Hejira (studio album) by Joni Mitchell
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Hejira is ranked 2nd best out of 36 albums by Joni Mitchell on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Joni Mitchell is Blue which is ranked number 68 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,707.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 86 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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100/100  | 08/11/2025 15:52 |  HoldenM | | 83/100 |
75/100 | 08/02/2025 02:00 |  OldToad | | 74/100 |
80/100 | 07/26/2025 17:30 | Imaybeparanoid | | 71/100 |
100/100 | 07/26/2025 01:38 |  CharlieBarley | | 81/100 |
100/100 | 07/12/2025 15:48 | RemainInLight | | 35/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.6/100, a mean average of 79.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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HoldenM 08/11/2025 16:00
In some ways, Hejira is a kind of full-circle moment for Joni Mitchell. Where Court and Spark and The Hissing of Summer Lawns are so vibrant and sprawling, Hejira is comparatively stripped down. Even the songwriting is simpler and more accessible than usual, the voicings and structures much easier to wrap one's head around than is typical of Mitchell's virtuoso tendencies. And yet, it's a logical extension of what came before it. It's a spacious, lush, daring collection of songs that are at once longing and warm. It's, as Jack Raynor in Sing Street might say, happy-sad, and even feels like proto-new wave with its choruses of guitars and tasteful reverberations. It's dazzling and poignant with deceptive simplicity.
It is great to see Hejira so highly ranked among Joni Mitchell's albums. It is a stunning album - hypnotic, compelling, and utterly original. Every time I play it, I get completely caught up in its stories, moods, and rhythms. A masterpiece!
An Ultimate Headphones Album. Just do it.
Truly an amazing journey.
A wonderful journey between the soft arrangements and the excellent songwriting. A mention for the young and unknown at that time Jaco Pastorius and Pat Metheny, they showcased their full potential with Joni.
Great voice, gentle singing and on this album she shifted to more enigmatic sounding instrumentals.
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Love everything about thks album. Maybe just some of the lyrics don't interest me much but everything is still very poetic and original. Can't even try to duplicate the unique songwriting Joni had on this one. I don't really love other albums by her but this album grabbed me from the first listen and it is one of my all time favorite albums.
VictorVale 01/04/2021 12:38
Linda poesia e fantásticas inserções de jazz.
seb7 12/11/2020 03:57
Great album overall, but coyote is an incredible song
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