California (track)
by Joni Mitchell
California appears on the following album(s) by Joni Mitchell:
- Blue (track #6) (this album) (1971)
- Hits (track #7) (compilation) (1996)
- The Studio Albums 1968-1979 (track #38) (compilation) (2012)
- Dreamland (track #9) (compilation) (2004)
- Blue Highlights (track #2) (compilation) (2022)
- Archives – Volume 2 (The Reprise Years (1968-1971)) (track #93) (compilation) (2021)
- Archives – Volume 2 (The Reprise Years (1968-1971)) (track #109) (compilation) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 10/15/2026 16:32 | Rayzer6 | 19,630 | 89/100 |
| ! | 10/01/2026 01:47 |  imacgill | 33,908 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2026 07:14 | Siromynian | 20,223 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.9/100, a mean average of 88.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.6.
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eclab 01/09/2013 05:26 | #60794
Best on the album. The vocals are fantastic.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/09/2022 03:52 | #287217
California’s brilliance lies in how well Joni’s lyrics depict the scenery she sings of, her singing on this track is also brilliant.
Another great song and definitely one of the more immediately catchy tracks on the record.
corenfro TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/25/2020 23:20 | #250515
So dang catchy. She throws a lot of non E-major chords in on this to add such color and feeling to it while still being a bubbly pop song.
Best one, absolutely beautiful
AlvaroIesus 09/17/2021 23:16 | #273869
sublime voz.
