For The Roses (studio album) by Joni Mitchell
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For The Roses is ranked 7th 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 16,624.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 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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80/100  | 07/01/2025 20:48 | traistboar | | 80/100 |
85/100 | 06/14/2025 12:20 | lanadeleswift | | 87/100 |
75/100 | 05/03/2025 09:51 |  DommeDamian | | 49/100 |
85/100 | 04/03/2025 21:55 | MaxStorm98 | | 90/100 |
100/100 | 02/15/2025 00:42 | Warnxxb | | 88/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.6.
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HoldenM 10/20/2023 01:39
You like Blue? Well, this is more of the same excellent songwriting and production with a shade more jazz this time around.
Never really got past "Cold Blue Steel and Pale Fire" and "Judgement of the Moon and Stars." I recognize the other songs when I hear them, and they are good, but I don't hear them in my head when I read the titles...
Jboy56 12/01/2021 13:06
I loved this album, it is cohesive and consistent, with the laidback feeling.
Even her voice is much likable than in Blue.
Recommended for listening during the autumn afternoons.
seb7 02/06/2021 21:33
Really solid joni album with a jazzy feel, but I’m still a bigger fan of CAS, and LOTC
A mistaken album. One of Joni best!
Tamthebam 02/28/2017 11:22
A very consistent Joni album in that all the tracks are strong and none is better than the other an album that should be listened to as a whole. A big step up from Blue in the jazzy feel of the album she really comes of age on this album and over the next few years follows it up with Court & Spark, Hissing Of Summer Lawns & Hejira 3 of her best ever albums.
Joni's only album to be added to the National Recording Registry.
Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire is a harrowing warning against drug abuse because it's as seductive as it's subject. This album is a step ahead of Blue which, to be honest is too navel gazey for me. Joni really stretches her wings with FTR and her guitar tunings are sublime.
This album tends to get slightly forgotten as it's sandwiched in between two out and out classics in, blue, and, court and spark, but, for the roses, is an excellent LP in it's own right. A combination of the acoustic folk sounds of, blue, and the more jazzier sounds Joni would employ on, court, FTR, features great tracks, especially in, cold blue steel and sweet fire, electricity, and, barandgrill, it's another in those brilliant run of seventies albums from Joni. Just as essential as her other records.
poppmusic 10/23/2015 04:18
My opinion of this album has indeed drastically improved over time. Thanks, ethweg123!
Best songs: Barangrill, Lesson in Survival, For the Roses, Woman of Heart and Mind
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