Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943, in Fort Macleod, Alberta), is a legendary Canadian musician and painter. Initially working in Toronto and western Canada, she was associated with the burgeoning folk music scene of the mid-1960s in New York City. Through the 1970s she expanded her horizons, predominantly to rock music and jazz, to become one of the most highly respected singer-songwriters of the late 20th century. Mitchell is also an accomplished artist; she has, through photography or painting, created the artwork for each of her albums, and she often describes herself as a "painter derailed by circumstance."

Discography

(with U.S. chart positions)

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Albums

• Song to a Seagull (also known as Joni Mitchell) (1968) #183
• Clouds (1969) #31
• Ladies of the Canyon (1970) #27
• Blue (1971) #15
• For the Roses (1972) #11
• Court and Spark (1974) #2
• Miles of Aisles (live) (1974) #2
• The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975) #5
• Hejira (1976) #13
• Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977) #25
• Mingus (1979) #17
• Shadows and Light (live) (1980) #38
• Wild Things Run Fast (1982) #25
• Dog Eat Dog (1985) #63
• Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm (1988) #45
• Night Ride Home (1991) #41
• Turbulent Indigo (1994) #47
• Taming the Tiger (1998) #75
• Both Sides Now (2000) #66
• Travelogue (2002)

Compilations

• The World of Joni Mitchell (1972) (Australia/NZ only)
• Hits (1996) #161
• Misses (1996)
• The Complete Geffen Recordings (4-CD box set of material 1982-91) (2003)
• The Beginning of Survival (2004)
• Dreamland (2004) #177
• Starbucks Artist's Choice (2004)
• Songs of a Prairie Girl (2005)(Remastered)

Singles

• "Night in the City" (1968)
• "Chelsea Morning" (1969)
• "Big Yellow Taxi" (1970) #67
• "Carey" (1971) #93
• "You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio" (1972) #25
• "Free Man in Paris" (1974) #22
• "Help Me" (1974) #7
• "Big Yellow Taxi (live)" (1975) #24
• "In France They Kiss On Main Street" (1975) #66
• "Coyote" (1976)
• "Off Night Backstreet" (1977)
• "The Dry Cleaner from Des Moines" (1979)
• "Why Do Fools Fall In Love" (1980)
• "Chinese Cafe/Unchained Melody" (1982)
• "(You're So Square) Baby, I Don't Care" (1982) #47
• "Good Friends" (1985) #85
• "My Secret Place" (1988)
• "Snakes and Ladders" (1988) #32
• "Come in from the Cold" (1991)
• "How Do You Stop" (1994)
• "Big Yellow Taxi" (remix) (1996) #39 (dance charts)