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''Shine'' is the nineteenth and final studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell and was released on September 25, 2007 by Starbucks' Hear Music. It is the singer-songwriter's first album of new songs in nine years (1998's ''Taming the Tiger''). Joni Mitchell, who had said she was retiring from music several years previously, signed a two-album contract with Starbucks' Hear Music that began with the release of ''Shine''. The 10-track CD "feels like the return of Joni the storyteller," said Ken Lombard, the president of Starbucks Entertainment who also oversees Hear Music. In the United States, the album sold about 40,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number 14 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart;〔Katie Hasty, ("Rascal Flatts Races To No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week" ), Billboard.com, October 3, 2007.〕 this was Mitchell's best peak position in America since 1976's ''Hejira''. ''Shine'' also peaked at #36 in the UK charts, making it Mitchell's first Top 40 album in the UK since 1991. In its first week on sale, ''Shine'' sold around 60,000 copies worldwide and , it has sold over 170,000 copies in the U.S.A.〔Keith Caulfield, ("Ask Billboard: IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHART-MAS" ), Billboard.com, December 21, 2007.〕 ==Background== In 2002, Joni Mitchell famously left the music business. The public first learned that she had returned to writing and recording in October 2006, when she spoke to ''The Ottawa Citizen''. In an interview with the newspaper, Mitchell "revealed she's recording her first collection of new songs in nearly a decade" but gave few other details. Four months later, in an interview with ''The New York Times'', Mitchell said that the album was inspired by the war in Iraq and "something her grandson had said while listening to family fighting: 'Bad dreams are good—in the great plan.'" ''The Sunday Times'' wrote in February 2007 that the album has "a minimal feel, a sparseness that harks back to her early work," adding that "rest and some good healers" had restored much of the singer's vocal power. Mitchell herself described ''Shine'' as "as serious a work as I've ever done."〔 The album was launched at the Sunshine Theater on Houston Street, New York City, on September 25, 2007, with a film of the Alberta Ballet performing ''The Fiddle and the Drum'', a ballet devised by choreographer Jean Grand-Maître in collaboration with Mitchell that had premiered in Calgary on February 8 that year. The ballet uses a selection of Mitchell's songs, including "If I Had a Heart" and "If" from ''Shine'', along with images from her art installation ''Flag Dance'', which are projected as a backdrop.〔David Yaffe, ("Working Three Shifts, and Outrage Overtime," ) ''New York Times'', February 4, 2007. Retrieved March 5, 2015. The ballet was not performed in the U.S. until February 2010, three years after its Canadian premiere, when it was (praised in Seattle ) but (panned in Los Angeles. )〕 The album cover features a scene from ''The Fiddle and the Drum''. ''Shine'' is only the second Joni Mitchell album never to have been distributed by Warner Music Group, the first being ''Night Ride Home'', which was released by Geffen Records after the company was sold to MCA. 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「Shine (Joni Mitchell album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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