(Review from allmusic)

Despite her Latin heritage, Joan Baez probably wouldn’t have been encouraged by her 60s record label, Vanguard, to sing an entire album in Spanish. At A&M Records, however, it was a different story and “Gracias a la Vida” (“Here’s to Life”) was released in 1974.

Baez demonstrates an affinity for Mexican folk music on such obvious choices as “Cucurrucucu Paloma,” but it’s no surprise that, a year after the assassination of leading nueva cancion folksinger Victor Jara in a military coup in Chile, an atrocity that shocked the American folk community, she has not backed away from her political commitments. There is “Guantanamera”, a song that may have been a Top Ten U.S. hit for the Sandpipers in 1966, but that has political implications, as Pete Seeger has been reminding listeners for more than a decade. There is a Spanish version of “We Shall Not Be Moved” (“No Nos Moveran”) with a lengthy spoken introduction. There are songs like “El Preso Numero Nueve” (“Prisoner Number Nine”; repeated from 60s Joan Baez) and “Esquinazo del Guerrillero” (“The Guerillas Serenade”). And, inevitably, there is a song of Jara’s, “Te Recuerdo Amanda” (“I Remember You Amanda”), which the slain singer wrote for his mother. But then there is also “Dida”, a wordless duet with Joni Mitchell.

Throughout, Baez demonstrates her mastery of Spanish singing over authentic arrangements while attempting to stir up her Spanish-speaking listeners just as she does their English-speaking compatriots.

Line-up:
- Joan Baez / guitar, vocals
with
- Sally Stevens / guitar
- Jim Hughart / Bass
- Edgar Lustgarten / Cello
- Lalo Lindgron / Harp, Harmonica
- Andrea Willis / Back vocals
- Jackie Ward Singers / Back vocals
- Milt Holland / Percussion

Track List:
01. Gracias a la Vida – 3:35
02. Llego con Tres Heridas – 2:15
03. La Llorona – 3:40
04. El Preso Numero Nueve – 3:24
05. Guantanamera – 3:52
06. Te Recuerdo Amanda – 2:33
07. Dida – 3:33
08. Cucurrucucu Paloma – 4:30
09. Paso Rio – 0:56
10. El Rossinyol – 3:04
11. De Colores – 2:28
12. Las Madres Cansadas – 2:57
13. No Nos Moveran – 3:41
14. Esquinazo del Guerrillero – 2:41

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