or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
 
More Buying Choices
31 used & new from £4.99
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Dreamland: The Very Best of Joni Mitchell
 
See larger image and other views 
Share your own customer images

Dreamland: The Very Best of Joni Mitchell

~ Joni Mitchell
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
Price: £11.18 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 5 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).

Want guaranteed delivery by Wednesday, November 11? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
25 new from £6.98 6 used from £4.99

Special Offers and Product Promotions

Frequently Bought Together

Dreamland: The Very Best of Joni Mitchell + Both Sides Now + Blue
Price For All Three: £27.14

Show availability and shipping details

  • This item: Dreamland: The Very Best of Joni Mitchell ~ Joni Mitchell

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Both Sides Now ~ Joni Mitchell

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Blue ~ Joni Mitchell

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Both Sides Now

Both Sides Now

~ Joni Mitchell
4.9 out of 5 stars (19)  £11.98
Blue

Blue

~ Joni Mitchell
4.8 out of 5 stars (50)  £3.98
Clouds

Clouds

~ Joni Mitchell
4.8 out of 5 stars (9)  £5.88
Hits

Hits

~ Joni Mitchell
4.8 out of 5 stars (11)  £4.98
Travelogue

Travelogue

~ Joni Mitchell
4.4 out of 5 stars (15)  £14.48
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Audio CD (13 Sep 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Wea
  • ASIN: B0002MPQ50
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,738 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

    Popular in these categories:

    #25 in  Music > World & Folk > American Folk
    #42 in  Music > Rock > Classic Rock > Folk Rock
    #66 in  Music > Adult Contemporary > Female Vocalists

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   Joni Mitchell CDs opens new browser window
www.cdconnection.com  -  Huge selection of Joni Mitchell CDs in stock at discount prices! 
  
 
1. Free Man In Paris
2. In France They Kiss On Main Street
3. Dreamland
4. Jungle Line
5. Furry Sings The Blues
6. You Turn Me On I'm A Radio
7. Carey
8. Big Yellow Taxi
9. California
10. Help Me
11. Nothing Can Be Done
12. Dancin' Clown
13. Come In From The Cold
14. Amelia
15. For The Roses
16. Both Sides Now
17. Circle Game

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

Formally extricated from the grubbiness of the music industry--her farewell speeches eluded to cesspools, no less--and now officially retired from songwriting, "Dreamland" is a valedictory glance back at Joni Mitchell's uniquely distinguished oeuvre featuring choice tracks selected by the lady herself. Received wisdom has it that Mitchell began as a folkie in the Sixties, turned to jazz in the mid-Seventies and that somewhere along the way her music became a stranger to the charts and incrementally impregnable to all but a diehard coterie of chin-stroking pseuds. While partially true, this basic premise is rumbled by the vexingly non-chronological track selection which highlights just how much Mitchell blurred boundaries ( "Carey" and "California" from 1971's Blue, for example) way before the chattering rock classes argued the toss over her categorisation. There's no "Woodstock" but the album's scansion ( the ethnic pairing of "Dreamland" and "The Jungle Line", the revolutionary finale of Travelogue's "Both Sides Now" and the original "The Circle Game") works perfectly. Polished peaches abound; "Come In From The Cold", addressing post-war socio-sexial etiquette and female emancipation, is enduringly marvellous and there's only one measly rotten apple, namely "Dancin' Clown"'s sweaty, Eighties-rock overexertion with a grunting Billy Idol. --Kevin Maidment


Album Description

Dreamland gathers together all the hits from the five-time Grammy Award-winning musical legend, Joni Mitchell. This retrospective features the classics "Both Sides Now", "Big Yellow Taxi", "The Circle Game" and "Help Me". With contributions from Joni herself Dreamland features a 36-page booklet containing a series of the songwriter's paintings. Also included are sleeve notes from writer/director Cameron Crowe and complete song lyrics.
See all Product Description

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
joni mitchell
folk music
failed creative projects

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags
 

Customer Reviews

6 Reviews
5 star:
 (3)
4 star:
 (2)
3 star:
 (1)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.3 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent (if eclectic) selection, 12 Nov 2004
By Siriam (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER)      
After the mixed blessings of the prior separate CDs "Hits" and "Misses" one might wonder what this latest compilation will achieve. The answer (with a few doubts) is a great one stop compilation of Joni's best cuts chosen by the lady herself and remixed with great clarity (especially in the instrument separation). Combined together with a neat package of her paintings (better than the usual good and bad mix), notes by Cameron Crowe and full lyrics and track details this is the best starting point if you are new to the music and for longtime fans I would venture a better memory than her recent boxed set of Geffen recordings.

The order of the tracks is great in showing what an adventursome musical journey she has made, covering all her best known recordings though the choice of specific tracks will inevitably see indivdual fans disappointed (how they could ignore anything from "Turbulent Indigo" plus use the recent orchestral version of "Both Sides Now" in preference to the original would be my doubts).

Best of all it shows the range of consistent and varied songwriting achieved and will hopefully be a very simple answer to refute the "ice lady" image she has unfairly been tainted with over the years.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars What was she thinking ... ?, 22 Sep 2004
Joni's handpicked career retrospective. The prospect is tantalising, but no-one could have second guessed some of these choices. This is far from the perfect introduction for the beginner as it avoids some very obvious choices, and opts on occassion for later recordings of well known early songs. It is however intriguing, and almost every Joni Mitchell release is worthy of investigation. Some - 'Blue', 'The Hissing of Summer Lawns', 'Hejiera' - are truly peerless. Daring and experimental, wilfully uncommercial - 'Mingus' is a masterpiece - she is a unique talent. I own them all, I listen and re-listen to them all ... except 'Chalk Mark In a Rainstorm'. The nadir by some distance of an otherwise unimpeachable career. The worst track on this her worst release ? Yeah, there it is, pride of place on this handpicked selection: 'Dancin' Clown', co-starring Billy Idol. What was she thinking at the time? What is she thinking now ...? Does she owe 1980's label boss David Geffen the royalties ? Docked at least two stars just for this track.

Start with 'Joni Mitchell'(1968) and then buy your way forward into the most impressive career in modern music.

Buy 'Dreamland' for the art work but I beg you do not listen to 'Dancin' Clown', it will prejudice you against all else that she has ever done.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How do you define Best?, 30 April 2005
By B. J. du Cille (West Bromwich, West Midlands United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
Anything Joni does is head and shoulders above any other artist in her field. I find it difficult to be other than subjective where she is concerned. I have all these tracks on other wonderful albums by her. Only Joni can do what she does.Others try but fail dismally. Check her out before too long -I guarantee you will not be disappointed. I have the distinct impression that she is largely unknown to the buying public these days, and thats sad. I have been a loyal fan ever since the first time I heard her way back in the late 60s. She is constantly changing and developing in a way unique to her.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Not Quite What You Expected
If you, like me, admired Joni's early work and think that Both Sides Now is the best song she ever wrote, you will be disappointed by some of the choices for this "very best of"... Read more
Published 6 months ago by William M. Poulton

4.0 out of 5 stars Fab easy listening
I bought this album for the track Both Sides Now but was pleasantly surprised at some of the others. Easy on the ear!
Published 8 months ago by W. Ruggieri

5.0 out of 5 stars Long Live Joni Mitchell.....
Another great set of songs from a master, her songs will live
on for years to come. She's not everyones cup of tea but she
has always been mine. Read more
Published on 10 Nov 2004 by J. Bilby

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

Dreamland: The Very Best of Joni Mitchell
40% buy the item featured on this page:
Dreamland: The Very Best of Joni Mitchell 4.3 out of 5 stars (6)
£11.18
Hits
24% buy
Hits 4.8 out of 5 stars (11)
£4.98
Blue
16% buy
Blue 4.8 out of 5 stars (50)
£3.98
Both Sides Now
12% buy
Both Sides Now 4.9 out of 5 stars (19)
£11.98
Explore similar items

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject






i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.