羅伯塔·瓊·「瓊妮」·密契爾，是一個加拿大音樂家，作詞者，畫家。 密契爾的歌唱生涯始於故鄉，加拿大的西部小城薩斯喀徹溫省薩斯卡通市。六零年代中期，瓊妮輾轉多倫多、美國等地，在夜總會唱歌、街頭賣藝。隨後，她與1960年代中期在紐約市的民間音樂的萌芽有了聯繫。

Painter-turned-folksinger Joni Mitchell had slipped stark saxophone solos into her prior album, For the Roses, and her singing had often hinted at a capacity for bluesier fare than her guitar- and piano-framed confessional ballads offered. None of those hints prepared fans for this sudden, expansive shift toward a much larger canvas--a sleeker, orchestrated pop style pulsing with jazz elements. Court & Spark found Mitchell casting aside her earth mother affectations and revealing herself as the thoroughly modern, thoroughly complicated woman she is; the songs sustained familiar preoccupations with relationships but replaced courtly settings and naturalistic imagery with recognizably modern locales. Deeply romantic, constantly questioning, classic tracks like the title song, "Help Me," "Free Man in Paris," "Same Situation," and "Raised on Robbery" display a more liberated Mitchell, ready to rumble with unbridled electric guitars (guest Robbie Robertson on "...Robbery"), even willing to poke fun at her own oh-so-sensitive rep with a hip cover of Annie Ross´s hilarious "Twisted."

"Both Sides, Now" is a single by Joni Mitchell. Her recording first appeared on the album Clouds, released in 1969. She re-recorded the song in a Jazz style for the album of the same name, released in 2000.
It is one of Joni Mitchell's best-known songs (with "Big Yellow Taxi," "Woodstock," and "A Case of You"). It was written in March 1967, inspired by a passage in Henderson the Rain King by Saul Bellow.
I was reading Saul Bellow's "Henderson the Rain King" on a plane and early in the book Henderson the Rain King is also up in a plane. He's on his way to Africa and he looks down and sees these clouds. I put down the book, looked out the window and saw clouds too, and I immediately started writing the song. I had no idea that the song would become as popular as it did.[1][2]
Judy Collins made the first commercially released recording of the song in 1968, shortly after Mitchell wrote it, which reached #8 on the U.S. pop singles charts and won a 1968 Grammy Award for Best Folk Performance. The record peaked at #3 on Billboard's Easy Listening survey, and has become one of Collins' signature songs.
Fairport Convention recorded the song as a demo in 1967. The band's recording did not become available until 2000, however, when it appeared on The Guv'nor Vol 4 by Ashley Hutchings. (A live recording featuring Judy Dyble from 1981 is included on Fairport's Moat on the Ledge album.)
Both Joni Mitchell's album Both Sides Now and a 2003 Mitchell rerecording of the song are featured in the 2003 movie Love Actually.
Rolling Stone ranked "Both Sides, Now" #170 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
The song was published by Scholastic as a picture book, Both Sides Now, illustrated by Alan Baker, in 1992 (ocm24629360).

羅伯塔·瓊·「瓊妮」·密契爾，是一個加拿大音樂家，作詞者，畫家。 密契爾的歌唱生涯始於故鄉，加拿大的西部小城薩斯喀徹溫省薩斯卡通市。六零年代中期，瓊妮輾轉多倫多、美國等地，在夜總會唱歌、街頭賣藝。隨後，她與1960年代中期在紐約市的民間音樂的萌芽有了聯繫。

羅伯塔·瓊·「瓊妮」·密契爾，是一個加拿大音樂家，作詞者，畫家。 密契爾的歌唱生涯始於故鄉，加拿大的西部小城薩斯喀徹溫省薩斯卡通市。六零年代中期，瓊妮輾轉多倫多、美國等地，在夜總會唱歌、街頭賣藝。隨後，她與1960年代中期在紐約市的民間音樂的萌芽有了聯繫。

民謠女歌手 Joni Mitchell 於一九七一年發行的經典之作。在六○年代的社運、學運已成過往雲煙後，回歸藝術家身分的Joni Mitchell，以纖細、感性之筆，寫下Blue中連篇美麗的樂章：“My Old Man”描繪無須法律約束就能地老天荒的愛情；“Blue"和“California”則以略帶憂傷的口吻，描繪社運結束後，發現社會仍無改變的惆悵； "The Last Time I Saw Richard"深刻描繪了知識分子的犬儒與失落……清淡如詩的口吻，娓娓道來日常的生活情境，蘊含的卻是極為深刻的社會觀察與生命哲思，充分展現「女性創作歌手第一人」的實力。

Alanis Morissette,是个童星
自幼便学习钢琴和写歌，10岁时，她加入了电视节目“你不能做那个”的演员组。和其他孩子不同的是，她用在那个节目里挣到的钱独立录制发行了自己的一首单曲“Fate Stay with Me”。14岁时，她便全心投入音乐，签约于MCA/Canada。1991年她迁居多伦多，并发行处女专辑《Alanis》。《Alanis》是一张流行化的舞曲及抒情歌曲专辑，在加拿大相当受欢迎，售出了10万张，并获朱诺奖(加拿大最有影响的音乐奖项)“最有前途女艺人奖”。不过在加拿大1992年她发行了《Now Is the Time》，命运依旧，甚至只卖掉了上张专辑的一半多。于是她再次迁居，来到了洛杉矶，并在1994年遇见了著名的歌曲作者和制作人Glen Ballard。Glen Ballard曾为Michael Jackson创作了金曲“Man in the Mirror”，并制作了金曲组合Wilson Phillips大受欢迎的首张专辑，同时他还和金曲专家David Hasselhoff一起工作。但是他(她)们在对Alanis Morissette第三张专辑的问题上却达成了意外的一致：以非主流摇滚为主要风格。《Jagged Little Pill》最终在Madonna的公司Maverick旗下发行。一系列单曲一浪接着一浪的成功不仅令她获得了一摞白金唱片，也为她获得了1996年6项格莱美奖的提名，并最终获得了包括两个重头奖项“年度专辑”和“年度歌曲”在内的数项格莱美大奖。她的成功证明了风格融合在市场上的巨大价值。
Alanis Morissette 是90年代中期一位最不象明星的明星. 曾经是一位儿童演员的她集歌手与词曲作者于一身. 在她的音乐中,既有对流行元素的捕捉,又闪烁着 hip-hop 的灵感，加上她对市场的准确把握,其第三张专辑 Jagged Little Pill 奠定了 Alanis Morissette 巨星的地位。
本专辑在滚石杂志评出的历代五百强专辑中排名第327位。