For the Roses

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For the Roses
Studio album by Joni Mitchell
Released	1972
Recorded	?
Genre	Folk jazz, Folk-rock, Singer-songwriter
Length	40:20
Label	Asylum
Producer(s)	?
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not rated) link Robert Christgau (A) link
Joni Mitchell chronology
Blue (1971)	For The Roses (1972)	Court and Spark (1974)

For the Roses is the 1972 album by Joni Mitchell. Slotted between her two biggest commercial and critical successes — Blue and Court and Spark — it tends to be underrated for the record that it is.

It is perhaps best known for the hit single "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio", which Mitchell wrote sarcastically out of a record company request for a radio-friendly song. The single was indeed a hit, reaching #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, becoming Mitchell's first top 40 hit released under her own name (as a songwriter, several other performers had hits with songs that she had written).

"Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" — a menacing and jazzy portrait of a heroin addict — and the Beethoven-inspired "Judgement of the Moon and Stars" are fan favourites.

The song "For the Roses" was Mitchell's farewell to the business. She took an extended break for a year and gathered nerves together to come back. [1]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Banquet" – 3:01
2. "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" – 4:17
3. "Barangrill" – 2:52
4. "Lesson in Survival" – 3:11
5. "Let the Wind Carry Me" – 3:56
6. "For the Roses" – 3:48
7. "See You Sometime" – 2:56
8. "Electricity" – 3:01
9. "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio" – 2:39
10. "Blonde in the Bleachers" – 2:42
11. "Woman of Heart and Mind" – 2:38
12. "Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune)" – 5:19