title: Gift of Song
text: # Gift of Song
  
  Gift of Song is the second studio album released in 1970 by Australian recording artist Judith Durham.
  
  The album was re-released in 1973 and again on CD and digitally in 2012.
  
  The album produced the singles, "The Light Is Dark Enough"/"Wanderlove" which was released in January 1970 and "Take Care of My Brother".
  
  ## Reception
  
  Richie Unterberger from AllMusic gave the album 3 out of 5 saying "This seems to be A&M's (unsuccessful) attempt to break ex-Seeker Judith Durham into the American pop market. Not much of The Seekers' folk-pop is left on this heavily, though tastefully, orchestrated production. Durham and her handlers seem to be aiming for a Judy Collins-like Baroque-folk on many cuts, and (in other parallel with Collins) some theatrical art song-informed songs. Durham's voice is not as good or expressive as Collins', and her material isn't as stellar either. For all that, this isn't a bad record, particularly when it does get into its most melancholy classical-Baroque arrangements on "Wanderlove," "There's a Baby," and similar numbers. A couple of Mason Williams songs, "Wanderlove" and "Here Am I," are among the better offerings, and there's also a relatively little-known Harry Nilsson song, "Wailing of the Willow"."
  
  ## Track listing
  
  ### LP/ Cassette
  
  * "Wanderlove" (Mason Williams) - 2:35
  * "I Wish I Knew" (Roger Nichols, Hal Levy) - 2:50
  * "There's a Baby" (Alan Bernstein, Vic Millrose) - 2:52
  * "That's How My Love Is" (Clive Westlake) - 3:10
  * "I Can Say" (David Reilly) - 3:38
  * "Gift of Song" (Patti Ingalls) - 3:08
  * "Wailing of the Willow" (Harry Nilsson) - 2:29
  * "The Light Is Dark Enough" (Jean Maitland, Richard Kerr) - 2:39
  * "Take Care of My Brother" (Art Podell) - 3:00
  * "God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) - 2:49
  * "Here Am I" (Mason Williams) - 2:33
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Judith Durham - vocals
  * Steve LeFever - bass
  * Hal Blaine - drums
  * Richard Clements - arrangements
  * Erno Neufeld - concertmaster
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Mike Shields - engineer
  * Tom Wilkes - art direction
  * Jim McCrary - photography
  