Album artwork for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
Album artwork for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell

The Hissing of Summer Lawns is personal protest music and barbed social commentary as only Joni Mitchell can deliver. The follow-up to her most commercially successful album pursues adventurous jazz-dictated directions, abstract impulses, and tough-minded lyrics that stand in contrast to much of her prior work. As does the songwriting, which sees Mitchell turning further away from introspective portraits and sketching third-person narratives that put her in the roles of observer, mythologist, and impressionist – mostly from the perspective of a male gaze. Throughout, and no matter the subject matter, the singer-songwriter is in control – unlike many of the protagonists populating the record. Deemed by Rolling Stone the 258th Greatest Album of All Time, The Hissing of Summer Lawns unfolds with exceptional soulfulness, transparency, warmth, and airiness.

Joni Mitchell

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Rhino
Album artwork for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
LP

£27.99

2013 Pressing

Black
Released 19/09/2022Catalogue Number

0081227986155

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Album artwork for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
CD

£6.99

Released 23/07/2007Catalogue Number

0075596033220

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Album artwork for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
LP

£42.99

2023 Pressing

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Released 29/09/2023Catalogue Number

0603497841349

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Joni Mitchell

The Hissing Of Summer Lawns

Rhino
Album artwork for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
LP

£27.99

2013 Pressing

Black
Released 19/09/2022Catalogue Number

0081227986155

Learn more
Album artwork for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
CD

£6.99

Released 23/07/2007Catalogue Number

0075596033220

Learn more
Album artwork for The Hissing Of Summer Lawns by Joni Mitchell
LP

£42.99

2023 Pressing

Black
Released 29/09/2023Catalogue Number

0603497841349

Learn more

The Hissing of Summer Lawns is personal protest music and barbed social commentary as only Joni Mitchell can deliver. The follow-up to her most commercially successful album pursues adventurous jazz-dictated directions, abstract impulses, and tough-minded lyrics that stand in contrast to much of her prior work. As does the songwriting, which sees Mitchell turning further away from introspective portraits and sketching third-person narratives that put her in the roles of observer, mythologist, and impressionist – mostly from the perspective of a male gaze. Throughout, and no matter the subject matter, the singer-songwriter is in control – unlike many of the protagonists populating the record. Deemed by Rolling Stone the 258th Greatest Album of All Time, The Hissing of Summer Lawns unfolds with exceptional soulfulness, transparency, warmth, and airiness.