Wild Things Run Fast | ||||
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Released | October 1982 | |||
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Genre | Pop rock, folk | |||
Length | 36:44 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Producer | Joni Mitchell | |||
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Singles from Wild Things Run Fast | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | B [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
Wild Things Run Fast is the 11th studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Her first of four releases for Geffen Records, it was released in 1982 and represents her move to a more 1980s pop sound. This was her first album to work with bassist Larry Klein, whom she married in 1982. Klein would play bass on and co-produce her next four albums.
Mitchell claimed that her inspiration for the album came from hearing the music of popular bands such as Steely Dan, Talking Heads and The Police at a discothèque during a trip to the Caribbean in 1981. She said that hearing The Police, especially, affected her sound, saying, "their rhythmic hybrids, and the positioning of the drums, and the sound of the drums, was one of the main calls out to me to make a more rhythmic album". [5]
The resulting world tour took Mitchell through the U.S., Europe, Asia and Australia. A video of the tour was released in 1983, entitled Refuge of the Roads. The recorded performances were not performed in front of a live audience, but rather recorded live in a studio once the tour had been completed, with applause dubbed-in during post-production. There was also some Super 8 footage taken by Mitchell on the road. It has since been released on DVD.
All tracks are written by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Chinese Café / Unchained Melody" | Mitchell / Alex North, Hy Zaret | 5:17 |
2. | "Wild Things Run Fast" | 2:12 | |
3. | "Ladies' Man" | 2:37 | |
4. | "Moon at the Window" | 3:42 | |
5. | "Solid Love" | 2:57 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Be Cool" | 4:12 | |
2. | "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 2:36 |
3. | "You Dream Flat Tires" | 2:50 | |
4. | "Man to Man" | 3:42 | |
5. | "Underneath the Streetlight" | 2:14 | |
6. | "Love" | 3:46 |
Track numbering refers to CD and digital releases of the album.
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [6] | 51 |
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [7] | 33 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] | 10 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [9] | 14 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] | 50 |
UK Albums (OCC) [11] | 32 |
US Billboard 200 [12] | 25 |
US Cash Box Top 100 Albums [13] | 28 |
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