The Circle Game (album)

The Circle Game
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1968
Recorded1968
GenreFolk rock
Length38:16
LabelElektra
ProducerArthur Gorson
Tom Rush chronology
I Got a Mind to Ramble
(1968)
The Circle Game
(1968)
Tom Rush
(1970)
Singles from The Circle Game
  1. "No Regrets"
    Released: April 1968
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Rolling Stone(positive)[2]

The Circle Game is the 1968 album from folk rock musician Tom Rush. He covers three songs from fellow singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, as well as songs by Jackson Browne and James Taylor. Rush himself wrote "Rockport Sunday" and his classic, often-covered tune "No Regrets" which has become a folk standard and has been covered by several dozen artists, including Emmylou Harris, The Walker Brothers, Olivia Newton-John, indie-pop group Luna, and Curtis Stigers. In addition to his original rendition here, Rush himself later made a radically different version for Columbia Records featuring a screaming electric guitar solo.

  1. ^ The Circle Game at AllMusic
  2. ^ Gifford, Barry. "The Circle Game", Rolling Stone, San Francisco, 25 May 1968. page 21.