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Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell's January 1974 full-length release. Her most commercially successful album, Court and Spark reached #2 on the Billboard 200 charts, and infused her folk-rock style with jazz inflections. Three singles were generated from the album: "Help Me" (her biggest commercial hit, reaching #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, "Free Man in Paris" (about David Geffen, with whom she shared a house around the time of the album [1]), and "Raised on Robbery". It was voted as the best album of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. In 2003, the album was ranked number 111 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
[edit] Track listing
- "Court and Spark" – 2:46
- "Help Me" – 3:22
- "Free Man in Paris" – 3:02
- "People's Parties" – 2:15
- "Same Situation" – 2:57
- "Car on a Hill" – 3:02
- "Down to You" – 5:38
- "Just Like this Train" – 4:24
- "Raised on Robbery" – 3:06
- "Trouble Child" – 4:00
- "Twisted" – 2:21
[edit] Personnel
- Joni Mitchell - Vocals, including background; acoustic guitar; piano; clavinet on "Down to You"
- John Guerin - Drums and percussion
- Wilton Felder - Bass
- Max Bennett - Bass on "Trouble Child"
- Jim Hughart - Bass on "People's Parties" and "Free Man in Paris"
- Milt Holland - Chimes on "Court and Spark"
- Tom Scott - Woodwinds and reeds
- Chuck Findley - Trumpet on "Twisted" and "Trouble Child"
- Joe Sample - Electric piano, clavinet on "Raised on Robbery".
- David Crosby - Background vocals on "Free Man in Paris" and "Down to You"
- Graham Nash - Background vocals on "Free Man in Paris"
- Susan Webb - Background vocals on "Down to You"
- Larry Carlton - Electric guitar
- Wayne Perkins - Electric guitar on "Car on a Hill"
- Dennis Budimir - Electric guitar on "Trouble Child"
- Robbie Robertson - Electric guitar on "Raised on Robbery"
- Jose Feliciano - Electric guitar on "Free Man in Paris"
- Cheech Marin - Background voice on "Twisted"
- Tommy Chong - Background voice on "Twisted"
[edit] Production
- Joni Mitchell - Cover Painting
- Producer - Joni Mitchell
- Engineer - Henry Lewy
