Coincidence and Likely Stories: Difference between revisions

| label = Ensign/[[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]] (UK)<br />[[EMI Records|EMI]] (North America)

| producer = [[Chris Birkett]]

|rev1 = [[AllmusicAllMusic]]

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllmusicAllMusic|class=album|id=r111748|pure_url=yes}} AllmusicAllMusic review]</ref>

|rev2 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''

|rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060828131838/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/buffysaintemarie/albums/album/238904/review/5946683/coincidence__likely_stories ''Rolling Stone'' review]</ref>

'''''Coincidence and Likely Stories''''' was(1992) theis thirteenth studioan album by [[Buffy Sainte-Marie]] but, her first in sixteen years, during which time she had been raising her son and working on the children's television show ''[[Sesame Street]]''. The album itself was largely recorded at Sainte-Marie's home before being sent to producer Chris Birkett for the final production and mixing in [[London]].

Although theThe album received some very favourable reviews<ref>Strong, Martin C.; ''The Great Rock Discography'' (first edition); pp. 716-717; {{ISBN|88-09-21522-2}}</ref> and wassome oftensaw seenit as her best work since ''[[Illuminations (Buffy Sainte-Marie album)|Illuminations]]'',.<ref>[[Adam McGovern|McGovern, Adam]], [[Angelique Kidjo|Kidjo, Angelique]] and [[David Byrne|Byrne, David]]; ''MusicHound World: The Essential Album Guide (Musichound Essential Album Guides)''; {{ISBN|0-8256-7259-7}}</ref> Although it failed to make any impressionchart in the United States., ''Coincidence and Likely Stories''it became her only album to [[UK Album Chart|chart in the UK]], and featured two minor hit singles there. Longtime fans embraced it: in 2016, Andrea Warner ranked it as one of her five essential albums. <ref>https://exclaim.ca/music/article/an_essential_guide_to_buffy_sainte-marie Retrieved 4 April 2023.</ref>

"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" was covered by [[Indigo Girls]] foron theirits album ''[[1200 Curfews]]'' (1995).

All songs composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie unlessexcept otherwisewhere indicatednoted.

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