Chuck Findley, Dennis Budimir, Joe Sample, John Guerin, Joni Mitchell, Larry Carlton, Tom Scott, Wilton Felder
Court And Spark is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It was an immediate commercial and critical success—and remains her most successful album. Released in January 1974, it has been described as pop, but also infuses Mitchell’s folk rock style, which she had developed through her previous five albums, with jazz inflections.
It reached No. 2 in the United States and No. 1 in Canada and eventually received a double platinum certification by the RIAA, the highest of Mitchell’s career. It also reached the Top 20 in the UK and was voted the best album of the year for 1974 in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll
Tracks
1 Court And Spark (Joni Mitchell) 2:46
2 Help Me (Joni Mitchell) 3:22
3 Free Man In Paris (Joni Mitchell) 3:03
4 People’s Parties (Joni Mitchell) 2:15
5 Same Situation (Joni Mitchell) 2:57
6 Car On A Hill (Joni Mitchell) 3:02
7 Down To You (Joni Mitchell) 5:38
8 Just Like This Train (Joni Mitchell) 4:24
9 Raised On Robbery (Joni Mitchell) 3:06
10 Trouble Child (Joni Mitchell) 4:00
11 Twisted (Annie Ross; Wardell Grey) 2:21
Musicians
Drums | John Guerin |
Piano | Joe Sample |
Piano | Joni Mitchell |
Woodwinds | Tom Scott |
Percussion | John Guerin |
Vocals | Joni Mitchell |
Other Musicians
1 Court And Spark
Bass | Max Bennett |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Chimes | Milt Holland |
2 Help Me
Bass | Max Bennett |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
3 Free Man In Paris
Bass | Wilton Felder |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Guitar | Jose Feliciano |
Background Vocals | David Crosby |
Background Vocals | Graham Nash |
4 People’s Parties
Bass | Wilton Felder |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
5 Same Situation
Bass | Max Bennett |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
6 Car On A Hill
Bass | Max Bennett |
Guitar | Wayne Perkins |
7 Down To You
Bass | Max Bennett |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
Clavinet | Joni Mitchell |
Background Vocals | David Crosby |
Background Vocals | Susan Webb |
8 Just Like This Train
Bass | Max Bennett |
Guitar | Larry Carlton |
9 Raised On Robbery
Bass | Max Bennett |
Guitar | Robbie Robertson |
10 Trouble Child
Bass | Jim Hughart |
Guitar | Dennis Budimir |
Trumpet | Chuck Findley |
11 Twisted
Liner Notes
Producer – Joni Mitchell
Arranged By (Strings) – Tom Scott (Tracks 5, 7)
Arranged By (Strings) – Joni Mitchell (Track 7)
Engineer – Henry Lewy
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Art Direction, Design – Anthony Hudson
Photography – Norman Seeff
Phonographic Copyright Asylum Records
Copyright Asylum Records