This 1998 disc from Joni Mitchell harks back to the days when she heard the hissing of summer lawns and the jazzier essays of her Hejira days.
The only difference between then and now is her use of a guitar synthesizer for her aural textures and melody templates.
Always employing the best of musicians to help her out, Mitchell takes off on a trip through "Harlem in Havana" and ending up with "Tiger Bones" to show for it.
Along the way, she puts forth "No Apologies" and rocks things up with "Lead Balloon" (which will remind one of "Big Yellow Taxi"), and contains one of her best opening one-liners ever.
With "Taming the Tiger" dedicated to her newfound daughter and grandson, "Stay in Touch" could be about them, or almost anyone Mitchell's been close to.
Either way, it's a great tune.
Taming the Tiger is her most pleasing and consistent disc since the mid-'70s; even after all these years, Joni Mitchell continues to expand her music while keeping her integrity intact.
This is definitely one of her best.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harlem in HavanaJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 24 MB |
| 2 | Man from MarsJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 04:09 | 9 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | Love Puts on a New FaceJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:46 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 4 | Lead BalloonJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:37 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 5 | No ApologiesJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 04:17 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | Taming the TigerJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 22 MB |
| 7 | The Crazy Cries of LoveDon Freed, Joni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 8 | Stay in TouchJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 9 | Face LiftJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 04:41 | 10 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | My Best to YouIsham Jones | Joni Mitchell | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 16 MB |
| 11 | Tiger BonesJoni Mitchell | Joni Mitchell | Play | 04:22 | 10 MB | 19 MB |
| 44 mins | 101 MB | |||||
| 44 mins | 236 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Blade | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 2 | Robbie Cavolina | Art Direction |
| 3 | Don Freed | Composer |
| 4 | Femi Jiya | Engineer |
| 5 | Isham Jones | Composer |
| 6 | Larry Klein | Bass |
| 7 | Greg Leisz | Guitar |
| 8 | Dan Marnien | Engineer, Mixing |
| 9 | Joni Mitchell | Arranger, Art Direction, Bass, Composer, Keyboards, Mixing, Percussion, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 10 | Tony Phillips | Engineer |
| 11 | Wayne Shorter | Guest Artist, Saxophone |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |