Court and Spark

Court and Spark
Studio album by
Joni Mitchell
ReleasedJanuary 17, 1974
Recorded1973
StudioA&M, Hollywood[1]
Genre
Length36:58
LabelAsylum
ProducerJoni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell chronology
For the Roses
(1972) 		Court and Spark
(1974) 		Miles of Aisles
(1974)
Singles from Court and Spark
  1. "Raised on Robbery"
    Released: December 1973
  2. "Help Me"
    Released: March 1974
  3. "Free Man in Paris"
    Released: July 1974

Court and Spark is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Released in January 1974, it infuses the folk rock style of her previous albums with jazz elements.

It was an immediate commercial and critical success—and remains her most successful album. 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.[7] 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.[8] In 2020, it was ranked at number 110 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[9]

In 2004, Court and Spark was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[10]

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  7. ^ "Gold & Platinum – August 07, 2010". RIAA. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
  8. ^ "The 1974 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". The Village Voice. January 20, 1975. Retrieved March 21, 2005.
  9. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  10. ^ "GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD". www.grammy.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.