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Joni Mitchell - Misses (1996)

Track listing:
  1. Passion Play (When All The Slaves Are Free) 5:19
  2. Nothing Can Be Done 4:47
  3. A Case Of You 4:24
  4. The Beat Of Black Wings 5:20
  5. Dog Eat Dog 4:38
  6. The Wolf That Lives In Lindsey 6:31
  7. The Magdalene Laundries 4:00
  8. Impossible Dreamer 4:27
  9. Sex Kills 3:54
  10. The Reoccurring Dream 3:02
  11. Harry's House-Centerpiece 6:44
  12. The Arrangement 3:31
  13. For The Roses 3:43
  14. Hejira 6:38

Notes

The album is a long overdue anthology of one of Canada's most celebrated ex-pats, Joni Mitchell. She sanctioned the release only on the condition that she be allowed to compile companion album Misses. While the 15-strong Hits focuses on the her earlier folk-pop crossover successes, many made famous initially by others ("Both Sides Now," "Woodstock," "The Circle Game"), Misses is a personal cross section of her more challenging early material and more recent recordings — the riveting "The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey" from Mingus is especially enlightening. One should not pick up one disc without the other. With the flood of box sets released in recent years for far less deserving artists, it's odd that Reprise didn't go all out and make this a more elaborate tribute.