Both Sides Now
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| Both Sides Now | ||
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| Studio album by Joni Mitchell | ||
| Released | 2000 | |
| Recorded | 2000 | |
| Genre | Jazz | |
| Length | 51:29 | |
| Label | Reprise Records | |
| Producer(s) | Larry Klein | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Joni Mitchell chronology | ||
| Taming the Tiger (1998) |
Both Sides Now (2000) |
Travelogue (2002) |
Both Sides Now is an album by Joni Mitchell, released in 2000. On it, she primarily sings classic jazz songs accompanied by orchestra. Also included, however, are jazz renditions of her songs "Both Sides Now" and "A Case of You". In 1968, an album by the same title was released by Judy Collins, and Collins' rendition of the song on that album reached #8 that year.
Mitchell's own rendition of the song "Both Sides, Now" first appeared on the album Clouds, released in 1969. It is one of Joni Mitchell's best known songs (with "Big Yellow Taxi", "Woodstock" and "A Case of You"). It was written in March 1967, inspired by a passage in Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow.
The Mitchell album was recorded in London, and arranged by Vince Mendoza.
[edit] Track listing
- "You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney) – 3:52
- "At Last" (Mack Gordon, Harry Warren) – 4:28
- "Comes Love" (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias) – 4:29
- "You've Changed" (Bill Carey, Carl Fischer) – 5:00
- "Answer Me, My Love" (Fred Rauch, Carl Sigman, Gerhard Winkler) – 3:23
- "A Case of You" (Joni Mitchell) – 5:52
- "Don't Go to Strangers" (Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, Dave Mann) – 4:10
- "Sometimes I'm Happy" (Irving Caesar, Clifford Grey, Vincent Youmans) – 3:58
- "Don't Worry 'Bout Me" (Rube Bloom, Ted Koehler) – 3:49
- "Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler) – 3:07
- "I Wish I Were in Love Again" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) – 3:36
- "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) – 5:45
[edit] Personnel
Recorded 2000 at Air Studios, Hampstead, London:
- Joni Mitchell - Vocals
- John Anderson - Oboe
- Susan Bohling
- Julie Andrews - Bassoon
- Gavin McNaughton
- Richard Skinne
- Nick Bucknall - Clarinet
- Iain Dixon
- Anthony Pike
- Stan Sulzmann - Clarinet, Flute
- Philip Todd Clarinet, Flute, Flute (Alto)
- Jamie Talbot Clarinet, Flute, Flute (Alto), Sax (Alto)
- Andrew Findon - Flute
- Helen Keen
- Dave Arch - Piano
- Vaughan Armon - Violin
- Dermot Crehan
- Simon Fischer
- Ben Cruft
- Antonia Fuchs
- Roger Garland
- Wilfred Gibson
- Rebecca Hirsch
- Rita Manning
- Perry Mason
- Jim McLeod
- Michael McMenemy
- Julian Leaper
- Dave Woodcock
- Cathy Thompson
- Chris Tombling
- Jackie Shave
- Katherine Shave
- Jonathan Strange
- Maciej Rakowski
- Godfrey Salmon
- Everton Nelson
- Patrick Kiernan
- Perry Montague-Mason
- Peter Oxer
- Gavyn Wright
- Warren Zielinski
- Kate Wilkinson - Viola
- Ivo Jan Vanderwerff
- Bruce White
- Bill Benham
- Rachel Bolt
- Donald McVay
- Catherine Bradshaw
- Peter Lale
- Dave Daniels - Cello
- Paul Kegg
- Tony Lewis
- Helen Liebmann
- Martin Loveday
- Anthony Pleeth
- Frank Schaefer
- Philip Eastop - Horn (instrument)
- John Pigneguy
- Richard Watkins
- Mike Thompson
- Hugh Seenan
- Paul Gardham
- Nigel Black
- John Barclay - Trumpet
- Gerard Presencer
- Andrew Crowley
- Mark Isham
- Steve Sidwell
- Derek Watkins
- Pete Beachill - Trombone
- Peter Davies
- J. Neil Sidwell
- Richard Edwards
- Wayne Shorter - Sax (Soprano), Sax (Tenor)
- Owen Slade - Tuba
- Dave Stewart - Trombone (Bass), Trombone (Baritone)
- Richard Henry - Bass Trombone
- Peter Erskine - Drums
- Chris Laurence- Double Bass
- Chuck Berghofer
- Mike Brittain
- Mary Scully
- Frank Ricotti - Percussion
- Herbie Hancock - Piano
- Skaila Kanga - Harp
[edit] Miscellanea
The album serves as a plot element for one of the substories in the film Love Actually. The title track is also included in the soundtrack.
