The Beginning of Survival

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Beginning of Survival
The Beginning of Survival cover
Compilation album by Joni Mitchell
Released July 27, 2004
Recorded 1985-1998
Genre Folk-rock
Label Geffen Records
Professional reviews
Joni Mitchell chronology
Travelogue
(2002)		 The Beginning of Survival
(2004)		 Dreamland
(2004)

The Beginning of Survival is the first in a series of compilation albums by Joni Mitchell, released in 2004 by Geffen. The songs on the album were taken from her albums Dog Eat Dog, Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm, Night Ride Home, Turbulent Indigo, and Taming the Tiger. As of December 2007, the album had sold 24,000 copies in the US.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Reoccurring Dream" - 3:03
  2. "The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)" - 5:09
  3. "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" - 6:49
  4. "Dog Eat Dog" - 4:27
  5. "Fiction" - 4:10
  6. "The Beat of Black Wings" - 5:22
  7. "No Apologies" - 4:17
  8. "Sex Kills" - 3:56
  9. "The Three Great Stimulants" - 6:06
  10. "Lakota" - 6:25
  11. "Ethiopia" - 5:38
  12. "Cool Water" - 5:25
  13. "Tax Free" - 4:17
  14. "The Magdelene Laundries" - 4:01
  15. "Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free)" - 5:19
  16. "Impossible Dreamer" - 4:30
Languages