MITCHEL JONI – HISSING OF SUMMER LAWNS bottle green clear vinyl LP

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This album, released in 1975, clearly showed that Joni Mitchell was looking for new musical horizons and sounds. “Sandwiched” between their biggest commercial success “Court and Spark” and the masterpiece “Hejira”, “The Hissing Of Summer Lawns” was a little lost then and now. Wrongfully so, as the album contains some of their best songs ever. The very pleasing (and sometimes criticized as too smooth and American) production is strongly reminiscent of “Court and Spark”. With electric guitars, electric pianos and background vocals behind them, the result is a very compact and almost pop-like sound, which stands in an exciting contrast to the usual complex song structures and differentiated lyrics. The opener introduces the album in a straightforward, relaxed way. “Edith And The Kingpin” is a classic Mitchell in a soft easy-listening sound with beautiful brass and choir parts. “Dont Interrupt The Sorrow” focuses on the exquisite guitar playing and anticipates the mood of “Hejira” with its brittle melody and vibrant instrumentation. “Shades Of Scarlet Conquering” is certainly one of the most beautiful J. Mitchell songs ever. Smooth and exquisitely backed by strings, the text shines intensely into the inner life of a woman. The title song is unusually groovy and elegant, but with lyrics that get under your skin. “Boho Dance”, complex in its structure and bitingly open in its lyrics, is dressed in a beautiful brass riff. “Harry’s House” treats itself to a charming excursion into the jazz standard “Centerpiece”. In the context of the entire work, this album represents a break in that it finally says goodbye to the hippie-esque and sometimes excited and crazy mood of the earlier albums. The tone is calmer, more transfigured, more relaxed and more adult. This is also reflected in the singer’s deeper timbre