Night Ride Home
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| Studio album by Joni Mitchell | |||||
| Released | February 19, 1991 | ||||
| Recorded | 1989-1990 | ||||
| Genre | Adult Alternative, Folk jazz | ||||
| Length | 51:32 | ||||
| Label | Geffen | ||||
| Producer | Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein | ||||
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Night Ride Home is an album by Joni Mitchell, released in 1991. It was the last of four albums she recorded for Geffen Records.
Songs on the album include "Cherokee Louise" about a childhood friend who suffered sexual abuse, "The Windfall (Everything For Nothing)" about a maid who tried to sue Mitchell, and the retrospective single release "Come in from the Cold" about childhood and middle age. The title song "Night Ride Home" (originally titled "Fourth of July" and first performed during promotion for her previous album in 1988) was inspired by a moonlit night in Hawaii. [1]
As of December 2007, the album has sold 238,000 copies in the US to date.
[edit] Track listing
All songs, words and music by Joni Mitchell; except where indicated
- "Night Ride Home" – 3:21
- "Passion Play (When All The Slaves Are Free)" – 5:25
- "Cherokee Louise" – 4:32
- "The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)" – 5:15
- "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" – 6:54 (based on a poem by W.B. Yeats)
- "Come in from the Cold" – 7:31
- "Nothing Can Be Done" – 4:53 (words by Joni Mitchell, music by Larry Klein)
- "The Only Joy in Town" – 5:11
- "Ray's Dad's Cadillac" – 4:33
- "Two Grey Rooms" – 3:57
[edit] Personnel
- Joni Mitchell: vocals, guitar, oboe, keyboards, percussion
- Jeremy Lubbock: conductor, arranger, brass arrangement
- Brenda Russell: background vocals
- David Baerwald: background vocals
- Michael Landau: guitar
- Bill Dillon: pedal steel guitar
- Wayne Shorter: soprano saxophone
- Larry Klein: bass, percussion
- Alex Acuna: percussion
- Vinnie Colaiuta: drums
- Karen Peris: background vocals
[edit] External links
- inspiration for "Two Grey Rooms" and nine other songs.
