Shine (Joni Mitchell album)

Shine
Studio album by
Joni Mitchell
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007
Recorded2006–2007
StudioCastle Oaks (Calabasas, California)
Genre
Length46:57
Label
ProducerJoni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell chronology
Songs of a Prairie Girl
(2005) 		Shine
(2007) 		Amchitka
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
The Guardian[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Mojo[6]
Pitchfork8.0/10[7]
PopMatters8/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]

Shine is the 19th studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on September 25, 2007, by Hear Music. It is Mitchell's first album of new material since Taming the Tiger (1998).

In the US, the album sold 40,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 chart;[11] this was Mitchell's best peak position in America since Hejira (1976). Shine peaked at No. 36 on the UK chart, making it Mitchell's first Top 40 album there since Night Ride Home (1991). In its first week on sale, Shine sold around 60,000 copies worldwide.[12] As of February 2008, the album has sold 372,000 copies in the United States.[13]

  1. ^ Jurek, T. (2011). "Shine - Joni Mitchell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  3. ^ Collis, C. (2011). "Shine | Music Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  4. ^ Petridis, Alexis (2011). "CD: Joni Mitchell, Shine | Music | The Guardian". TheGuardian.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  5. ^ Powers, Ann (2011). "Mitchell, at home and in homage - Los Angeles Times". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  6. ^ "Joni Mitchell: Shine (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. 2011. Archived from the original on January 26, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  7. ^ Sodomsky, Sam (2020). "Joni Mitchell: Shine | Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  8. ^ Layman, Will (2011). "Joni Mitchell: Shine < PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  9. ^ "Joni Mitchell: Shine". Q. No. November 2007. p. 140.
  10. ^ Christgau, R. (2011). "Joni Mitchell: Shine : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2011.
  11. ^ Katie Hasty, "Rascal Flatts Races To No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, October 3, 2007.
  12. ^ Keith Caulfield, "Ask Billboard: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Chart-mas", Billboard.com, December 21, 2007.
  13. ^ "Perky Sellers" (PDF). Billboard. February 16, 2008. p. 28. Retrieved July 20, 2019.