Misses (album)

Misses
Compilation album by Joni Mitchell
Released	October 29, 1996
Recorded	1969—1994
Genre	Folk, folk jazz, electronica
Label	Reprise
Producer	Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein, Mike Shipley
Joni Mitchell chronology
Hits (1996) Misses (1996) Taming the Tiger (1998)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Misses is a 1996 compilation album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. The selections, chosen by Mitchell herself, concentrate on her lesser known, more experimental work, including jazz influenced recordings from the late 1970s and electronic music from the 1980s. Mitchell also designed the album cover.^[2] The album is a companion to Hits, issued on the same day. Mitchell agreed to a request from her record company to release a greatest hits album on the condition that she also be allowed to release Misses.^[3]

Cyndi Lauper nominated Misses as one of her all-time favourite albums, singling out 'A Case Of You'.^[4]

Track listing

All songs were written by Joni Mitchell, except where indicated.

1. "Passion Play (When All the Slaves Are Free)" – 5:25
   • From Night Ride Home, released in 1991.
2. "Nothing Can Be Done" – 4:53
   • From Night Ride Home. Music by Larry Klein.
3. "A Case of You" – 4:20
   • From Blue, 1971.
   • The best known song on Misses, it has been covered by Tori Amos, k.d. lang and Prince among others.
4. "The Beat of Black Wings" – 5:19
   • From Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm, 1988.
5. "Dog Eat Dog" – 4:41
   • From Dog Eat Dog, 1985.
   • Features background vocals from James Taylor.
6. "The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey" – 6:35
   • From Mingus, 1979.
7. "The Magdalene Laundries" – 4:02
   • From Turbulent Indigo, 1994.
8. "The Impossible Dreamer" – 4:30
   • From Dog Eat Dog.
9. "Sex Kills" – 3:56
   • From Turbulent Indigo.
10. "The Reoccurring Dream" – 3:02
    • From Chalk Mark in A Rain Storm. Co-written by Larry Klein.
11. "Harry's House/Centerpiece" – 6:48
    • From The Hissing of Summer Lawns, 1975.
    • "Centerpiece" was originally written by Johnny Mandel and Jon Hendricks in 1958.
12. "The Arrangement" – 3:32
    • From Ladies of the Canyon, 1970.
13. "For the Roses" – 3:48
    • From For the Roses, 1972.
14. "Hejira" – 6:42
    • From Hejira, 1976.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Joni Mitchell albums: Misses". Joni Mitchell.com. Retrieved 25 February 2010.
3. Vladimir Bogdanov, Chris Woodstra, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, ed. (2002). All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and soul (3rd rev. ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 746. ISBN 0-87930-653-X.
4. Mojo, March 1997