Night Ride Home

by Joni Mitchell

Night Ride Home cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 March 1991
  • Label: Geffen
  • Country: Canada
  • Length: 51:35
  • Community rating: 3.23/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stripping back the heavily synthesized production of her 1980s work, the legendary songwriter returned to an intimate, acoustic-driven folk sound. The introspective compositions reflect themes of aging and romance, earning the album praise as a strong late-career return to form.

Genres

Descriptors: Ballad, acoustic, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Night Ride Home (3:22)
  2. Passion Play (When All The Slaves Are Free) (5:25)
  3. Cherokee Louise (4:31)
  4. The Windfall (Everything For Nothing) (5:14)
  5. Slouching Towards Bethlehem (6:54)
  6. Come In From The Cold (7:30)
  7. Nothing Can Be Done (4:52)
  8. The Only Joy In Town (5:11)
  9. Ray's Dad's Cadillac (4:33)
  10. Two Grey Rooms (3:58)

Credits

  • Bill Dillon - pedal steel guitar
  • Alex Acu帽a - percussion
  • Karen Peris - backing vocals
  • Vinnie Colaiuta - snare, drums
  • Wayne Shorter - soprano saxophone
  • William Butler Yeats - words by [based on a poem by]
  • David Baerwald - vocals
  • Brenda Russell - vocals

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