Turbulent Indigo

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Turbulent Indigo
Turbulent Indigo cover
Studio album by Joni Mitchell
Released October 25, 1994
Recorded 1993
Genre Adult Alternative, Folk jazz
Length 43:02
Label Asylum
Producer Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein
Professional reviews
Joni Mitchell chronology
Night Ride Home
(1991)		 Turbulent Indigo
(1994)		 Taming the Tiger
(1998)

Turbulent Indigo is an album by Joni Mitchell. It was released in 1994, and became one of her most critically acclaimed releases[citation needed], winning a Grammy Award for Pop Album of the Year.

The album takes inspiration from the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh for Mitchell's self-portrait on the cover, and it draws on a similar energy throughout. The song "Turbulent Indigo" specifically addresses the madness of Van Gogh, while the song "Magdalene Laundries" recounts the sufferings of Irish women once consigned to Magdalen Asylums run by the Roman Catholic Church and made to work in the asylum's laundries. The song "Not to Blame" was rumored to be about Mitchell's singer-songwriting colleague Jackson Browne and his then girlfriend, actress Daryl Hannah[citation needed]. The song "Sex Kills" referenced a number of late twentieth century topical issues, including violence, AIDS, global warming and consumerism.

As of December 2007, the album has sold 311,000 copies in the US.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks composed by Joni Mitchell; except where indicated

  1. "Sunny Sunday" – 2:21
  2. "Sex Kills" – 3:56
  3. "How Do You Stop" – 4:09 (Charlie Midnight, Dan Hartman)
  4. "Turbulent Indigo" – 3:34
  5. "Last Chance Lost" – 3:14
  6. "The Magdalene Laundries" – 4:02
  7. "Not to Blame" – 4:18
  8. "Borderline" – 4:48
  9. "Yvette in English" – 5:16 (David Crosby)
  10. "The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)" – 7:08


[edit] Personnel

Joni Mitchell - vocals, guitar, bass

  • Jim Keltner - Drums on "Sunny Sunday"
  • Larry Klein - Organ, Bass, Producer
  • Michael Landau - Electric Guitar on track 2, 3
  • Greg Leisz - Pedal Steel Guitar on track 7, 8
  • Seal - Vocals on "How Do You Stop"
  • Wayne Shorter - Soprano Saxophone on tracks: 1, 4, 7, 8
  • Carlos Vega - Drums on tracks: 3, 4, 7
  • Stewart Smith - Guitar on "How Do You Stop"
  • Bill Dillon - Synthesizer on "Yvette in English"
  • Charles Valentino - Backing vocals on "Yvette in English"
  • Kris Kello - Backing vocals on "Yvette in English"
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