Miles of Aisles

Miles of Aisles
Live album by
Joni Mitchell
ReleasedNovember 1974
RecordedMarch 2 and 4; August 14–17, 1974
VenueThe Universal Amphitheatre, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, and Berkeley Community Center
GenreJazz, rock, pop
Length78:01
LabelAsylum
ProducerJoni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell chronology
Court and Spark
(1974) 		Miles of Aisles
(1974) 		The Hissing of Summer Lawns
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB−[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MusicHound[4]
Rolling Stone(not rated)[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]
Uncut8/10[7]

Miles of Aisles is the first live album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in 1974 on Asylum Records. It is a double album documenting her concerts in support of the Court and Spark album with her backing band for the tour, the L.A. Express. It reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and became one of her biggest-selling records, certified a gold record by the RIAA.[8]

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William (2011). "Miles of Aisles – Joni Mitchell | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). "Mitchell, Joni". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ^ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 769. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
  5. ^ Davis, Stephen (2011). "Joni Mitchell: Miles Of Aisles : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 24, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2011.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). "Joni Mitchell". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. London: Fireside. pp. 547–548. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved September 8, 2009. Portions posted at "Joni Mitchell > Album Guide". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  7. ^ "Buyer's Guide: The Asylum Years, 1972–1975". Uncut. No. 305. October 2022. p. 93.
  8. ^ RIAA database retrieved 13 August 2014