Travelogue (Joni Mitchell album)

Travelogue
Studio album by Joni Mitchell
Released	19 November 2002 (2002-11-19)
Recorded	2002
Studio	Ocean Way, Hollywood AIR Lyndhurst, London Record One, Los Angeles Market Street, Santa Monica
Length	127:08
Label	Nonesuch
Producer	Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein
Joni Mitchell chronology
Both Sides Now (2000) Travelogue (2002) The Beginning of Survival (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	A− [3]
Robert Christgau	[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

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. ^[6]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Joni Mitchell; except where indicated

Disc 1

1. "Otis and Marlena" – 3:54
2. "Amelia" – 6:48
3. "You Dream Flat Tires" – 3:48
4. "Love" (Lyrics based on 1 Corinthians 13) – 5:40
5. "Woodstock" – 5:56
6. "Slouching Toward Bethlehem" (Lyrics based on the poem "The Second Coming" by W. B. Yeats) – 7:11
7. "Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune)" – 5:22
8. "The Sire of Sorrow (Job's Sad Song)" – 7:09
9. "For the Roses" – 7:28
10. "Trouble Child" – 5:02
11. "God Must Be a Boogie Man" – 3:56

Disc 2

1. "Be Cool" – 5:09
2. "Just Like This Train" – 5:04
3. "Sex Kills" – 3:57
4. "Refuge of the Roads" – 7:56
5. "Hejira" – 6:47
6. "Chinese Café / Unchained Melody" (Mitchell / Alex North, Hy Zaret) – 5:41
7. "Cherokee Louise" – 6:00
8. "The Dawntreader" – 5:38
9. "The Last Time I Saw Richard" – 4:58
10. "Borderline" – 6:23
11. "The Circle Game" – 6:50

Personnel

• Joni Mitchell – vocals, art direction, photography, painting
• Larry Klein – bass, musical direction
• Herbie Hancock, John Lenehan – piano
• Billy Preston – Hammond B3 organ
• Chuck Berghofer – acoustic double bass
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Brian Blade – drums
• Wayne Shorter, Phil Todd – soprano saxophone
• Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone
• Kenny Wheeler – flugelhorn
• Gavyn Wright – orchestra leader
• Vince Mendoza – conductor, arrangement
• Kris Johnson – background vocals
• 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

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Travelogue

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [7]	28
UK Jazz & Blues Albums (OCC) [8]	6

References

1. Jurek, T. (2011). "Travelogue – Joni Mitchell | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
2. Larkin, Colin (2011). "Mitchell, Joni". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
3. Willman, Chris (2011). "Travelogue Review | Music Reviews and News". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 25 January 2008. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
4. Christgau, R. (2011). "Robert Christgau: Album: Joni Mitchell: Travelogue". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
5. Hunter, J. (2011). "Joni Mitchell: Travelogue : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone . Archived from the original on 24 January 2009. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
6. Phil Gallo (24 July 2007). "Mitchell perks up for Starbucks". Variety.
7. "Joni Mitchell: Travelogue" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
8. "Official Jazz & Blues Albums Chart Top 30". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 April 2024.