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Ladies of the Canyon

Joni MitchellAudio CD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)

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When the dust settles, Joni Mitchell may stand as the most important and influential female recording artist of the late 20th century. Uncompromising and iconoclastic, Mitchell confounded expectations at every turn; restlessly innovative, her music evolved from deeply personal folk stylings into pop, jazz, avant-garde, and even world music, presaging the multicultural experimentation of the ... Read more in Amazon's Joni Mitchell Store

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  • Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
  • Original Release Date: 1970
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Warner Bros / Wea
  • ASIN: B000002KOQ
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (80 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,291 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Joni Mitchell's third album offers a bridge between the artful but sometimes dour meditations of her earlier work and the more mature, confessional revelations of the classics that would follow. Voice and guitar still hew to the pretty filigree of a folk poet, but there's the giggling rush of rock & roll freedom in "Big Yellow Taxi," and the formal metaphor of her older songs ("The Circle Game," already oft-covered by the time of this recording) yields to the more impressionistic images of the new ones ("Woodstock"). The dark lyricism of her earliest ballads is intact (on "For Free" and "Rainy Night House"), yet there's a prevailing idealism here that sounds poignant alongside the warier, more mature songs to come on Blue and Court And Spark. --Sam Sutherland

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This lady gives a sneak peak here to what we see in later albums...some sizable instrumental sections, jazz influences and piano accompaniments. Includes The Arrangement; Rainy Night House; For Free; Woodstock , and more.

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With her second album CLOUDS, Joni Mitchell established herself as an artist who was here to stay. 32-year old wallflower  |  24 reviewers made a similar statement
This album captures best the innocence and beauty of Joni Mitchell's voice. Dolores Vinson  |  24 reviewers made a similar statement
This is a Masterpiece album and it is Highly Recommended. J. Bynum  |  15 reviewers made a similar statement
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72 of 80 people found the following review helpful
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In a thousand years, when someone wants to know what was so special and creative about the 1960s, they would do well to dust off this CD a give it a spin. From beginning to end this song cycle is her wondrous paean to the simple and beautiful countercultural dreams of peace, love and community. From "Morning Morgantown" and "Ladies of the Canyon" to an evocative and ethereal acoustic rendition of "Woodstock" (which Joni wrote) to "Rainy Night Priest" about singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen to "The Circle game", Joni sings in perfect pitch with the contemporary ethos of the hopes and dreams of the sixties babyboomers. Taken in total, the song cycle represents a sort of informal manifesto of the counterculture's social and political worldview, and a commentary on their earnest efforts to create a gentler, more meaningful way of living. The dream may be gone, but Mitchell's gorgeous and intricate lyrics, melodies and acoustic guitar arrangements meld into an indescribably beautiful work. This album shows Joni at her apex, full of love, hope, and compassion. For folk fans and people just interested in one of the best albums to have come out of the unforgettable sixties, this is an essential album. Enjoy.
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With her second album CLOUDS, Joni Mitchell established herself as an artist who was here to stay. LADIES OF THE CANYON affirmed her status as one of the most important female artists in music history. Like most artists, Joni was just getting her feet wet with her first two albums, but it was on her third that she really blossomed. For the first time, Joni sings with the right emotions that her songs often call for. Songs like "Willy", "The Conversation", and "The Arrangement" are short but difficult songs that accurately portray the hardships of love and romance. Another prominent subject is that of the loss of innocence, and Joni brings to it her distinctive brand of poetry. The sad introspection continues on songs like "Woodstock" (not the CSNY version, but in a slower, more dirge-like sound), and "The Circle Game" (which for an almost-20 year old man like me rings all too true). In fact, "The Circle Game" might be the greatest song ever written about coming of age. CANYON's best-known song also deals with the album's prominent subject of time passage: "Big Yellow Taxi". Anyone who thinks Joni is all about the feminine point of view of life's trials and tribulations will probably be shocked by this song that takes a lighthearted, funny approach to a subject that would often get drowned in the emotiveness typical of folk singing/songwriting. Joni's expression at the end of the song is priceless! As her career progressed, Joni Mitchell would get even more personal and introspective. But LADIES OF THE CANYON is the perfect document of a young woman and her approach to life, love, and the pursuit of happiness.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic time capsule of life in the 1960s August 23, 1998
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More than any album, LADIES OF THE CANYON symbolizes what was essentially right about relationships and dreams in the just-barely idealistic sixties and early seventies. Such optimism and appreciation of beauty on its own terms is scarcely visible today, certainly very little of it surfaces in music. Cynicism and individual 'freedoms' at the cost of devotion and sacrifice have replaced them. Joni Mitchell undertands those sacrifices and the uncertainties that true love can foist on its chosen. This is perhaps the last album of hers that is still on the side of optimism; BLUE, though a towering artistic achievement, is inarguably darker and more guarded. The song, HE PLAYED REAL GOOD FOR FREE, which has kept evolving through the years, is a beautiful tribute to the ongoing battle of art vs commerce and fame; of the true joys of creating against the practical 'wisdom' of everyday life. Every song is a complete, beautifully etched portrait of a time or place that evokes images of the California of the sixties that one can only understand through personal experience. I, for one, am glad someone as brilliant and compassionate as Ms Mitchell was there to immortalize it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars duh
of course it is good and it takes me this many words to say that I like it for some reason.
Published 16 days ago by David E. Dominick
5.0 out of 5 stars Five stars, with one reservation
This is iconic early Joni Mitchell -- her third album, from 1970 -- and it's well worth having, but I must enter one reservation: the singing could be better. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Stanley Crowe
5.0 out of 5 stars Kudos to Joni
What a great album that has stood the test of time; in fact, is one of the best ones she has ever released.
Published 2 months ago by Jim Grant
5.0 out of 5 stars New and another favorite of mine
I ordered two by mistake, so someone will get thie Joni Mitchell cd for Christmas. For once, a good mistake (my fault). All arrived quickly and in brand new packaging. I am happy.
Published 5 months ago by Patricia L Lotus
5.0 out of 5 stars One of Joni Mitchell's finest albums.
I love this album. This is Joni Mitchell at her best, folk music defined. My favorite is "For Free" about the unknown street person who plays the clarinet sweetly and... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Carol Daniell
5.0 out of 5 stars early Joni Mitchell
Great music written, played and sung by the legendary Joni Mitchell,when she sang in soprano. Anyone familiar with her work should add this one to their collection.
Published 7 months ago by LLA South
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply splendid
I had forgotten how good and satisfying Ms Mitchell's music could sound. So many memories. Another treasure reclaimed. Read more
Published 8 months ago by James Howard, Jr.
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This collection of songs is one of my favorites by Joni Mitchell. I had all of her albums and am now starting to replace those well worn discs with CDs. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Judith K. Tomlinson
5.0 out of 5 stars Another Time & Place
This does capture for many of us the vibe/life that existed in the late 60's and early 70's of living in shared houses, smoking dope and the whole hippy dream of endless optimism... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Bach
5.0 out of 5 stars But you can't dance to it...
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