For The Roses (Remastered) Joni Mitchell

• 1 Banquet 03:04
• 2 Cold Blue Steel And Sweet Fire 04:17
• 3 Barangrill 02:53
• 4 Lesson In Survival 03:11
• 5 Let The Wind Carry Me 03:56
• 6 For The Roses 03:47
• 7 See You Sometime 03:00
• 8 Electricity 03:03
• 9 You Turn Me On I'm A Radio 02:39
• 10 Blonde In The Bleachers 02:42
• 11 Woman Of Heart And Mind 02:39
• 12 Judgement Of The Moon And Stars 05:25
• Total Runtime 40:36

Info for For The Roses (Remastered)

Sandwiched between the solitary, heart-on-her-sleeve confessions of Blue and the ravishing pop of Court and Spark, 1972's For the Roses captures Joni Mitchell in a deceptively subdued period of transition. Still hewing to a spare sound, Mitchell ventures beyond the elegant folk sources of earlier records to explore her love of blues and jazz-based harmony, writing as much on piano as guitar; thematically, the earnest reveries and heartbroken dirges of before give way to a more detached, even journalistic perspective and darker, grittier settings, most strikingly on "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire." "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" was the set's nominal hit, yet in hindsight the keepers here are found in evolutionary pieces like the jazz-tinged "Barangrill," the rock-infused "Blonde in the Bleachers," and in more sober meditations like "Woman of Heart and Mind"--testaments to her restless growth and signposts to the more mature music ahead. (Sam Sutherland)

"..her great charm and wit, her intense vocal acting and phrasing abilities..and the sheer power and gumption of her presence combine to bring it all off and make it shine...constructed like the cleverest of novels - stories within stories within stories." (Rolling Stone)

Joni Mitchell, vocals
James Burton, guitar (on track 2)
Stephen Stills, guitar (on track 10)
Wilton Felder, bass
Russ Kunkel, drums
Bobbye Hall, percussion
Graham Nash, harmonica
Bobby Notkoff, strings
Tommy Scott, woodwind

Recorded 1972 at A&M Studios, Hollywood, California Produced by Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell began as the archetype of the folkie female singer-songwriter, an heir to Joan Baez. But she quickly moved forward, incorporating influences from jazz and the blues. 'Joni Mitchell heard Billie Holiday sing 'Solitude' when she was about nine years old — and she hasn't been the same since,' says Herbie Hancock. Those lessons of emotional vulnerability are evident in her delicate soprano trill, as well as in the undisguised wear of the sultry voice of her later work, punctuated by her jazzy syncopation. 'Joni's got a strange sense of rhythm that's all her own,' Bob Dylan told Rolling Stone. Above all, Mitchell won't be boxed in. 'The way she phrases always serves the lyrics perfectly, and yet her phrasing can be different every time,' Hancock says. 'She's a fighter for freedom.' (Source: Rolling Stone Magazine)

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