Travelogue is a double album and the eighteenth studio album released on November 19, 2002 by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell featuring orchestral re-recordings of songs throughout her career. It is the follow-up to 2000's Both Sides Now which had a similar format. Upon release Mitchell announced that it would be her last album, but later recorded one further studio album, Shine.
Vince Mendoza composed the orchestral arrangements. He won a 2004 Grammy award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for his arrangement of "Woodstock". The album was not commercially successful and failed to chart, and also received mixed reviews from critics. As of 2007, the two-disc set had sold 72,000 copies in the US.[7]
Reception
JazzTimes reviewer Christopher Louden wrote, "Tough as it is to rationalize, Joni Mitchell’s pack-a-day habit seems only to have enriched that exquisite voice of hers . . . Mitchell’s nicotine-stained throatiness shapes a vaguely melancholy sagacity that is stunningly beautiful".[8]
Thom Jurek gave the album 4.5 stars for AllMusic and called it "a textured and poetic reminiscence, not a reappraisal, of her work ".[9]
DownBeat gave the release 3.5 stars.[6] The review said the album "is like eating high-grade, unsweetened dark chocolate. It's a rich, deep and powerful experience that demands an acquired taste . . . The lady's voice has changed (deepened mostly) but is still a compelling instrument and her deliberate vocal approach yields many fine rewards. Still, this collection is often weighed down by the seriousness of the project and feels mannered when it should be free".[6]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Joni Mitchell; except where indicated
Chris Laurence, David Ayre, Leon Bosch, Mary Scully, Patrick Lannigan, Simon Benson – bass
Dave Stewart – bass trombone
Gavin McNaughton, Julie Andrews, Robin O'Neill – bassoon
Anthony Pleeth, David Bucknall, David Daniels, Frank Schaefer, Helen Liebmann, Jonathan Tunnell, Martin Loveday, Paul Kegg, Robin Firman, Stephen Orton, Tony Lewis – cello
Andrew Busher, David Porter-Thomas, Donald Greig, Gerard O'Beirne, Graham Godfrey, Jeremy Birchall, Jeremy Rose, John Bowley, John Kingsley-Smith, Jonathan Arnold, Jonathan Rathbone, Lindsay Benson, Matthew Brook, Metro Voices, Michael Dore, Michael Pearn, Robert Evans, Robert Johnston, Robert Kearley, Simon Grant, Stephen Charlesworth – choir
Jenny O'Grady – choir conductor
David Fuest, Heather Nicholl, Nicholas Bucknall – clarinet
Richard Skinner – contrabassoon
Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor
Sue Bohling – cornet
Andrew Findon, Anna Noakes, Helen Keen – flute
Helen Tunstall, Hugh Webb, Skaila Kanga – harp
David Pyatt, John Pigneguy, Michael Thompson, Philip Eastop, Richard Berry, Richard Bissill, Richard Watkins, Simon Rayner – horn
Jacob Heringman – lute
Chris Cowie, John Anderson, Sue Bohling – oboe
Chris Baron, Frank Ricotti, Glyn Matthews, Steve Henderson, William Lockhart – percussion
Mike Hext, Pete Beachill, Peter Davies, Richard Edwards, Roger Harvey – trombone
Andy Crowley, Derek Watkins, John Barclay, Kenny Wheeler, Paul Archibald, Simon Gardner, Stuart Brooks – trumpet
Andy Crowley – c-trumpet
Owen Slade – tuba
Bob Smissem, Bruce White, Catherine Bradshaw, Donald McVay, Garfield Jackson, Gustav Clarkson, Justin Ward, Peter Lale, Philip Dukes, Rachel Bolt, Tim Grant, Zoe Lake – viola
Antonia Fuchs, Ben Cruft, Boguslaw Kostecki, Cathy Thompson, Chris Tombling, David Emanuel, David Woodcock, Dermot Crehan, Douglas Mackie, Elizabeth Edwards, Everton Nelson, Helen Hathorn, Jackie Shave, Jim McLeod, Jonathan Evans-Jones, Jonathan Rees, Jonathan Strange, Julian Leaper, Katherine Shave, Mark Berrow, Michael McMenemy, Patrick Kiernan, Paul Willey, Perry Montague-Mason, Peter Hanson, Rebecca Hirsch, Rita Manning, Simon Fischer, Warren Zielinski – violin
Technical
Geoff Foster, Helix Hadar – recording
Allen Sides – mixing
Cindi Peters, Dana Pilson – production coordination
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