Sunwheel Dance

Sunwheel Dance
Studio album by
Released1972
RecordedSeptember to December 1971
StudioThunder Sound
GenreFolk
Length34:24
LabelTrue North, Rounder
ProducerEugene Martynec
Bruce Cockburn chronology
High Winds, White Sky
(1971)
Sunwheel Dance
(1972)
Night Vision
(1973)
Singles from Sunwheel Dance
  1. "It's Going Down Slow"
    Released: 1972
  2. "Up On the Hillside"
    Released: 1972

Sunwheel Dance is the third studio album by Bruce Cockburn, released in 1972. It was remastered and released by Rounder Records in 2005 with two bonus tracks. For the most part, Cockburn's lyrics here continue to be primarily introspective and spiritual, bolstered by sparse acoustic arrangements. However, Cockburn does make his first foray into political commentary on the anti-war diatribe "Going Down Slow," which also marks the artist's first utilization of a full band on record. The album has sold steadily through the years, receiving a Canadian gold record award in 1988.