Travelogue (Joni Mitchell album)

Travelogue is a 2002 double album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell featuring orchestral re-recordings of songs from throughout her career. It is her 18th studio album and 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.

For other uses, see Travelogue (disambiguation).

Travelogue
A painting of Mitchell leaning at an open window
Studio album by
Joni Mitchell
Released19 November 2002 (2002-11-19)
Recorded2002
Studio
Length127:08
LabelNonesuch
ProducerJoni Mitchell, Larry Klein
Joni Mitchell chronology
Both Sides Now
(2000)		 Travelogue
(2002)		 The Beginning of Survival
(2004)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
Robert Christgau(dud)[4]
Rolling Stone[5]

Vince Mendoza composed the orchestral arrangements. He won a 2004 Grammy award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) for his arrangement of "Woodstock". 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

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 | EW.com". ew.com. 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.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Phil Gallo (24 July 2007). "Mitchell perks up for Starbucks". Variety.
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