The Complete Geffen Recordings - Joni Mitchell

Travelogue: Deluxe Edition - Joni Mitchell

It s only in the last year that I ve really become a Joni Mitchell lover, and that was mainly sparked after hearing the rerecording of Both Sides Now (which featured on Love Actually in 2001). I enjoyed the songs on that album, and felt particularly warmed to Mitchell s deepened, rather husky, voice. I then came across this album, recorded in 2002, and decided to get a copy. It was the single greatest CD I think I own (and I have about 150). The CD is actually a deluxe 2-CD box set, which features orchestral re-recordings spanning her entire career - 22 songs in total. There are some of Joni s more popular pieces - "Woodstock" and "Sex Kills", ...

Travelogue: Deluxe Edition - Joni Mitchell

It s only in the last year that I ve really become a Joni Mitchell lover, and that was mainly sparked after hearing the rerecording of Both Sides Now (which featured on Love Actually in 2001). I enjoyed the songs on that album, and felt particularly warmed to Mitchell s deepened, rather husky, voice. I then came across this album, recorded in 2002, and decided to get a copy. It was the single greatest CD I think I own (and I have about 150). The CD is actually a deluxe 2-CD box set, which features orchestral re-recordings spanning her entire career - 22 songs in total. There are some of Joni s more popular pieces - "Woodstock" and "Sex Kills", ...

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

If the test of genius is the test of time, then Joni Mitchell can certainly be called genius. If her earlier albums weren t already proof of this, then her eighth album, "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" seals the deal completely. This came on the heels of her most commercially successful album "Court & Spark" (and after the release of her first live recording "Miles of Aisles"), and although it didn t do quite as well as C&S, I m beginning to think that "Hissing" might be the more fascinating of the two. There are no big hits on this album, although the opening track "In France they Kiss on Main Street" got a ...

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

If the test of genius is the test of time, then Joni Mitchell can certainly be called genius. If her earlier albums weren t already proof of this, then her eighth album, "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" seals the deal completely. This came on the heels of her most commercially successful album "Court & Spark" (and after the release of her first live recording "Miles of Aisles"), and although it didn t do quite as well as C&S, I m beginning to think that "Hissing" might be the more fascinating of the two. There are no big hits on this album, although the opening track "In France they Kiss on Main Street" got a ...

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

To lots of people, Joni Mitchell is a folk singer best remembered for the single ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ (later sampled on Janet Jackson’s ‘Got Til It’s Gone’). Alas, this pigeon-holing means that many never get to hear the full Joni repertoire and appreciate the sheer musical and lyrical accomplishment she achieved as she changed style later in her career. ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’ (1975) was Joni’s eighth album and the first one that I heard. I was immediately hooked. It couldn’t be more removed from her initial sparse, folky tunes, and is an incredibly experimental, brave and beautiful fusion of jazz and ...

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell

To lots of people, Joni Mitchell is a folk singer best remembered for the single ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ (later sampled on Janet Jackson’s ‘Got Til It’s Gone’). Alas, this pigeon-holing means that many never get to hear the full Joni repertoire and appreciate the sheer musical and lyrical accomplishment she achieved as she changed style later in her career. ‘The Hissing of Summer Lawns’ (1975) was Joni’s eighth album and the first one that I heard. I was immediately hooked. It couldn’t be more removed from her initial sparse, folky tunes, and is an incredibly experimental, brave and beautiful fusion of jazz and ...