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Clouds
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Clouds is Joni Mitchell's second album and was released on 1 May 1969 on Reprise Records. Her debut Song to a Seagull had already made her better known, partly because other singers recorded her songs. For Clouds she went to A&M Studios in Hollywood. She produced almost everything herself and also painted the cover, a self-portrait. Stephen Stills plays guitar on it.
The sound consists mainly of her voice and acoustic accompaniment, with subtle, unusual harmonies, especially in Songs to Aging Children Come. Chelsea Morning and Both Sides, Now had already been recorded by others. She wrote Both Sides, Now after reading a novel by Saul Bellow in which someone looks at clouds from an aeroplane. The record received mostly good reviews and won a Grammy for Best Folk Performance. AllMusic found her voice more confident than on the debut.
Listening
Track list
- 1Tin Angel4:09Apple Music ↗
- 2Chelsea Morning2:32Apple Music ↗
- 3I Don't Know Where I Stand3:13Apple Music ↗
- 4That Song About the Midway4:38Apple Music ↗
- 5Roses Blue3:52Apple Music ↗
- 6The Gallery4:12Apple Music ↗
- 7I Think I Understand4:28Apple Music ↗
- 8Songs to Aging Children Come3:10Apple Music ↗
- 9The Fiddle and the Drum2:50Apple Music ↗
- 10Both Sides, Now4:34Apple Music ↗
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