album · April 26, 2005

Songs of a Prairie Girl

Joni Mitchell

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folksinger-songwriterfolk rock

The 2005 album "Songs of a Prairie Girl" compiles previously released material, primarily drawn from Mitchell's Asylum Records years. It offers a curated look at her work from 1970 to 1976.

• The album was released by Rhino Records, a division of Elektra, in 2005.
• This compilation focuses on tracks from Mitchell's most commercially successful period, including songs from the albums "Blue," "Court and Spark," and "The Hissing of Summer Lawns."
• "Songs of a Prairie Girl" reached number 10 on the Billboard Top Folk Albums chart in 2005.

Joni Mitchell is a Canadian singer-songwriter and painter whose work in the 1970s defined a generation of confessional, elliptical songwriting. By 2005, she had long retreated from the music industry, having not released a studio album of new material in nearly a decade.