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{{Infobox album
| italic_title = force
| name         = Songs of Innocence and of Experience
| type         = [[Album]]
| artist       = [[Greg Brown (folk musician)|Greg Brown]]
| cover        = Songs_Of_Innocence.jpg
| alt          =
| released     = 1986
| recorded     =
| venue        =
| studio       =
| genre        = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| length       = 42:20
| label        = [[Red House Records|Red House]]
| producer     = Greg Brown and Bob Feldman
| prev_title   = [[In the Dark with You]]
| prev_year    = 1985
| next_title   = [[One More Goodnight Kiss]]
| next_year    = 1988
}}
'''''Songs of Innocence and of Experience''''' is an [[album]] by folk singer/guitarist [[Greg Brown (folk musician)|Greg Brown]], released in 1986. Brown sets the poetry of [[William Blake]] (see ''[[Songs of Innocence and of Experience]]'') to music.
==Reception==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 =[[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}} <ref name="AM">{{cite web |first=Tim |last=Sheridan |title= ''Songs of Innocence and of Experience'' > Review |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id= r96008 |pure_url=yes}} |publisher=[[Allmusic]] |accessdate=July 2, 2011}}</ref>
}}
Writing for [[Allmusic]], music critic Tim Sheridan called the album "Some of the tunes are outstanding, such as the easy lines of "Lamb," while some poems refuse to adjust to Brown's melodic structures. However, it is an effort to be commended."<ref name="AM" />
==Track listing==
All song by Greg Brown.
# "Introduction" – 2:40
# "[[The Lamb (poem)|The Lamb]]" – 2:54
# "[[Infant Joy]]" – 2:02
# "[[The Chimney Sweeper]]" – 4:54
# "[[The Echoing Green]]" – 2:57
# "[[Night (Blake)|Night]]" – 4:06
# "[[On Another's Sorrow]]" – 2:15
# "[[The Tyger]]" – 3:23
# "[[The Angel (Songs of Experience)|The Angel]]" – 2:13
# "[[The Garden of Love (poem)|The Garden of Love]]" –  0:47
# "[[Infant Sorrow]]" – 1:33
# "[[Holy Thursday (Songs of Innocence)|Holy Thursday]]" – 2:47
# "[[Ah! Sun-Flower]]" – 2:27
# "[[The Little Vagabond]]" – 2:55
# "[[A Poison Tree]]" – 2:30
# "[[London (William Blake poem)|London]]" – 3:08
==Personnel==
*Greg Brown – vocals, guitar
*[[Michael Doucet]] – violin
*Angus Foster – bass
*[[Peter Ostroushko]] – mandolin, violin
*Dave Moore – harmonica, accordion, pan flute, button accordion, pan pipes
==Production==
*Produced by Greg Brown and Bob Feldman
*Engineered and mixed by Scott Rivard
==References==
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{{Greg Brown}}
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[[Category:Greg Brown (folk musician) albums]]
[[Category:1986 albums]]
[[Category:Red House Records albums]]
[[Category:Musical settings of poems by William Blake]]