Customer Reviews
WISTFUL FOLKY POP - By: Pieter, 13 Dec 2006 
Mary Hopkin was one of those 1960s UK pop singers influenced by folk music, like the early Marianne Faithfull. She made breezy melodic pop music with flair & had huge hits with Those Were The Days, Temma Harbour & Knock Knock Who's There. There is a special wistful qualityin her voice that makes these songs still resonatein my mind after all these years. The album also includes pop standards like Que Sera Sera & the folk classic Streets Of London which she interprets gracefully, plus a songin Italian. If you like melodic pop from the 60s & early 70s, you'll love this album. I also recommend it to fans of Marianne Faithfull's early work & of Francoise Hardy.
SIMPLY THE BEST - By: Linda Sendall, 03 Mar 2006 This CD is absolutely wonderful it bought back memories of school days & school trips, where only one person took any 45 records & they were ALL Mary Hopkin records, so we all knew the words off by heart. The clarity & passion of this CD is second to none.
Well done Mary & Thank you..
BREEZY FOLKY POP - By: Pieter, 18 May 2003 Mary Hopkin was one of those 1960s UK pop singers influenced by folk music, like the early Marianne Faithfull. She made breezy melodic pop music with flair & had huge hits with Those Were The Days, Temma Harbour & Knock Knock Who’s There. There is a special wistful qualityin her voice that makes these songs still resonatein my mind after all these years. The album also includes pop standards like Que Sera Sera & the folk classic Streets Of London which she interprets gracefully. If you like melodic pop from the 60s & early 70s, you’ll love this album. I also recommend it to fans of Marianne Faithfull’s early work & of Francoise Hardy.
BREEZY FOLKY POP - By: Pieter, 18 May 2003 Mary Hopkin was one of those 1960s UK pop singers influenced by folk music, like the early Marianne Faithfull. She made breezy melodic pop music with flair & had huge hits with Those Were The Days, Temma Harbour & Knock Knock Who’s There. There is a special wistful qualityin her voice that makes these songs still resonatein my mind after all these years. The album also includes pop standards like Que Sera Sera & the folk classic Streets Of London which she interprets gracefully. If you like melodic pop from the 60s & early 70s, you’ll love this album. I also recommend it to fans of Marianne Faithfull’s early work & of Francoise Hardy.
Outstanding collection of Mary's finest music - By: Peter Durward Harris, 23 Nov 2002 First, let's clear up the confusion about Mary's discovery. She appeared on British TV singing Turn turn turn. Among the viewers was Twiggy, who let Paul McCartney know that she might be a bit special. Paul eventually signed her to Apple records. However, even if he hadn't signed her, Mary would probably have got a record deal anyway because of the TV exposure.
The CD itself contains all Mary's hits, both British & American, but the one song which stands out is Those were the days, which was number onein Britain & number twoin America. Mary's first love was folk music & that is the basis of her music, although there are pop influences. These had faded by the end of her short career with Apple. The Earth songs album, represented here by the last three songs, was all folk music.
Think about your children is an interesting song which ought to make parents everywhere do just that. Jefferson is a country-flavored song with some banjo. Knock knock who's there was Mary's entryin the Eurovision song contest - it didn't win but I think it came second.
This is a fascinating collection of music by a singer who's career was all too brief.
