
  
  Professional ratings :
  
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  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  
  In a retrospective review, AllMusic critic Brett Hartenbach wrote, "Though it will appeal to the converted, Joy Will Find a Way, Bruce Cockburn's sixth album, won't do much to garner support outside of these circles. As always, Cockburn is never less than literate, and his guitar is consistently impressive throughout (check out the instrumental "Skylarking"), but there remains the tendency to become overwrought lyrically, as well as to get bogged down musically in the sort of folkish repetition that can be more tiresome than entrancing... Though he hadn't quite hit his stride at this point, this is the best of Bruce Cockburn's first half-dozen albums."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  All songs written by Bruce Cockburn except where noted.
  
  * "Hand-dancing" – 4:30
  * "January in the Halifax Airport Lounge" – 3:19
  * "Starwheel" (Bruce Cockburn, Kitty Cockburn) – 3:16
  * "Lament for the Last Days" - 5:24
  * "Joy Will Find a Way (A Song About Dying)" – 3:50
  * "Burn" – 4:08
  * "Skylarking" – 3:20
  * "A Long-time-love Song" – 4:41
  * "A Life Story" – 6:16
  * "Arrows of Light" - 4:55
  
  ## Album credits
  
  Personnel
  
  * Bruce Cockburn – composer, vocals, guitar, dulcimer
  * Dennis Pendrith - bass
  * Terry Clarke - drums
  * Dido Morros - percussion
  * Pat Godfrey - keyboards
  * Eugene Martynec - guitar
  * Beverley Glenn Copeland - backing vocals
  * Linda Page Harpa - backing vocals
  * Malika Hollander - backing vocals
  * Zezi Taeb - backing vocals
  * Alexa De Wiel - backing vocals
  * Jeffrey Crelingston - backing vocals
  
  Production
  
  * Mavel Mousette - translation
  * Eugene Martynec - producer
  * Blair Drawson - album cover paintings
  * Harry Savage - album photography
  * Bart Schoales - art direction
  * Bernie Finkelstein - direction
  