Released October 29, 1996 Artist Joni Mitchell Label Reprise Records | Recorded 1969—1994 Release date 29 October 1996 | |
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Misses
(1996) Taming the Tiger
(1998) Genres Jazz, Folk music, Folk jazz, Electronica Producers Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein, Mike Shipley Similar Joni Mitchell albums, Jazz albums | ||
Misses is a 1996 compilation album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. The selections, chosen by Mitchell herself, concentrate on her lesser known, more experimental work, including jazz influenced recordings from the late 1970s and electronic music from the 1980s. Mitchell also designed the album cover. The album is a companion to Hits, issued on the same day. Mitchell agreed to a request from her record company to release a greatest hits album on the condition that she also be allowed to release Misses.
Contents
Cyndi Lauper nominated Misses as one of her all-time favourite albums, singling out 'A Case of You'.
Track listing
All songs were written by Joni Mitchell, except where indicated.
- "Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free)" – 5:25
- From Night Ride Home, released in 1991.
- "Nothing Can Be Done" – 4:53
- From Night Ride Home. Music by Larry Klein.
- "A Case of You" – 4:20
- From Blue, 1971.
- The best known song on Misses, it has been covered by Tori Amos, k.d. lang and Prince among others.
- "The Beat of Black Wings" – 5:19
- From Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm, 1988.
- "Dog Eat Dog" – 4:41
- From Dog Eat Dog, 1985.
- Features background vocals from James Taylor.
- "The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey" – 6:35
- From Mingus, 1979.
- "The Magdalene Laundries" – 4:02
- From Turbulent Indigo, 1994.
- "The Impossible Dreamer" – 4:30
- From Dog Eat Dog.
- "Sex Kills" – 3:56
- From Turbulent Indigo.
- "The Reoccurring Dream" – 3:02
- From Chalk Mark in A Rain Storm. Co-written by Larry Klein.
- "Harry's House/Centerpiece" – 6:48
- From The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975.
- "Centerpiece" was originally written by Johnny Mandel and Jon Hendricks in 1958.
- "The Arrangement" – 3:32
- From Ladies of the Canyon, 1970.
- "For the Roses" – 3:48
- From For the Roses, 1972.
- "Hejira" – 6:42
- From Hejira, 1976.
Songs
1Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free)5:25
2Nothing Can Be Done4:52
3A Case of You4:23