No cheating! Only ONE song per album... Nobody ever said life is easy.

Mine:
Songs to a Seagull: "The Dawntreader"
Clouds: "Both Sides Now" (although "Songs to Aging Children Come" is one of my favorite Joni song titles)
Ladies of the Canyon: Wow... this one is tough. But gotta go with "Woodstock"
Blue: "Little Green"
For the Roses: Geez, this is torture... maybe "Electricity"
Court and Spark: "Free Man in Paris"
Miles of Aisles: "Woodstock"
Hissing of Summer Lawns: "Sweet Bird"
Hejira: "Song for Sharon"
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter: "Jericho"
Mingus: "God Must Be a Boogie Man"
Shadow & Light: Haven't heard this in awhile, but I believe the live version of "Banquet" was my fave
Wild Things Run Fast: "Chinese Cafe"
Dog Eat Dog: Not a favorite albim on mine, but "Ethiopia"
Chalk Mark in the Rainstorm: "My Secret Place"
Night Ride Home: "Two Grey Rooms"
Turbulent Indigo: "Yvette in English"
Taming the Tiger: "Harlem in Havana"
Both sides Now: "Both Sides Now"
Travelogue: Haven't heard it yet

I left out the Hits/Misses packages, but go ahead and include them, if you want.
[This message was edited Sat Mar 22 18:47:26 PST 2003 by Lammastide]

Songs to a Seagull: i had a king
Clouds: chelsea morning
Ladies of the Canyon: big yellow taxi
Blue: california
For the Roses: blonde in the bleechers
Court and Spark: help me
Miles of Aisles: you turn me on, i'm a radio
Hissing of Summer Lawns: hissing of summer lawns
Hejira: coyote
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter: jericho
Mingus: goodbye porkpie hat
Shadow & Light: in france, they kiss on main street
Wild Things Run Fast: chinese cafe/unchained melody
Dog Eat Dog: smokin
Chalk Mark in the Rainstorm: snakes and ladders
Night Ride Home: slouching towards bethlehem
Turbulent Indigo: yvette in english
Taming the Tiger: no apologies
Both Sides Now: stormy weather
Travelogue: slouching toward bethlehem

Clouds: "Both Sides Now"
Ladies of the Canyon: "Woodstock"
Blue: "Blue"
Court and Spark: "Car On A Hill"
Hissing of Summer Lawns: tie between "Harry's House/Centerpiece" & "Edith and the Kingpin"
Hejira: "Hejira"
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter: "Paprika Plains"
Mingus: "God Must Be a Boogie Man"

I don't have the rest of her catalog

Blue: Carey

Just getting into Joni and only have this album - what would you guys recommend as a next purchase?

Everybody kisses Joni's ass but ignores one of her biggest influences-LAURA NYRO!!!
I'm sick of this!

gypsyfire said:

Educate us, Gypsy. What has she done? What has her role been? And what work of hers would you recommend?

By the way... couldn't you have created a new thread for this?
[This message was edited Mon Mar 24 10:01:07 PST 2003 by Lammastide]

Come2getheras1 said:

My first recommendation would be to go in chronological succession as outlined in the thread so far. But if you MUST choose only a few albums here and there, I'd argue that her quintessential works are Songs to a Seagull, Ladies of the Canyon, Court and Spark and Hejira.

I like Joni a lot but only have a few of her albums.

Ladies In the Canyon - Big Yellow Taxi
Blue - River
Court & Spark - Raised on Robbery
Hejira - Coyote (my favorite song from her...its even better on The Last Waltz)
Chalkmark In a Rainstorm - Snakes & Ladders

I've heard a lot about Hissing of Summer Lawns (including from a certain artist WE ALL know) ...how is it? I have never heard a thing from it.

Also how is Miles of Aisles? These are the only other 2 albums I have been curious about from Joni.

Lammastide said:

I already created a thread for her weeks ago,and no one seemed to care.

It would be better to go somewhere like allmusicguide.com to get a education on her "role"..
By the way,I like Joni and I have heard Blue,the album everybody and their mama seems to love,but it just doesn't EXCITE me the way Laura's early albums do,it just irritates me that the people who go on and on about Joni never mention Laura.
She's just as important as a groundbreaking female singer/songwriter/musician as Joni is,but most people still don't know about her,only thing is she was not as prolific.
I have a feeling if more people would listen to those albums,they would probably feel the same way.

The albums: (* =the MUST HAVES)

The First Songs(originally titled More Than A New Discovery)-1966
Eli & The 13th Confession-1968 *
New York Tendaberry-1969 *
Christmas and The Beads of Sweat-(not really a Xmas album,despite the title)-1970 *
Gonna Take A Miracle-she and the group Labelle record an album of covers of r&b/doo-wop/motown classics that sometimes sound BETTER than the originals,produced by the great Gamble & Huff -1971 *

Smile-1976 *
Season Of Lights(her first live album,has musicians like Andy Newmark,Mike Maineri,John Tropea,Richard Davis backing her up)1977 *
Nested- 1978
Mother's Spiritual- 1984
Live at The Bottom Line- 1989(second live album,not as good as her first,but still) *
Walk The Dog and Light the Light- 1993
Angel In The Dark- 2001 * (released after her death)
The Looms Desire- 2002 (another live album but NOWHERE as good as the other 2 IMHO)


The first 2 live albums are out of print at the moment,but you might be able to find them at Ebay.

Songs to a Seagull: "I Had A King"
Clouds: "Chelsea Morning"
Ladies of the Canyon: "For Free"
Blue: "River"
For the Roses: "Woman Of Heart & Mind"
Court and Spark: "Trouble Child"
Miles of Aisles: "Rainy Night Show"
Hissing of Summer Lawns: "Harry's House/Centerpiece"
Hejira: "Blue Motel Room"
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter: "Off Night Backstreet"
Mingus: "The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines" (JACO!)
Shadows & Light: Jaco's solo/version of "Third Stone From The Sun" (on the DVD, not the CD... same concert)
Wild Things Run Fast: "Love"
Dog Eat Dog: "Tax Free"
Chalk Mark in the Rainstorm: "The Tea Leaf Prophecy"
Night Ride Home: "The Windfall"
Turbulent Indigo: "Turbulent Indigo"
Hits "Urge For Going"
Taming the Tiger: "Tiger Bones"
Both sides Now: "I Wish I Were In Love Again"
Travelogue: "Trouble Child"

gypsyfire said:

Cool. I can honestly say I'll try to look into this.