Miles of Aisles
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Miles of Aisles
- Artist: Joni Mitchell & the L.A. Express
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- Release Date: 1974 11
- Total Time: 70:51
- Type: Live
- Genre: Rock
Review
Like most live albums, this two-record set was a profit-taking release on which the artist re-presented many of her old songs for a new acceptance now that she had a larger pop audience. Backed by the pop-jazz ensemble the L.A. Express Mitchell reprised the best from her first five albums, pointedly ignoring Court and Spark, and including two new cuts, "Love or Money" and "Jericho." ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi| Miles in the Sky [Sony Japan] (1968 Album by Miles Davis) | |
| Miles of Blue (Album by Urbaniak, Michal) |
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Miles of Aisles
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| Live album by Joni Mitchell | ||||
| Released | November 1974 | |||
| Recorded | March 2 and 4, 1974; August 14–17, 1974 The Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles Music Center and Berkeley Community Center |
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| Genre | Folk jazz, Folk-rock, Singer-songwriter | |||
| Length | 74:00 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Producer | Joni Mitchell | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | (not rated)[2] |
| Robert Christgau | B−[3] |
Miles of Aisles is a 1974 double live album by Joni Mitchell backed by the L.A. Express, recorded on the Court and Spark tour. It reached #2 on the charts and became one of her biggest-selling records.
Four years after "Big Yellow Taxi" stalled at #67 on the charts in its original studio version, the live version heard on Miles of Aisles was released as a single and reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, becoming Mitchell's fourth top 40 hit and continuing her commercial hot streak at the time.
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Contents
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Track listing
All tracks composed and arranged by Joni Mitchell
The running times are as listed on the CD, which left out a lot of the onstage banter. The Double-LP has a length of 78 min.
Side A:
- "You Turn Me on I'm a Radio" – 4:09
- "Big Yellow Taxi" – 3:09
- "Rainy Night House" – 4:04
- "Woodstock" – 4:29
Side B:
- "Cactus Tree" – 5:01
- "Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire" – 5:23
- "Woman of Heart and Mind" – 3:40
- "A Case of You" – 4:42
- "Blue" – 2:49
Side C:
- "The Circle Game" – 6:29
- "People's Parties" – 2:42
- "All I Want" – 3:21
- "Real Good for Free" – 4:27
- "Both Sides Now" – 4:14
Side D:
- "Carey" – 3:30
- "The Last Time I Saw Richard" – 3:35
- "Jericho" – 3:26
- "Love or Money" – 4:50
Personnel
- Joni Mitchell - vocals, guitar, dulcimer, piano
- Robben Ford - electric guitar
- Tom Scott - reeds, winds
- Larry Nash - piano
- Max Bennett - bass
- John Guerin - drums, percussion
Recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, California 14–17 August 1974, the L.A. Music Center, 4 March 1974 (track 5) and the Berkeley Community Center, 2 March 1974 (track 13).
References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011 [last update]). "Miles of Aisles - Joni Mitchell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13212. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Davis, Stephen (2011 [last update]). "Joni Mitchell: Miles Of Aisles : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". web.archive.org. http://web.archive.org/web/20090124143121/http://rollingstone.com/artists/jonimitchell/albums/album/321712/review/5944852/miles_of_aisles. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2011 [last update]). "Robert Christgau: CG: joni mitchell". robertchristgau.com. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=joni+mitchell. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
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