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Court and Spark by: Joni Mitchell List Price: $11.98 CD-Charts Price: $10.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 8%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075596059329 Label: Elektra / Wea Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Elektra / Wea Release Date: October 25, 1990 Studio: Elektra / Wea Sales Rank: 1963 MPN: 1001 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com essential recording: Painter-turned-folksinger Joni Mitchell had slipped stark saxophone solos into her prior album, For the Roses, and her singing had often hinted at a capacity for bluesier fare than her guitar- and piano-framed confessional ballads offered. None of those hints prepared fans for this sudden, expansive shift toward a much larger canvas--a sleeker, orchestrated pop style pulsing with jazz elements. Court & Spark found Mitchell casting aside her earth mother affectations and revealing herself as the thoroughly modern, thoroughly complicated woman she is; the songs sustained familiar preoccupations with relationships but replaced courtly settings and naturalistic imagery with recognizably modern locales. Deeply romantic, constantly questioning, classic tracks like the title song, "Help Me," "Free Man in Paris," "Same Situation," and "Raised on Robbery" display a more liberated Mitchell, ready to rumble with unbridled electric guitars (guest Robbie Robertson on "...Robbery"), even willing to poke fun at her own oh-so-sensitive rep with a hip cover of Annie Ross's hilarious "Twisted." --Sam Sutherland Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - 'Stoking the star maker machinery, behind the popular song.'Court and Spark not only ranks among my three favorite Joni Mitchell albums (the other two being Blue and Hejira), it is arguably Joni Mitchell's best album. Certainly it has been her most commercially successful. Its 1974 release marked a radical departure for Mitchell, infusing her definitive folk-rock sound with elements of pop without any compromises. In many ways, Court and Spark is Mitchell's watershed album, with a perfect arrangement of meticulously-crafted pop songs and Mitchell classics ("Help Me," "Free Man In Paris," and "Raised On Robbery"). Her hit single "Help Me" became Mitchell's first and only Top 10 single. The album features an impressive list of backing musicians: Tom Scott on woodwinds and reeds; Joe Sample on electric ... Read More: Rating: - Always true to her musicMitchell is an artist who has always followed her artistic instincts with big payoffs. It is a testiment to her talent and dedication that her music and lyrics are of high quality. Although Court and Spark is arguably her most commercial work she still experiments and push the boundaries of her comfort zone. I suspect that she could be a poet if she wasn't musically inclined. One of the few artists who has achieved fame and respect without resorting to skimpy costumes and gimmicky videos. I've been able to listen to her songs over many years and never tire of her beautiful voice. In these days where American Idol tries to find bland safe singers, it's good to take a look back and listen to a true artist. Rating: - Joni's bestLove this album. Love all Joni's albums, but this one especially. Wonderful songs. A very happy album. Rating:  - A pleasant diversion between two masterpieces"For the Roses" preceded and "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" followed this album, and they stand as perhaps Joni Mitchell's finest albums ever. "Court and Spark" is a mostly pleasant diversion by comparison. Joni well deserved the airplay and chart success of this album, but she is right to be ambivalent about it. "Help Me", "Free Man", "Twisted" and "Raised on Robbery" are first rate fun, and "Trouble Child" is an ace, but the rest of the album drags in comparison, with her self-observations and world-observations not ringing as true or as deeply as on earlier and later work. Several of the songs don't wear well with time, even as compared with her very earliest work. But the pleasures are notable, including a couple of my favorites: Joni's voice ... Read More: Rating: - This girl is a woman now."Court and Spark" marked the quantum leap for Joni Mitchell. The young introspective woman who turned inside herself so deftly on Blue suddenly opened up, both personally and musically. The hints of jazz that peaked through on For the Roses explode full force here, yet the key elements of Joni's sound are intact. She just sounds looser and more willing to play out on songs like "Help Me" (the commercial breakthrough) and the comical "Raised on Robbery." More crucial to the development here is Mitchell's looking to others instead of herself as song subjects. The notorious "Free Man In Paris" was Joni translating label honcho and friend David Geffen's malaise with the music industry. The goofy desperate protagonist in "Raised on Robbery" hounds ... Read More: |
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