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Court And Spark

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PLAY QUEUE 1 Court And Spark		save
PLAY QUEUE 2 Help Me		save
PLAY QUEUE 3 Free Man In Paris		save
PLAY QUEUE 4 People's Parties		save
PLAY QUEUE 5 The Same Situation		save
PLAY QUEUE 6 Car On A Hill		save
PLAY QUEUE 7 Down To You		save
PLAY QUEUE 8 Just Like This Train		save
PLAY 9 Raised On Robbery
PLAY QUEUE 10 Trouble Child		save
PLAY QUEUE 11 Twisted		save

MOG Editorial Review

By 1974, Joni Mitchell had mastered her own blend of folk-rock and pop; that set the stage for her to tinker even more with her one-of-a-kind style on Court & Spark, her most successful album. Some of her biggest hits are on here: “Help Me,” “A Free Man in Paris,” and “Raised on Robbery.” Mitchell’s lyrics are as evocative of scenes from everyday life as they are celebratory of its most sublime moments. Her characters are buoyed by a lightness of spirit. The whole record manages to sound like it’s soaking up all the best ideas of its epoch: jazz-fusion, smooth, R&B-friendly studio production, rich songwriting. The backing band even includes a small jazz orchestra and virtuoso fusion guitarist Larry Carlton, providing some deeply beautiful touches to Mitchell's songs. Listen for cameos by David Crosby and Graham Nash on “Free Man,” Robbie Robertson of The Band on “Raised,” (a fine celebration of what made ‘50s rock so exciting), and Cheech & Chong on the boppy “Twisted.” Court & Spark is one of those albums that makes every second of its thirty-seven minutes count.
AMG Review of Court and Spark

Jason Ankeny
All Music Guide

Joni Mitchell reached her commercial high point with Court and Spark, a remarkably deft fusion of folk, pop, and jazz which stands as her best-selling work to date. While as unified and insightful as Blue, the album -- a concept record exploring the roles of honesty and trust in relationships, romantic and otherwise -- moves away from confessional songwriting into evocative character studies: the hit "Free Man in Paris," written about David Geffen, is a not-so-subtle dig at the machinations of the music industry, while "Raised on Robbery" offers an acutely funny look at the predatory environment of the singles bar scene. Much of Court and Spark is devoted to wary love songs: both the title cut and "Help Me," the record's most successful single, carefully measure the risks of romance, while "People's Parties" and "The Same Situation" are fraught with worry and self-doubt (standing in direct opposition to the music, which is smart, smooth, and assured from the first note to the last).