Ladies Of The Canyon
by Joni Mitchell
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Joni Mitchell bestography
Ladies Of The Canyon is ranked 5th best out of 36 albums by Joni Mitchell on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Joni Mitchell is Blue which is ranked number 72 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,244.
(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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Ladies Of The Canyon track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Ladies Of The Canyon rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | thenat | Top 38 Music Albums of 1970 | 26/38 | 2 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1970 | 32/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 101-200 | 77/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 41 Music Albums of 1970 | 6/41 | 4 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 40 Music Albums of 1970 | 13/40 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ffudnebbuh | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 23/100 | 78 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 77/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1970 | 25/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | brent13 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 48/100 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 266 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,321 | |||
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Ladies Of The Canyon ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/08/2026 19:32 | ecocruzr | 225 | 69/100 |
| ! | 05/20/2026 21:59 |  covecove | 6,713 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2026 14:36 | tim0505 | 4,418 | 82/100 |
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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 80.0/100, a mean average of 79.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.
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Ladies Of The Canyon forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 4 days ago in Chart of the day (#5451): By ffudnebbuh BestEverAlbums 08/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5418): By baystateoftheart
neilgee 07/16/2025 07:00 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Ladies Of The Canyon comments
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Intro's of 'The Arrangement' and 'Woodstock'... she takes you to an other world with just a few chords. (Edited)
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/02/2016 12:13 | #176196 | TOP COMMENT
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A solid acoustic album with Joni playing guitar or piano on each track. I don't know what it is about this album but I find it a hard listen I prefer Side 2 (Rainy Night.....Circle Game)the running order of the album might be influencing my decision (the last 3 tracks are the best) so I tended to just play Side 2. The title track and For Free are great songs as is Morning Morgantown but I can live without the rest of Side 1 (Edited)
Another lovely Joni Mitchell album. Ladies of the canyon, sees Mitchell maturing with each record, and this LP features some of her best ever songs. Woodstock, conversation, the circle game, and the title track are all superb. It's all acoustic based, like all her early records, and is consistently excellent all the way through. Amazingly, her next four or five records would be even better. (Edited)
For those who liked "Blue" and want more, this might be an album you would enjoy. There are many dark and melancholy songs here with gripping lyrics, but none of them have the same high level of personal songwriting.
Jboy56 12/22/2021 14:24 | #277795 | TOP COMMENT
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A very airy and beautiful album, with many songwriting and song presentation facets.
This album is yet another essential listen in Mitchell's recorded works.
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