Both Sides Now
A lush, orchestral concept album tracing the arc of a modern romance. Joni Mitchell's weathered, smoky alto redefines jazz standards and her own classics.
February 8, 2000 · Reprise Records
A lush, orchestral concept album tracing the arc of a modern romance. Joni Mitchell's weathered, smoky alto redefines jazz standards and her own classics.
February 8, 2000 · Reprise Records
Thick orchestral strings swell around a voice cured by decades of tobacco and road. These torch songs trace a love affair from its first flush to its quiet, bruised end. You hear every year of experience in the dry, low-register phrasing, turning familiar melodies into heavy, late-night truths.
How does Both Sides Now sound next to the rest of Joni Mitchell's catalogue?
The prominent, weeping lines of the violin soar through the arrangements, replacing her signature acoustic guitar with a cinematic, string-laden melancholy.
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