Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark (33 1/3)

Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell's most overt attempt at making a hit record, full of glossy production, catchy choruses, and even guest stars from every stratum of rock culture, high (Robbie Robertson) and low (Cheech and Chong). The record was a smash, reaching number two on the charts in March of 1974, spawning three hit singles; Help Me, Free Man in Paris
and Raised on Robbery and cementing Mitchell's position as a commercial as well as an artistic force. Sean Nelson, a well known musician himself (Harvey Danger, the Long Winters), is particularly well equipped to understand all the elements that went into the making of this classic album, and he does so with clarity and wit.

• Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited (33 1/3)
• The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds (33 1/3)
• Lou Reed's Transformer (33 1/3)
• The Kinks' The Village Green Preservation Society (Thirty Three and a Third series)
• AJA
• Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland (Thirty Three and a Third series)
• Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (33 1/3)
• Neil Young's Harvest (Thirty Three and a Third series)
• Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. (33 1/3)
• Jethro Tull's Aqualung (33 1/3)