- pop, folk, folk rock, contemporary folk
- 40 min
- 12 tracks
- Asylum Records
For the Roses is the fifth studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It was released in November 1972, between her two biggest commercial and critical successes—Blue and Court and Spark. In 2007 it was one of 25 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry.
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Character
Character-led, spare, intimate and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideA
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music5/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography7/10
- Music Story5/5 ★
- MusicHound Rock4/5 ★
- Pitchfork9.1/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Uncut8/10
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Tracks
- A1Banquet3:01
- A2Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire4:17
- A3Barangrill2:52
- A4Lesson in Survival3:11
- A5Let the Wind Carry Me3:57
- A6For the Roses3:48
- B1See You Sometime2:57
- B2Electricity3:02
- B3You Turn Me On I’m a Radio2:39
- B4Blonde in the Bleachers2:42
- B5Woman of Heart and Mind2:39
- B6Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig’s Tune)5:20
12 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Joni Mitchell
- Label
- Asylum Records
- Released
- 1972-10
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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