in Colorado on her way back to Los Angeles. According to Mitchell, it was during this visit in early 1976 that Trungpa cured her of her own cocaine addiction. She would later say that this track was one of her own favorite songs, and would rerecord the tune, along with "Amelia" and "Hejira", with a full orchestra for her 2002 album Travelogue. The song also alludes to Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders' celebrated photograph of the Earth rising over the Moon, Earthrise. Release The album was released in November 1976 by Asylum Records. Despite reaching No. 13 on the Billboard 200 pop album chart and attaining a RIAA gold certification, it failed to garner significant radio airplay. Reception Reviewing for Rolling Stone, Ariel Swartley felt that Mitchell had abandoned melodies and memorable tunes in favour of "new, seductive rhythms" and "lush guitars", with the resulting sound, despite its "apparent simplicity", as "sophisticated and arresting as anything she's done". Village Voice critic Robert Christgau was impressed with the way that "Mitchell subjugates melody to the natural music of language itself", but wondered whether "the reflections of a rich, faithless, compulsively mobile, and compulsively romantic female" were uniquely interesting "the third or fourth time around". In a 2022 review for Pitchfork, critic Jenn Pelly described the album as "restless music of road and sky […in which] narratives unfurl with driving forward motion", adding that "the fretless bass, spare percussion, and unusual harmonics depict [Mitchell's] wintry lucidity." Musicians such as Björk, Danielle Haim, Weyes Blood, and St. Vincent have named the album as their favorite. Accolades In 1991 Rolling Stone placed the cover at No. 11 on its list of best album covers. It was voted number 776 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000). In the 2020 edition of Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, it was ranked No. 133. Track listing All tracks are written by Joni Mitchell. Side one "Coyote" – 5:01 "Amelia" – 6:01 "Furry Sings the Blues" – 5:07 "A Strange Boy" – 4:15 "Hejira" – 6:42 Side two "Song for Sharon" – 8:40 "Black Crow" – 4:22 "Blue Motel Room" – 5:04 "Refuge of the Roads" – 6:42 Personnel Joni Mitchell – vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar Chuck Findley, Tom Scott – horns (on "Refuge of the Roads") Abe Most – clarinet (on "Hejira") Neil Young – harmonica (on