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Portions posted at 〕 | rev5 = Pitchfork Media | rev5Score = 7.8/10 | rev4 = Music Story | rev4Score = 〔 | rev8 = ''Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' | rev8score = 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Joni Mitchell ''Ladies of the Canyon'' )〕 }} ''Ladies of the Canyon'' is the third studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in 1970. The title makes reference to Laurel Canyon, a center of popular music culture in Los Angeles during the 1960s. The album includes several of Mitchell's most noted songs, such as "Big Yellow Taxi", "Woodstock" and "The Circle Game". == Background == The album is notable for its expansion of Mitchell's artistic vision and its varied song topics (ranging from the aesthetic weight of celebrity, to observation of the Woodstock generation, to the complexities of love), ''Ladies of the Canyon'' is often viewed as a transition between Mitchell's folky earlier work and the more sophisticated, poignant albums that were to follow. In particular, "For Free" foreshadows the lyrical leitmotif of the isolation triggered by success that would be elaborated upon in ''For the Roses'' and ''Court and Spark''. The sparse, alternate-tuning laden sound of later records comes to the forefront on "Ladies of the Canyon" (one of those "ladies" supposedly being female underground comix pioneer Trina Robbins).〔Weller, Sheila (2008). ''Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon and the Journey of a Generation'', p. 293. Atria. ISBN 0-7434-9147-5.〕 Of all of Mitchell's work, this album is arguably the most related to her long-standing friendships and relationships with Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young (whose hard rock arrangement of "Woodstock" was one of their three radio hits in 1970). A number of the album's songs, including the aforementioned "Ladies of the Canyon" and "Woodstock", feature densely stacked, wordless harmony overdubs reminiscent of David Crosby's oeuvre; Crosby himself has performed "For Free" for many years. "Willy" is an infatuated paean to Graham Nash, whose middle name is William. "The Circle Game", one of the artist's early signature songs, features background vocals from all four, and is a response to Neil Young's "Sugar Mountain". "Big Yellow Taxi" has become a standard over the years, as well as being sampled by Janet Jackson. In 1995 Annie Lennox performed the song "Ladies of the Canyon" and released it as the B-side of her single "No More I Love You's". ''The Young and the Restless'' star Jess Walton stated that she was the owner of one of the houses featured on the album's cover. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ladies of the Canyon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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