Don Juan's Reckless Daughter

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
Original cover used for all physical releases and streaming services on or before April 29, 2024.
Studio album by
Joni Mitchell
ReleasedDecember 13, 1977
Recorded1977
Studio
Genre
Length59:38
LabelAsylum
Producer
  • Joni Mitchell
  • Henry Lewy
  • Steve Katz
Joni Mitchell chronology
Hejira
(1976) 		Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
(1977) 		Mingus
(1979)
Alternative cover
Alternative cover used for all physical releases and streaming services after April 29, 2024.
Alternative cover used for all physical releases and streaming services after April 29, 2024.
Singles from Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
  1. "The Tenth World"
    Released: 1977 (France)
  2. "Jericho"
    Released: February 1978
  3. "Off Night Backstreet"
    Released: 3 March 1978 (UK)

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is a 1977 double album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Her ninth album, it is unusual for its experimental style, expanding even further on the jazz-influenced sound of Mitchell's previous recordings. Mitchell has stated that, close to completing her contract with Asylum Records, she allowed this album to be looser than anything she had done previously.[7]

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter was released in December 1977 to mixed reviews. It reached No. 25 on the Billboard charts and attained gold record status within three months.

The album is also notable for Mitchell's controversial use of blackface on the cover.

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  2. ^ Himes, Geoffrey (April 25, 2019). "Herbie Hancock and Joni Mitchell: Music & Lyrics". Jazz Times. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  3. ^ "Joni Mitchell: The Studio Albums 1968–1979 | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. November 9, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
  4. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2006). "Joni Mitchell". The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. p. 712. ISBN 1-84195-860-3.
  5. ^ Hoskyns, Barney (2002). "Back Catalog: Joni Mitchell". Blender. Retrieved August 27, 2023. A double album of oblique, angular jazz-rock, with Joni's cool nuances a underpinned by jungly percussion and Jaco Pastorius's alternately growly/plangent bass lines
  6. ^ Zimmer, Dave (December 3, 1982). "Joni Mitchell: Wild Things Run Fast". BAM. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
  7. ^ Joni Mitchell Biography from jonimitchell.com Archived August 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved August 22, 2008