- rock, folk pop, pop, pop rock
- 37 min
- 11 tracks
- Asylum Records
Court and Spark is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Released by Asylum Records in January 1974, it infuses the folk rock style of her previous albums with jazz elements.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- MusicHound5/5
- Pitchfork Media10/10
- Q5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide5/5 ★
- Slant Magazine5/5 ★
- Martin C. Strong9/10
- Uncut9/10
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Tracks
- 1Court and Spark2:46
- 2Help Me3:22
- 3Free Man in Paris3:03
- 4People's Parties2:15
- 5Same Situation2:57
- 6Car on a Hill3:02
- 7Down to You5:39
- 8Just Like This Train4:24
- 9Raised on Robbery3:07
- 10Trouble Child3:36
- 11Twisted2:45
11 tracks, 37 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Joni Mitchell
- Label
- Asylum Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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