Donovan's Greatest Hits

I just watched “Dark Winds,” Season 1, and in the trailer and one episode they play “Must be the season of the witch!” which, upon research, is from a Donovan song. Listening to the album, I discovered songs I had heard in my youth without knowing the artist. “Mellow Yellow” and “Jennifer Juniper” are the most recognizable (for me). I found it to be a smart buy.

Rip off I purchased

I know this album by heart note for note after listening to it for my entire life. A few of the tracks are hokey acoustic versions that don’t hold a candle to the original album versions - and I am an acoustic player, myself. Shame on Apple for presenting the album this way.

We had this album growing up. Always loved it. Highly recommend it.

I first heard Donovan one summer when we stayed by the beach in San Diego. This album with each song a perfect gem of pop beauty became the sound track for us all that summer. Decades have rolled by since then but this remains an album of sunshine and wisdom with incredible musicianship. It still sounds fresh and original. Backing musicians include Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, Paul McCartney and other first rate musicians. Take a listen and see if it doesn't cast the spell of summer and youth over you.

Awesome classic music....

I love this record on vinyl, and while it has all those songs (and more), it doesn't have my favorite version of "Catch the Wind". The version on vinyl takes its time, the guitar part is more sparse, but there's this accenting minimalist piano part that sets it off. The vocals on the vinyl version are also more dreamy (I realize that that's not very quantifiable, but that's how it is).

Donovan is 1 of the greater performers from the 60s, the psychedelic world here is very impressive. The later 60s were a time when the Love was free flowing and the drugs were flying in. So sit back and go back in time

Donovan had his own style back in the day. All of the music seemed to be different and all unique in its own way and Donovan sound was definitely unique. I still love listening to his music. This is one of my favorite albums. I've had it forever

I have mixed feelings about Donovan and this album. He's got good, mellow vocals, but an often annoying pace to his singing. He also occasionaly trills his "r" sounds and it can get kind of grating. I like the instrumentals, particularly the percussion. There's a great rawness to it. There's good grooves to be found on this album, but really bad and reaching lyrics. Particularly the song Wear Your Love. I mean, come on - what the heck? It's like he's trying too hard to fit in to the "hippy trippy" genre. It's the trippiest Brit Rock of all time. It just feels put on and needless in an attempt to sell what was popular at the time. The stats on this album are pretty weak. Most are throwaways and the few keepers aren't rated that highly. There just aren't enough hits to warrant a "hits" album. There's two 3 star songs in Season of the Witch and Colours, two 2 star songs in Sunshine and Mellow Yellow. The rest are all throwaways. Season of the Witch is the only real standout. I first heard it on the TV show House. It was a great scene and the song really spoke to me. There's such a great and almost evil undertone to that song. It rocks, burns and seethes - there's nothing else on this album even remotely like it.