Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Best Of… (Vanguard)
Charles Shaar Murray, NME, 7 April 1973
BUFFY SAINTE-Marie is one of the special ones. She's one of the few performers guaranteed to move me to tears, and side two of She Used To Wanna Be a Ballerina is one of the most emotionally affecting musical experiences I know.
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