For The Roses (Remastered) Joni Mitchell

• 1 Banquet 03:04
• 2 Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire 04:17
• 3 Barangrill 02:53
• 4 Lesson In Survival 03:11
• 5 Let The Wind Carry Me 03:56
• 6 For The Roses 03:47
• 7 See You Sometime 03:00
• 8 Electricity 03:03
• 9 You Turn Me On I'm A Radio 02:39
• 10 Blonde In The Bleachers 02:42
• 11 Woman Of Heart And Mind 02:39
• 12 Judgement Of The Moon And Stars 05:25
• Total Runtime 40:36

Info for For The Roses (Remastered)

Zwischen dem solitären Bekenntnisalbum Blue und dem mitreißenden Pop auf Court and Spark lag For the Roses, aus dem Jahr 1972. Joni Mitchell befand sich damals in einer verwirrenden Phase des Übergangs. Immer noch pflegte sie ihren kargen und eleganten Folksound auf dem Piano und der Gitarre, und doch liebäugelte sie bereits mit ihrer Liebe zum Blues und den jazzigeren Harmonien. Ihre ernsten Träumereien und traurigen Poeme von einst wichen nun einer neutraleren, fast schon journalistischen Sichtweise mit dunkleren, bissigeren Themen, siehe "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire". "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" war zwar der nominelle Hit dieses Albums, in der Rückschau jedoch sind es die bahnbrechenderen Stücke, wie das jazzangehauchte "Barangrill", das rockbeeinflußte "Blonde in the Bleachers", oder das meditative "Woman of Heart and Mind", die hier herausragen. Sie zeugen von ihrer stetig wachsenden musikalischen Reife und waren für sie absolut zukunftsweisend. (Sam Sutherland)

Joni Mitchell, vocals
James Burton, guitar (on track 2)
Stephen Stills, guitar (on track 10)
Wilton Felder, bass
Russ Kunkel, drums
Bobbye Hall, percussion
Graham Nash, harmonica
Bobby Notkoff, strings
Tommy Scott, woodwind

Recorded 1972 at A&M Studios, Hollywood, California Produced by Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell began as the archetype of the folkie female singer-songwriter, an heir to Joan Baez. But she quickly moved forward, incorporating influences from jazz and the blues. 'Joni Mitchell heard Billie Holiday sing 'Solitude' when she was about nine years old — and she hasn't been the same since,' says Herbie Hancock. Those lessons of emotional vulnerability are evident in her delicate soprano trill, as well as in the undisguised wear of the sultry voice of her later work, punctuated by her jazzy syncopation. 'Joni's got a strange sense of rhythm that's all her own,' Bob Dylan told Rolling Stone. Above all, Mitchell won't be boxed in. 'The way she phrases always serves the lyrics perfectly, and yet her phrasing can be different every time,' Hancock says. 'She's a fighter for freedom.' (Source: Rolling Stone Magazine)

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