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Track Listing
1. Urge For Going
2. Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)
3. Cherokee Louise - (Orchestral Version)
4. Ray's Dad's Cadillac
5. Let the Wind Carry Me
6. Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
7. Raised on Robbery
8. Paprika Plains - (remix)
9. Song For Sharon
10. River
11. Chinese Cafe / Unchained Cafe
12. Harlem in Havana
13. Come in From the Cold - (Edit)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | Alex Acuna, Billy Preston, Brenda Russell, Brian Blade, Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius, Kenny Wheeler, Paulinho Da Costa, Steve Lukather, Tom Scott, Wayne Shorter | | Producer: | Joni Mitchell (Compilation), Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel: Joni Mitchell (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, keyboards); Larry Klein (guitar, keyboards, bass instrument, bass guitar, percussion); Steve Lukather (electric guitar); Tom Scott (woodwinds, horns); Wayne Shorter (soprano saxophone); Kenny Wheeler (trumpet, flugelhorn); Herbie Hancock (piano); Billy Preston (Hammond b-3 organ); Jaco Pastorius (bass instrument); John Guerin, Manu Katche (drums, percussion); Brian Blade, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Don Alias (shaker); Paulinho Da Costa (percussion); Alex Acuna (bells); Lisa Coleman, Wendy Melvoin, Brenda Russell (background vocals).
Recording information: 1967 - 2002.
SONGS OF A PRAIRIE GIRL could not even remotely be described as a "hits" collection, nor is it a career summary, or even an examination of a particular period in Joni Mitchell's discography. Rather, it's an esoterically compiled anthology whose ostensible theme is a wintry feel evocative of Mitchell's Canadian homeland. Ultimately, the effect is simply one of putting some of Mitchell's most interesting songs in one place regardless of era, style, or relative popularity. How else to describe a disc that encompasses the murky noir of the late-1990s track "Harlem in Havana;" the quirky, fusion-tinged '70s tune "Don Juan's Restless Daughter;" and the poignant, folkie song poetry of "Urge for Going," a '60s single never before included on an album? There are a couple of more well known songs here ("Raised on Robbery," "River"), but they're surrounded by just as many fascinating obscurities. Assembled by Mitchell herself, this collection is an intriguing snapshot into the complex world of a mercurial talent.
Industry Reviews
4 stars out of 5 - [A]n esoteric yet oddly enthralling route into her oeuvre...
4 stars out of 5 - [With] a previously unreleased, cinematic update of 'Paprika Plains'.
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