Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced
Box set by
Joni Mitchell
ReleasedNovember 24, 2014[1][lower-alpha 1]
Genre
Length238:49
Label
Producer
CompilerJoni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell chronology
Amchitka
(2009)		 Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced
(2014)		 Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963–1967)
(2020)

Love Has Many Faces (subtitled A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced) is a box set by Canadian musician Joni Mitchell. It was released on November 24, 2014, through Rhino Entertainment. The box set compiles songs spanning Mitchell's fourth album, Blue to her most recent album, Shine (2007).

Background

Compiled over a period of 18 months, Love Has Many Faces collects romantically themed songs from Mitchell's back catalogue, organized into four "acts".[4] Included in its packaging is new paintings and poetry by Mitchell.[5]

While the set was originally planned as one disc, creating what Mitchell referred to as an "emotional roller coaster", it was eventually expanded to four discs, allowing certain themes to be emphasized and "moods [to be] sustained".[4] This single-disc compilation was intended to accompany a ballet to be performed in 2014 by the Alberta Ballet, until Mitchell made the decision to expand the project.[6]

The set notably does not include any material from Mitchell's first three albums—Song to a Seagull (1968), Clouds (1969), and Ladies of the Canyon (1970).[6] In an interview with Billboard, she attributed the exclusion of the latter two albums to a dislike of her vocal performances on them.[6]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Irish Times[7]
Paste9.5/10[8]
PopMatters7/10[9]

In a review for AllMusic, Mark Deming awarded the set four stars out of five.[2] While he felt that some fans may have been disappointed by its emphasis on less-popular and overlooked later material, he also opined that the lesser-known material "play[s] significantly better than they did on her uneven projects of the '80s and '90s", and also stated that the "lyrical strength and bold musical vision that inform [the set's] music are genuinely remarkable on nearly every tune."[2] Writing for Paste, Douglas Heselgrave gave the set a rating of 9.5 out of 10 and also commended it for featuring work from the latter part of Mitchell's career, highlighting "Chinese Café/Unchained Melody", "Love Puts on a New Face" and "Borderline" and praising them as being "as lyrically and musically interesting as anything she recorded during the first decade of her career".[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.

Act 1: Birth of Rock 'N' Roll Days
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."In France They Kiss on Main Street"The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)3:18
2."Ray's Dad's Cadillac"Night Ride Home (1991)4:33
3."You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio"For the Roses (1972)2:39
4."Harlem in Havana"Taming the Tiger (1998)4:25
5."Car on a Hill"Court and Spark (1974)2:58
6."Dancin' Clown"Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm (1988)3:51
7."River"Blue (1971)4:00
8."Chinese Café/Unchained Melody" (Mitchell/Alex North, Hy Zaret)Wild Things Run Fast (1982)5:17
9."Harry's House/Centerpiece" (Mitchell/John Hendricks, Harry Edison)The Hissing of Summer Lawns6:47
10."Shades of Scarlett Conquering"The Hissing of Summer Lawns4:58
11."Number One"Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm3:47
12."The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)"Night Ride Home5:14
13."Come in from the Cold"Night Ride Home3:39
Total length:55:26
Act 2: The Light is Hard to Find[lower-alpha 4]
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Court and Spark"Court and Spark2:46
2."Not to Blame"Turbulent Indigo (1994)4:16
3."Nothing Can Be Done" (Mitchell, Larry Klein)Night Ride Home4:52
4."Comes Love" (Lew Brown, Sam H. Stept, Charles Tobias)Both Sides Now (2000)4:28
5."Trouble Child"Court and Spark4:00
6."No Apologies"Taming the Tiger4:17
7."Moon at the Window"Wild Things Run Fast3:43
8."Blue"Blue3:03
9."Tax Free" (Mitchell, Klein)Dog Eat Dog (1985)4:15
10."The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey"Mingus (1979)6:33
11."Hana"Shine (2007)3:42
12."Hejira"Travelogue (2002)6:47
13."Stay in Touch"Taming the Tiger2:58
14."Night Ride Home"Night Ride Home3:26
Total length:59:06
Act 3: Love Has Many Faces
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."You're My Thrill" (Sidney Clare, Jay Gorney)Both Sides Now3:51
2."The Crazy Cries of Love" (Mitchell, Don Freed)Taming the Tiger3:53
3."Love Puts on a New Face"Taming the Tiger3:46
4."Borderline"Turbulent Indigo4:47
5."A Strange Boy"Hejira (1976)4:17
6."You Dream Flat Tires"Wild Things Run Fast3:45
7."Love"Travelogue5:38
8."All I Want"Blue3:33
9."Be Cool"Travelogue5:09
10."Yvette in English" (Mitchell, David Crosby)Turbulent Indigo5:16
11."Just Like This Train"Court and Spark4:23
12."Carey"Blue3:02
13."The Only Joy in Town"Night Ride Home5:09
Total length:56:29
Act 4: If You Need Me I'll Be at the Bar
No.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Don Juan's Reckless Daughter"Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977)6:38
2."Two Grey Rooms"Night Ride Home3:55
3."God Must Be a Boogie Man"Travelogue3:55
4."Down to You"Court and Spark5:36
5."A Case of You"Blue4:22
6."The Last Time I Saw Richard"Travelogue4:58
7."Raised on Robbery"Court and Spark3:05
8."Sweet Sucker Dance" (Mitchell, Charles Mingus)Mingus8:05
9."Lakota" (Mitchell, Klein)Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm6:26
10."Cool Water" (Bob Nolan, with revised lyrics by Mitchell)Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm5:25
11."Amelia"Travelogue6:46
12."Both Sides Now"Both Sides Now5:44
13."My Best to You" (Gene Willadsen, Isham Jones)Taming the Tiger2:53
Total length:67:48

Notes

  1. ↑ Some sources list the set's release date as November 17, 2014, while others list it as being a week later November 24. Mitchell's official website lists its release date as November 24.
  2. ↑ On "Tax Free"
  3. ↑ On tracks from Dog Eat Dog, Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm, Night Ride Home, Turbulent Indigo, Both Sides Now and Travelogue
  4. ↑ Late in the set's production, Mitchell chose to rearrange the track order of disc two, leading to a disrepancy between the order listed on the set's packaging and the actual order of songs on the album. The track listing here reflects what actually appears on the disc.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced". jonimitchell.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Deming, Mark. "Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Frank, Alex (18 December 2014). "Joni Mitchell on Love, Her New Box Set, and Music Today". Vogue. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  4. 1 2 Kreps, Daniel (15 October 2014). "Joni Mitchell Plots Career-Spanning 'Love Has Many Faces' Collection". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ↑ Sinclair, Paul (15 October 2014). "Joni Mitchell / Love Has Many Faces". Super Deluxe Edition. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 Hampp, Andrew (9 December 2014). "Joni Mitchell Talks New Boxed Set, Not Being Able To Perform: 'I Don't Miss Much of Anything'". Billboard. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Clayton-Lea, Tony (27 November 2014). "Joni Mitchell: Love Has Many Faces". The Irish Times. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  8. 1 2 Heselgrave, Douglas (30 December 2014). "Joni Mitchell: Love Has Many Faces". Paste. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ↑ Sawdey, Evan (16 December 2014). "Joni Mitchell: Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced". PopMatters. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Joni Mitchell (24 November 2014). Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced (liner notes). Rhino Entertainment.
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