Joni Mitchell - Don't Interrupt The Sorrow

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The Hissing of Summer Lawns is the seventh studio album by Joni Mitchell. It was released in November 1975 on Asylum Records. The album continues the jazz-influenced sound of Mitchell's previous album Court and Spark while featuring more unconventional and experimental material than its predecessor. Additionally, the album saw Mitchell experiment with sampling and synthesizers such as the Moog and ARP. Contributors to the album include jazz-rock groups the L.A. Express and the Jazz Crusaders alongside backing appearances by James Taylor, David Crosby, and Graham Nash.

Lyrically, many songs on the album focus on narratives revolving around women's experiences such as standing up to patriarchal norms ("Don't Interrupt the Sorrow") or frustrations with suburban life (the title track, "Harry's House"). As with many of Mitchell's albums, she created the cover art herself, in this case a painting depicting a group of men carrying a large snake superimposed over the Beverly Hills suburbs; Mitchell's own house can be seen shaded in light blue.

While it did not spawn a major hit single like its predecessor, The Hissing of Summer Lawns was commercially successful, reaching number 4 in the US and becoming her final top 10 album to date. "In France They Kiss on Main Street" was released as the only single and peaked at number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100, her final song to make the chart for the next four years. The album initially received harsh criticism, with reviewers finding the jazz stylings of the music to be a disservice to Mitchell's lyrics and comparing it negatively to Court and Spark.

The album has seen a retrospective appraisal and has gone on to become one of her most acclaimed works. The album appeared at number 258 in Rolling Stone's 2020 edition of its list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, and at number 217 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums in 2000.



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