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
 * 1) 	"Wanderlove"	(Mason Williams) - 2:35
 * 2) 	"I Wish I Knew" (Roger Nichols, Hal Levy) - 2:50
 * 3) 	"There's a Baby" (Alan Bernstein, Vic Millrose) - 2:52
 * 4) 	"That's How My Love Is" (Clive Westlake) - 3:10
 * 5) 	"I Can Say" (David Reilly) - 3:38
 * 6) 	"Gift of Song"	(Patti Ingalls) - 3:08
 * 7) 	"Wailing of the Willow" (Harry Nilsson) - 2:29
 * 8) 	"The Light Is Dark Enough" (Jean Maitland, Richard Kerr) - 2:39
 * 9) 	"Take Care of My Brother" (Art Podell) - 3:00
 * 10) 	"God Bless the Child" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) - 2:49
 * 11) 	"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