Shadows And Light
by Joni Mitchell
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Joni Mitchell bestography
Shadows And Light is ranked 16th best out of 36 albums by Joni Mitchell on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Joni Mitchell is Blue which is ranked number 70 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,309.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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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).
Shadows And Light rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 16 Music Albums of 1980 | 4/16 | 4 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 69/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 88 Music Albums of 1980 | 88/88 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Taka | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 36/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1980 Part 2 | 73/98 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 53/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 87 Music Albums of 1980 | 71/87 | 1 |
| 2025 |  slatsheit | Top 67 Music Albums of 1980 | 24/67 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 31 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 94 | |||
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Shadows And Light ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 02/07/2026 07:59 | PurplePiePete | 1,846 | 80/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:41 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 08/12/2025 20:41 | traistboar | 1,786 | 79/100 |
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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 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.7.
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neilgee 06/21/2020 21:00 in What album are you listening to right now?Shadows And Light comments
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AJSki2fly 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.
What an amazing line-up, including Jaco Pastorious on Bass and Pat Metheny on Lead. One of the best live albums out there. (Edited)
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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