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{{Infobox album
| name       = The Asylum Albums (1972–1975)
| type       = box set
| artist     = [[Joni Mitchell]]
| cover      = The Asylum Albums (1972–1975).jpeg
| alt        =
| released   = {{Start date|2022|09|23|mf=yes}}
| recorded   = 1972–1975
| venue      = {{plainlist |
* ''Miles of Aisles''
* [[Universal Amphitheatre]] (Los Angeles, California)
* [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] (Los Angeles, California)
* [[Berkeley Community Theater]] (Berkeley, California)
}}
| studio     =
* ''For the Roses'', ''Court and Spark'', and ''The Hissing of Summer Lawns''
* [[Jim Henson Company Lot#A&M Records (1967–1999)|A&M]] (Hollywood, California)
| genre      =
| length     =
| label      = [[Rhino Records|Rhino]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971)#Blue Highlights|Blue Highlights]]
| prev_year  = 2022
| next_title = [[Joni Mitchell at Newport]]
| next_year  = 2023
}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Asylum Albums (1972–1975)''|noerror}}
'''''The Asylum Albums (1972–1975)''''' is a four-disc box set by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Joni Mitchell]], released on September 23, 2022, by [[Rhino Records]].<ref name="Rhino2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/joni-mitchell-announces-the-asylum-albums-1972-1975 |title=Joni Mitchell Announces THE ASYLUM ALBUMS (1972-1975) |publisher=[[Rhino Records]] |date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="RollingStone2022">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/joni-mitchell-asylum-box-set-for-the-roses-1389289/ |title=New Joni Mitchell Box Set Chronicles the Turn She Took After 'Blue' |first=Angie |last=Martoccio |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Pitchfork2022">{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/joni-mitchell-announces-new-asylum-albums-1972-1975-box-set/ |title=Joni Mitchell Announces New Asylum Albums (1972-1975) Box Set |first=Quinn |last=Moreland |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="AVClub2022">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/joni-mitchell-box-set-the-asylum-albums-1972-1975-1849344926 |title=Joni Mitchell announces new box set The Asylum Albums (1972-1975) |first=Hattie |last=Lindert |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref><ref name="BrooklynVegan">{{cite web |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/joni-mitchell-announces-the-asylum-albums-1972-1975-box-set/ |title=Joni Mitchell announces 'The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)' box set |first=Bill |last=Pearis |website=[[BrooklynVegan]] |date=July 28, 2022|access-date=July 28, 2022}}</ref> The set is the tenth overall release and second box set of remastered albums from the [[Joni Mitchell Archives]], a planned series of releases featuring remastered and unreleased material from the singer's personal archives. Formatted in chronological order, the second volume of the remaster series includes Mitchell's first four albums released on [[Asylum Records]]: ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972), ''[[Court and Spark]]'' (1974), ''[[Miles of Aisles]]'' (1974), and ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'' (1975).<ref name="Rhino2022"/><ref name="RollingStone2022"/><ref name="Pitchfork2022"/><ref name="AVClub2022"/><ref name="BrooklynVegan"/>
In 2024, Rhino released this exact box (same packaging, graphics, etc) set in a multichannel version on their Quadio imprint - on Blu Ray discs instead of CDs - that has all four albums in newly-done [[Dolby Atmos]] mixes, as well as the original '70s quad mixes, and the recent new stereo remasters from the 2022 edition.
==Background and recording==
On September 10, 2020, [[Rhino Records]] announced the creation of the [[Joni Mitchell Archives]], a planned years-long effort by Mitchell and her late manager [[Elliot Roberts]] to finally release and remaster previously unreleased recordings in Mitchell's archives.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/joni-mitchell-archives-box-set-cameron-crowe-1057775/ |title=Joni Mitchell Announces Archive Series, Shares Earliest-Known Recording |last=Martoccio|first=Angie |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=September 10, 2020|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/joni-mitchell-launches-archival-series-shares-first-known-recording-listen/ |title=Joni Mitchell Launches Archival Series, Shares First Known Recording: Listen |last=Strauss|first=Matthew |work=[[Pitchfork (magazine)|Pitchfork]] |date=September 10, 2020|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> It was Rhino's intention to follow a certain release schedule, specifically stating that all "future releases in the archive series will arrive in a similar manner, with a box set focused on studio albums from a specific era, followed by an official 'Archives' release looking at unreleased audio from the same period."<ref name="Rhino2021">{{cite web |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/joni-mitchell-the-reprise-albums-1968-1971-available-june-25-in-celebration-of-blue-50th |title=Joni Mitchell The Reprise Albums (1968–1971) Available June 25 In Celebration Of Blue 50th Anniversary |publisher=[[Rhino Records]] |date=April 8, 2021|access-date=April 9, 2021}}</ref> The 2021 release schedule for the Archives series followed said format, first with the release of ''[[The Reprise Albums (1968–1971)]]'' in June followed by the release of ''[[Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971)]]'' in November.<ref name="Rhino2021"/> The record label committed to this release schedule again while announcing ''The Asylum Albums (1972–1975)'', albeit acknowledging the third volume of unreleased material would arrive the following year.<ref name="Rhino2022"/>
Like ''The Reprise Albums (1968–1971)'', ''The Asylum Albums (1972–1975)'' features original artwork by Mitchell, a picturesque scene painted in the Canadian wilderness that inspired ''[[For the Roses]]''. The box set also features an essay written by Mitchell's friend, peer, and archival mentor [[Neil Young]].<ref name="Rhino2022"/><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/joni-mitchell-inside-early-years-box-set-1081429/ |title=A DJ Rediscovered Joni Mitchell's Earliest Recordings. Now Everyone Can Hear Them |last=Martoccio|first=Angie |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=October 28, 2020|access-date=November 2, 2020}}</ref> All of the material on this release was remastered by series regular collaborator [[Bernie Grundman]].<ref name="Rhino2022"/>
==Track listing==
All tracks are written by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.
===Disc 1 – ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972)===
{{Track listing
|headline =
|title1   = Banquet
|length1  = 3:01
|title2   = Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
|length2  = 4:17
|title3   = Barangrill
|length3  = 2:52
|title4   = Lesson in Survival
|length4  = 3:11
|title5   = Let the Wind Carry Me
|length5  = 3:56
|title6   = For the Roses
|length6  = 3:48
|title7   = See You Sometime
|length7  = 2:56
|title8   = Electricity
|length8  = 3:01
|title9   = [[You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio]]
|length9  = 2:39
|title10  = Blonde in the Bleachers
|length10 = 2:42
|title11  = Woman of Heart and Mind
|length11 = 2:38
|title12  = Judgement of the Moon and Stars (Ludwig's Tune)
|length12 = 5:19
}}
===Disc 2 – ''[[Court and Spark]]'' (1974)===
{{Track listing
|headline =
|title1   = Court and Spark
|length1  = 2:46
|title2   = [[Help Me (Joni Mitchell song)|Help Me]]
|length2  = 3:22
|title3   = [[Free Man in Paris]]
|length3  = 3:02
|title4   = People's Parties
|length4  = 2:15
|title5   = Same Situation
|length5  = 2:57
|title6   = Car on a Hill
|length6  = 3:02
|title7   = [[Down to You (song)|Down to You]]
|length7  = 5:38
|title8   = Just Like This Train
|length8  = 4:24
|title9   = [[Raised on Robbery]]
|length9  = 3:06
|title10  = Trouble Child
|length10 = 4:00
|title11  = [[Twisted (Annie Ross song)|Twisted]]
|writer11 = {{hlist|[[Annie Ross]]|[[Wardell Gray]]}}
|length11 = 2:21
}}
===Disc 3 – ''[[Miles of Aisles]]'' (1974)===
{{Track listing
|headline =
|title1   = You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio
|note1    = Live
|length1  = 4:09
|title2   = [[Big Yellow Taxi]]
|note2    = Live
|length2  = 3:09
|title3   = Rainy Night House
|note3    = Live
|length3  = 4:04
|title4   = [[Woodstock (song)|Woodstock]]
|note4    = Live
|length4  = 4:29
|title5   = Cactus Tree
|note5    = Live
|length5  = 5:01
|title6   = Cold Blue Steel and Sweet Fire
|note6    = Live
|length6  = 5:23
|title7   = Woman of Heart and Mind
|note7    = Live
|length7  = 3:40
|title8   = [[A Case of You (song)|A Case of You]]
|note8    = Live
|length8  = 4:42
|title9   = [[Blue (Joni Mitchell song)|Blue]]
|note9    = Live
|length9  = 2:49
|title10  = [[The Circle Game (song)|The Circle Game]]
|note10   = Live
|length10 = 6:29
|title11  = People's Parties
|note11   = Live
|length11 = 2:42
|title12  = All I Want
|note12   = Live
|length12 = 3:21
|title13  = Real Good for Free
|note13   = Live
|length13 = 4:27
|title14  = [[Both Sides, Now]]
|note14   = Live
|length14 = 4:14
|title15  = [[Carey (song)|Carey]]
|note15   = Live
|length15 = 3:30
|title16  = [[The Last Time I Saw Richard]]
|note16   = Live
|length16 = 3:35
|title17  = Jericho
|note17   = Live
|length17 = 3:26
|title18  = Love or Money
|note18   = Live
|length18 = 4:50
}}
===Disc 4 – ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'' (1975)===
{{Track listing
|headline =
|title1   = [[In France They Kiss on Main Street]]
|length1  = 3:19
|title2   = The Jungle Line
|length2  = 4:25
|title3   = Edith and the Kingpin
|length3  = 3:38
|title4   = Don't Interrupt the Sorrow
|length4  = 4:05
|title5   = Shades of Scarlett Conquering
|length5  = 4:59
|title6   = The Hissing of Summer Lawns
|writer6  = {{hlist|Joni Mitchell|[[John Guerin]]}}
|length6  = 3:01
|title7   = The Boho Dance
|length7  = 3:48
|title8   = Harry's House / [[Centerpiece (song)|Centerpiece]]
|writer8  = {{hlist|Mitchell|[[Jon Hendricks]]|[[Harry Edison]]}}
|length8  = 6:48
|title9   = Sweet Bird
|length9  = 4:12
|title10  = Shadows and Light
|length10 = 4:19
}}
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Chart performance for ''The Asylum Albums (1972–1975)''
! scope="col"| Chart (2022)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|171|artist=Joni Mitchell|album=The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)|rowheader=true|access-date=October 2, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|93|id=504757|artist=Joni Mitchell|album=The Asylum Albums (1972-1975)|rowheader=true|access-date=October 2, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|26|date=20220930|rowheader=true|access-date=October 1, 2022}}
|-
!scope="row"|UK Album Sales ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-sales-chart/20220930|title=Official Albums Sales Chart Top 100|work=Official Charts Company|access-date=October 1, 2022}}</ref>
|26
|-
{{album chart|BillboardAlbumSales|31|artist=Joni Mitchell|rowheader=true|access-date=October 5, 2022}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCurrentAlbums|21|artist=Joni Mitchell|rowheader=true|access-date=July 22, 2024}}
|}
==References==
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