Recently (album)
# Recently (album)

Recently is a studio album by the American musician Joan Baez, released in 1987. It was her first album of new material issued in the US in eight years.

Baez covered Mark Knopfler, U2, Peter Gabriel, and Johnny Clegg. Baez wrote two of the album's songs.

The track "Asimbonanga" was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary Folk Recording".

## Critical reception

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |

Newsday wrote that Baez's "airy soprano is a bit more brittle and edgy these days, but still buoyant." The St. Petersburg Times determined that "Baez's singing, D strong as ever after spending the last six years in voice training, still soars and flutters, but it's more earthy, more soulful."

