Joy Will Find a Way


Joy Will Find a Way is the sixth full-length album by Canadian singer/songwriter Bruce Cockburn. The album was released in 1975 by True North Records and received a gold certification in Canada in 1985.

Reception

In a retrospective review, Allmusic critic Brett Hartenbach wrote, "Though it will appeal to the converted, Joy Will Find a Way, Bruce Cockburn's sixth album, won't do much to garner support outside of these circles. As always, Cockburn is never less than literate, and his guitar is consistently impressive throughout, but there remains the tendency to become overwrought lyrically, as well as to get bogged down musically in the sort of folkish repetition that can be more tiresome than entrancing... Though he hadn't quite hit his stride at this point, this is the best of Bruce Cockburn's first half-dozen albums."

Track listing

All songs written by Bruce Cockburn except where noted.
  1. "Hand-dancing" – 4:30
  2. "January in the Halifax Airport Lounge" – 3:19
  3. "Starwheel" – 3:16
  4. "Lament for the Last Days" - 5:24
  5. "Joy Will Find a Way " – 3:50
  6. "Burn" – 4:08
  7. "Skylarking" – 3:20
  8. "A Long-time-love Song" – 4:41
  9. "A Life Story" – 6:16
  10. "Arrows of Light" - 4:55

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