Joni Mitchell - For the Roses (Vinyl)
Originally released in November 1972, 'For The Roses', Joni Mitchell's fifth studio album, is now available in a remastered version. Released between her two most commercially and critically successful records, 'Blue' and 'Court and Spark', 'For The Roses' is a gorgeous, tender album featuring songs such as "Banquet" which identified her as the voice of conscience for her generation.
More than a mere bridge between releases, 'For the Roses' is the album on which Joni, emerging from the deep introspection of 'Blue', began to merge the personal and the political, such as on 'Judgement of the Moon and Stars' - "They're going to aim the hoses on you, show them you won't expire, not till you burn up every passion, not even when you die." This was when she also began to extend her stylistic range, exploring jazz and more complex extended arrangements, with this album featuring Tom Scott, leader of the West Coast jazz fusion ensemble, The L.A. Express, on woodwind and reeds.
Her relationship with James Taylor inspired some of the songs, with Taylor's heroin addiction taken up in "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire." The album's biggest hit single was "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio", which was a conscious decision on her part to write a country pop hit. In 2007 the album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.
Tracklist:
A1. Banquet
A2. Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
A3. Barangrill
A4. Lesson in Survival
A5. Let the Wind Carry Me
A6. For the Roses
B1. See You Sometime
B2. Electricity
B3. You Turn Me On I'm a Radio
B4. Blonde in the Bleachers
B5. Woman of Heart and Mind
B6. Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune)
Originally released in November 1972, 'For The Roses', Joni Mitchell's fifth studio album, is now available in a remastered version. Released between her two most commercially and critically successful records, 'Blue' and 'Court and Spark', 'For The Roses' is a gorgeous, tender album featuring songs such as "Banquet" which identified her as the voice of conscience for her generation.
More than a mere bridge between releases, 'For the Roses' is the album on which Joni, emerging from the deep introspection of 'Blue', began to merge the personal and the political, such as on 'Judgement of the Moon and Stars' - "They're going to aim the hoses on you, show them you won't expire, not till you burn up every passion, not even when you die." This was when she also began to extend her stylistic range, exploring jazz and more complex extended arrangements, with this album featuring Tom Scott, leader of the West Coast jazz fusion ensemble, The L.A. Express, on woodwind and reeds.
Her relationship with James Taylor inspired some of the songs, with Taylor's heroin addiction taken up in "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire." The album's biggest hit single was "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio", which was a conscious decision on her part to write a country pop hit. In 2007 the album was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.
Tracklist:
A1. Banquet
A2. Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
A3. Barangrill
A4. Lesson in Survival
A5. Let the Wind Carry Me
A6. For the Roses
B1. See You Sometime
B2. Electricity
B3. You Turn Me On I'm a Radio
B4. Blonde in the Bleachers
B5. Woman of Heart and Mind
B6. Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune)
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