For the Roses
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| For the Roses | ||
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| Studio album by Joni Mitchell | ||
| Released | 1972 | |
| Recorded | ? | |
| Genre | Folk jazz, Folk-rock, Singer-songwriter | |
| Length | 40:20 | |
| Label | Asylum | |
| Producer(s) | ? | |
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| Joni Mitchell chronology | ||
| Blue (1971) |
For The Roses (1972) |
Court and Spark (1974) |
For the Roses is the 1972 album by Joni Mitchell. Slotted between her two biggest commercial and critical successes — Blue and Court and Spark — it tends to be underrated for the record that it is.
It is perhaps best known for the hit single "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio", which Mitchell wrote sarcastically out of a record company request for a radio-friendly song. The single was indeed a hit, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, becoming Mitchell's first top 40 hit released under her own name (as a songwriter, several other performers had hits with songs that she had written).
"Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" — a menacing and jazzy portrait of a heroin addict — and the Beethoven-inspired "Judgement of the Moon and Stars" are fan favourites.
The song "For the Roses" was Mitchell's farewell to the business. She took an extended break for a year and gathered nerves together to come back. [1]
[edit] Track listing
- "Banquet" – 3:01
- "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" – 4:17
- "Barangrill" – 2:52
- "Lesson in Survival" – 3:11
- "Let the Wind Carry Me" – 3:56
- "For the Roses" – 3:48
- "See You Sometime" – 2:56
- "Electricity" – 3:01
- "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio" – 2:39
- "Blonde in the Bleachers" – 2:42
- "Woman of Heart and Mind" – 2:38
- "Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune)" – 5:19
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