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Court and Spark is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Released in January 1974, it infuses the folk rock style of her previous albums with jazz elements. It was an immediate commercial and critical success—and remains her most successful album.
Mar 5, 2024 · “Raised on Robbery” departs from the jazzier elements of Court and Spark as a swinging 1950s-style rock ‘n’ roll number driven by Robbie Robertson’s guitar playing. Car on the Hill
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Aug 23, 2014 · “Raised on Robbery” is a straight-forward, true rocker, which was released as the lead single ahead of the album in December 1973. This outright rock tune was emblematic of Mitchell’s new musical direction and features The Band’s Robbie Robertson on lead guitar.
Jan 20, 2024 · Initially, Court and Spark’s lead single was “Raised On Robbery,” a raucous tale of a hooker unsuccessfully trying to lure a john in a hotel bar. It featured the jazzy horns of Tom Scott’s L.A. Express and a guitar assist from Robbie Robertson.
Robbie Robertson appears courtesy of Capitol Records. The strings on the 'Same Situation' were arranged by Tom Scott; 'Down To You" arranged by Joni Mitchell and Tom Scott; 'Car On A Hill' arranged by Joni Mitchell
Jan 18, 2024 · Joni Mitchell Court and Spark, Asylum Records 1974. Not that there weren’t non-jazzers on the album: The Band’s Robbie Robertson unleashes a fiery guitar solo on the first single, “Raised on Robbery,” and David Crosby and Graham Nash contribute some harmony vocals.
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This emphasis on texture coalesces on Mitchell's magnificent sixth album, Court and Spark -- a series of inward-looking confessional odes whisked along on the breezy, forever untroubled buoyance of California pop.
