Shine (Joni Mitchell album)

2007 studio album by Joni Mitchell / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Shine is the 19th and final studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on September 25, 2007, by Hear Music. It is Mitchell's first album of new material since Taming the Tiger (1998).

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Shine
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ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007
Recorded2006–2007
StudioCastle Oaks (Calabasas, California)
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Length46:57
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ProducerJoni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell chronology
Songs of a Prairie Girl
(2005)
Shine
(2007)
Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963–1967)
(2020)
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Pitchfork8.0/10[7]
PopMatters8/10[8]
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In the US, the album sold 40,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 chart;[11] this was Mitchell's best peak position in America since Hejira (1976). Shine peaked at No. 36 on the UK chart, making it Mitchell's first Top 40 album there since Night Ride Home (1991). In its first week on sale, Shine sold around 60,000 copies worldwide.[12] As of February 2008, the album has sold 372,000 copies in the United States.[13]