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Court and Spark is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Released in January 1974, it infuses the folk rock style of her previous albums with jazz elements. It was an immediate commercial and critical success—and remains her most successful album.
She still kept contact with her old crew - David Crosby and Graham Nash both tum up on backing vocals - and as with For The Roses, she brings in outliers for exotic touches, such as Jose Feliciano's guitar on "Free Man In Paris", and The Band's Robbie Robertson on "Raised On Robbery".
17 de ene. de 2024 · Every song on ‘Court And Spark’ finds Joni Mitchell outstripping herself – as revealed by this track-by-track guide to the album.
“Court and Spark” is a wondrous journey through the lovelorn life of an exceptional singer-songwriter. The album is richer for Mr. Scott’s sensitive. arrangements and the L.A. Express’s empathetic touches. —Mr. Myers is the author of “Rock Concert: An Oral History” and “Anatomy of 55 More Songs” (Grove Press).
Court And Spark: la cúspide de Joni Mitchell. El 17 de enero de 1974 fue publicado el sexto álbum de la laureada y versátil cantautora canadiense, convertido en el punto más alto de su trayectoria.
17 de ene. de 2024 · ‘Down To You’ is Court And Spark’s cornerstone and one of the great songs of the 1970s. There’s a Buddhist view of transience comparing new lovers with new fashions, both being an ever-changing succession of veils that cover a core of loneliness.
18 de ene. de 2024 · Joni Mitchell Court and Spark, Asylum Records 1974. Not that there weren’t non-jazzers on the album: The Band’s Robbie Robertson unleashes a fiery guitar solo on the first single, “Raised on Robbery,” and David Crosby and Graham Nash contribute some harmony vocals.
