| Misses | ||||
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| Released | October 29, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1969–1994 | |||
| Genre | Folk, folk jazz, electronica | |||
| Length | 67:00 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein, Mike Shipley | |||
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| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
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, which features her bending down in front of the camera.[3] 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. There was also a plan to release a Misses 2, but the label rejected it when suggested by Mitchell.[4][5]
Cyndi Lauper nominated Misses as one of her all-time favourite albums, singling out "A Case of You".[6] The best known song on Misses, "A Case of You" has been covered by Tori Amos, k.d. lang and Prince, among others.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Mitchell, Joni". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ "Joni Mitchell albums: Misses". Joni Mitchell.com. Retrieved February 25, 2010.
- ^ "Joni Mitchell Library – Joni Mitchell offers Hits and Misses: Billboard, August 24, 1996". jonimitchell.com.
- ^ Vladimir Bogdanov; Chris Woodstra; Stephen Thomas Erlewine, eds. (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.
- ^ Mojo, March 1997