Both Sides Now is a 2000 album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. This is a concept album with orchestral versions of famous jazz standards and a few reworkings of old Joni Mitchell songs in the same vein. It doesn't sound terribly exciting or enticing but if you like Joni Mitchell it's worth a listen and the jazz element is never too overbearing and often negated by the strings and orchestra. The general tone of the album is dreamy and reflective and the musical arrangements - while sometimes epic - never tread on the singer's toes too much and allow her voice to remain centre stage. If I had one criticism though it might be that many of the arrangements ..  Read the complete review

Since someone once mentioned that their least favourite song from the movie soundtrack of Love, Actually was "Both Sides Now" sung by Joni Mitchell, I thought I'd best write a review of one of her albums. See, its hard for me to hear anyone dismissing such a wonderful artist so quickly. And what better and more appropriate album to review, then the one where this song is the name of the album? I must mention at the outset that this album isn't the one where the title song originally comes from. I believe that this honour goes to her 1969 album, Clouds. But one thing that makes this album different from most, if not all Joni's albums, is that there ...  Read the complete review