Songs of a Prairie Girl

Songs of a Prairie Girl
Compilation album by Joni Mitchell
Released	April 26, 2005
Genre	Folk rock
Length	76:41
Label	Asylum Reprise Nonesuch Rhino
Producer	Joni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell chronology
Dreamland (2004) Songs of a Prairie Girl (2005) Shine (2007)

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Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Songs of a Prairie Girl is the third (and last) in Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's series of compilations. Mitchell writes in the liner notes to the CD that the compilation is her contribution to Saskatchewan's Centennial Celebration and that the songs of the album reference Saskatchewan. Although Mitchell was born in neighboring Alberta, when she was eleven years old her family settled in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, which Mitchell considers her hometown.

Track listing

All songs written by Joni Mitchell, except "Unchained Melody" written by Hy Zaret and Alex North.

1. "Urge for Going" – 5:08
2. "The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms)" – 4:54
3. "Cherokee Louise" (orchestral version) – 6:01
4. "Ray's Dad's Cadillac" – 4:33
5. "Let the Wind Carry Me" – 3:56
6. "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter" – 6:38
7. "Raised on Robbery" – 3:07
8. "Paprika Plains" (Remix) – 16:19
9. "Song for Sharon" – 8:37
10. "River" – 4:05
11. "Chinese Café/Unchained Melody" – 5:18
12. "Harlem in Havana" – 4:27
13. "Come In from the Cold" (edit) – 3:38

References

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Joni Mitchell

• Discography
• Albums
• Songs

Studio albums

• Song to a Seagull (1968)
• Clouds (1969)
• Ladies of the Canyon (1970)
• Blue (1971)
• For the Roses (1972)
• Court and Spark (1974)
• The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
• Hejira (1976)
• Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (1977)
• Mingus (1979)
• Wild Things Run Fast (1982)
• Dog Eat Dog (1985)
• Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm (1988)
• Night Ride Home (1991)
• Turbulent Indigo (1994)
• Taming the Tiger (1998)
• Both Sides Now (2000)
• Travelogue (2002)
• Shine (2007)

Live albums

• Miles of Aisles
• Shadows and Light
• Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace
• Joni Mitchell at Newport

Compilation albums

• Hits
• Misses
• The Beginning of Survival
• Dreamland
• Songs of a Prairie Girl
• Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced

Archives series

Box sets	Volume 1: The Early Years (1963–1967) The Reprise Albums (1968–1971) Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971) The Asylum Albums (1972–1975) Volume 3: The Asylum Years (1972–1975) The Asylum Albums (1976–1980)
Auxiliary releases	Early Joni – 1963 Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes)
Live albums	Live at Canterbury House – 1967 Live at Carnegie Hall – 1969

Singles

• "Chelsea Morning"
• "Big Yellow Taxi"
• "Carey"
• "California"
• "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio"
• "Raised on Robbery"
• "Help Me"
• "Free Man in Paris"
• "In France They Kiss on Main Street"
• "Coyote"
• "My Secret Place"

Notable songs

• "Both Sides, Now"
• "The Fiddle and the Drum"
• "Woodstock"
• "The Circle Game"
• "Little Green"
• "This Flight Tonight"
• "River"
• "A Case of You"
• "The Last Time I Saw Richard"
• "Down to You"
• "Two Grey Rooms"

Collaborations

Songs	"You've Got a Friend" "You Can Close Your Eyes" "Long Ago and Far Away" "Got 'til It's Gone"
Albums	The Last Waltz The Wall – Live in Berlin River: The Joni Letters A Tribute to Joni Mitchell

Backing bands

• L.A. Express

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