Shadows And Light (live album)
by Joni Mitchell

Shadows And Light by Joni Mitchell
(Live album)
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 12,210th   
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 59 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (192nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,714th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,210th)

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Joni Mitchell bestography

Shadows And Light is ranked 15th best out of 37 albums by Joni Mitchell on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Joni Mitchell is Blue which is ranked number 69 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,170.

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Shadows And Light track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Shadows And Light rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,210th | 1980s rank: 1,714th | 1980 rank: 192nd

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76/100 (from 59 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.8.

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95/100
From 05/04/2022 14:27 | #284943
What a cracking live album this is, Joni Mitchell in her laid back jazzy phase with possibly one of the best backing bands she could have got together. A must have IMO if you like Joni's late 70's-80's period.
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From 03/09/2018 00:46 | #210418
What an amazing line-up, including Jaco Pastorious on Bass and Pat Metheny on Lead. One of the best live albums out there.
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From 10/20/2017 16:47 | #199843
Don't try this one unless you already like her late 70's and early 80's stuff. This pulls from Hejira, Mingus, and The Hissing of Summer Lawns. The versions of Hejira are what make this recording. Much more sad and intimate than the slightly overproduced studio equivalents.
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From 03/01/2013 00:44 | #66507
The playing on here is astounding.
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