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{{Infobox album
| name       = Court and Spark
| type       = Album
| artist     = [[Joni Mitchell]]
| cover      = Courtandspark.jpeg
| alt        =
| released   = January 17, 1974
| recorded   = 1973
| studio     = [[A&M Studios|A&M]], Hollywood<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=18ENXRfNqy8C&pg=PA124 |title=Joni Mitchell |isbn=9781589792210 |last1=Bego |first1=Mark |date=May 26, 2005|publisher=Taylor Trade Publications }}</ref>
| genre      = {{flatlist|
* [[Soft rock]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Macpherson |first1=Alex |title=Joni Mitchell at 70: bolt from the Blue |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2013/nov/07/joni-mitchell-70-birthday-blue |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Macpherson |first1=Alex |title=Joni Mitchell at 70: bolt from the Blue |work=The New York Times |date=January 14, 1996 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/14/arts/pop-view-three-women-their-journeys-song-too-feminine-for-rock-rock-too-macho.html |access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref>
* [[Pop music|pop]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/review-joni-mitchell-strikes-a-delicate-balance-on-court-and-spark-194402/|title=Review: Joni Mitchell Strikes a Delicate Balance on 'Court and Spark'|first1=Jon|last1=Landau|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=February 28, 1974}}</ref>
* [[jazz pop]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r13213 |title=The Hissing of Summer Lawns – Joni Mitchell &#124; AllMusic |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |publisher=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=July 19, 2011}}</ref><ref name="RSAlbum">{{cite book |chapter=Joni Mitchell |chapter-url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/joni-mitchell/albumguide|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/547 547] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Fireside |location=London |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |ref=RSAlbum |title-link=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |archive-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731021221/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/joni-mitchell/albumguide |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[jazz-rock]]<ref name="Spectrum">{{cite web |last1=Coleman |first1=Rodger |title=Joni Mitchell: Hejira |url=https://spectrumculture.com/2012/10/29/revisit-joni-mitchell-hejira/ |website=Spectrum Culture |date=October 30, 2012 |access-date=7 December 2022}}</ref>
}}
| length     = 36:58
| label      = [[Asylum Records|Asylum]]
| producer   = Joni Mitchell
| prev_title = [[For the Roses]]
| prev_year  = 1972
| next_title = [[Miles of Aisles]]
| next_year  = 1974
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Court and Spark
 | type        = Studio
 | single1     = [[Raised on Robbery]]
 | single1date = December 1973
 | single2     = [[Help Me (Joni Mitchell song)|Help Me]]
 | single2date = March 1974
 | single3     = [[Free Man in Paris]]
 | single3date = July 1974
}}
}}

'''''Court and Spark''''' is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Joni Mitchell]]. Released by Asylum Records in January 1974, it infuses the [[folk rock]] style of her previous albums with [[jazz]] elements.

It was an immediate commercial and critical success—and remains her most successful album. It reached No. 2 in the [[Billboard 200|United States]] and No. 1 in [[Canadian Albums Chart|Canada]] and eventually received a [[Music recording sales certification|double platinum]] certification by the [[RIAA]], the highest of Mitchell's career.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |title=Gold & Platinum – August&nbsp;07, 2010 |publisher=RIAA |access-date=August 8, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS |archive-date=June 26, 2007}}</ref> It also reached the Top 20 in the [[UK Albums Chart|UK]] and was voted the best album of the year for 1974 in ''[[The Village Voice]]'' [[Pazz & Jop]] Critics Poll.<ref name="PazzJop">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=January 20, 1975 |title=The 1974 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres74.php |access-date=March 21, 2005 |ref=PazzJop}}</ref> In 2020, it was ranked at number 110 in [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|''Rolling Stone'''s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|date=2020-09-22|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/|access-date=2021-10-09|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2004, ''Court and Spark'' was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web |title=GRAMMY HALL OF FAME AWARD |url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/hall-of-fame-award#c |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref>

==Background==
Mitchell did not release a new album in 1973, the first year she had not done so in her professional career. Her previous offering, ''[[For the Roses]]'', was released in November 1972 to critical and commercial success, and Mitchell decided to spend the whole of the next year writing and recording a new album that revealed her growing interest in new sounds—particularly [[jazz]]. During 1973 her stage appearances were fewer than in previous years. She performed in April in a benefit concert at the [[Sir George Williams University]] Auditorium and then appeared live again in August, twice at The Corral Club, accompanied by [[Neil Young]].

Mitchell spent most of 1973 in the recording studio creating ''Court and Spark''. Mitchell and engineer [[Henry Lewy]] called in a number of top L.A. musicians to perform on the album including members of the [[The Crusaders (jazz fusion group)|Crusaders]], Tom Scott's [[L.A. Express]], cameos from [[Robbie Robertson]], [[David Crosby]] and [[Graham Nash]] and even a twist of comedy from [[Cheech & Chong]].

==Release and reception==
On December 1, 1973, [[Asylum Records]] released a single, her first in over a year, "[[Raised on Robbery]]".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://progrography.com/joni-mitchell/joni-mitchell-raised-on-robbery-1973/ |title=Joni Mitchell: "Raised On Robbery" (1973) |date=September 16, 2019 |website=Progrography |access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref> The single reached No. 65 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Singles Chart]] in February 1974.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/joni-mitchell/chart-history/hsi/|title=Joni Mitchell |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=24 July 2020}}</ref> In January 1974, ''Court and Spark'' was released, and met with widespread critical acclaim and commercial success. Its success was reaffirmed when the follow-up single, "[[Help Me (Joni Mitchell song)|Help Me]]", was released in March. It received heavy radio airplay and became Mitchell's first and only top 10 ''Billboard'' single, peaking at No. 7 on the Hot 100 in the first week of June, and reaching No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Allmusic">{{AllMusic |class=album |tab=review |id=r44890 |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |access-date=July 22, 2005 |ref=Allmusic}}</ref>
| rev2      = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2Score = A<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|access-date=March 8, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Mitchell, Joni|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|location=London|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}</ref>
| rev4      = [[MusicHound]]
| rev4score = 5/5<ref>{{cite book |editor-last1=Graff |editor-first1=Gary |editor-last2=Durchholz |editor-first2=Daniel |year=1999 |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|location=Farmington Hills, MI|publisher=Visible Ink Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/769 769]|isbn=1-57859-061-2|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/769}}</ref>
| rev5       = [[Pitchfork Media]]
| rev5Score  = 10/10<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17269-the-studio-albums-1968-1979/|title=Joni Mitchell: The Studio Albums 1968–1979|website=Pitchfork|date=November 9, 2012 }}</ref>
| rev6       = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev6Score  = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Cameron |first=Keith |date=September 2011 |title=Like This? Try This... |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |page=100}}</ref>
| rev7       = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev7Score  = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="RSAlbum">{{cite book |chapter=Joni Mitchell |chapter-url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/joni-mitchell/albumguide|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/547 547] |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |year=2004 |publisher=Fireside |location=London |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |ref=RSAlbum |title-link=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |archive-date=July 31, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731021221/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/joni-mitchell/albumguide |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| rev8       = ''[[Slant Magazine]]''
| rev8Score  = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |magazine=[[Slant Magazine]] |date=September 3, 2004 |first=Barry |last=Walsh |title=Joni Mitchell ''Court and Spark'' > Review |url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/joni-mitchell-court-and-spark/483 |access-date=June 3, 2010}}</ref>
| rev9       = [[Martin C. Strong]]
| rev9Score  = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |last=Strong |first=Martin C. |title=The Great Rock Discography |publisher=Canongate |year=2004 |pages=1013 |edition=7th }}</ref>
| rev10      = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = 9/10<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 2022 |title=Buyer's Guide: The Asylum Years, 1972–1975 |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=305 |page=93}}</ref>
}}
''Court and Spark'' became a big seller that year, peaking at No.2 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' album]] chart<ref name="Billboard">{{AllMusic |class=album |tab=charts-awards |id=r44890 |label=Joni Mitchell > Court and Spark > Charts &amp; Awards > Billboard Albums |work=Billboard |ref=Billboard}}</ref> and staying there for four weeks. The album topped the US [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] and [[Record World]] charts for one week each.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americanradiohistory.com/Record_World.htm|title=RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982|website=americanradiohistory.com|access-date=August 12, 2019}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Cash-Box-Magazine.htm|title=CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996|website=www.americanradiohistory.com|access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>

In a July 1979 interview with [[Cameron Crowe]] for ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', Mitchell recounted playing the newly completed ''Court and Spark'' to [[Bob Dylan]], during which he fell asleep.<ref name="rs79">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|title=The ''Rolling Stone'' Joni Mitchell Interview|first=Cameron|last=Crowe|authorlink=Cameron Crowe|date=July 26, 1979}}</ref> She later suggested that Dylan was probably trying to be "cute" in front of label boss [[David Geffen]], who was also present.<ref name="rs79" />

[[Fleetwood Mac]] singer [[Stevie Nicks]] recalled taking [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] to the album: "I was with my producer, at his house, with a set of speakers that were taller than that fireplace, and I was in a safe place. And I sat there on the floor and listened to that record… That was a pretty dynamic experience."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Sylvie|last=Simmons|author-link=Sylvie Simmons|title=The Q Interview|magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]]|date=May 2008|issue=262|page=112}}</ref>

In 2000 it was voted number 116 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]] |author=Colin Larkin |author-link=Colin Larkin |publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=79}}</ref>

==Honors==
* [[RIAA]] certifications: [[Music recording sales certification|gold]] February 27, 1974; [[Music recording sales certification|platinum and double platinum]] December 12, 1997.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/|title=Gold & Platinum|website=RIAA}}</ref>
* In 1974, ''Court and Spark'' was voted the 'Best Album of the Year' in ''[[The Village Voice]]'' [[Pazz & Jop]] critics poll.<ref name="PazzJop"/>
* It was voted number 116 in [[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]'s [[All Time Top 1000 Albums]] 3rd Edition (2000).<ref name="Larkin2">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=79}}</ref>
* In 2003, the album was ranked number 111 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]],<ref name="RS500">{{cite book|last=Levy|first=Joe|title=Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|title-link=Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|author2=Steven Van Zandt|publisher=Turnaround|year=2006|isbn=1-932958-61-4|edition=3rd|location=London|chapter=111 &#124; Court and Spark – Joni Mitchell|oclc=70672814|ref=RS500|access-date=March 21, 2005|orig-year=2005|chapter-url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/cort-and-spark-joni-mitchell-19691231|archive-date=November 4, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20111104062255/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/cort-and-spark-joni-mitchell-19691231|url-status=dead}}</ref> 114 in a 2012 revised list,<ref>{{cite magazine| url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/joni-mitchell-court-and-spark-171701/| year= 2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| magazine= [[Rolling Stone]]| access-date= September 19, 2019}}</ref> and 110 in a 2020 revised list.<ref name=":0" />
;Grammy Awards
{{Awards table}}
|-
|  style="width:35px; text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|[[17th Grammy Awards|1975]] ||''Court and Spark'' || [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year#1970s|Album of the Year]]<ref name="1970saoty">{{cite web|title=GRAMMYs' Best Albums 1970–1979 |url=http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/news/grammys-best-albums-0 |work=grammy.org |access-date=April 29, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304111252/http://www.grammy.org/recording-academy/news/grammys-best-albums-0 |archive-date=March 4, 2014}}</ref> || {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2"|"[[Help Me (Joni Mitchell song)|Help Me]]" || [[Grammy Award for Record of the Year#1970s|Record of the Year]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Rock On The Net: Grammy Awards: Record of the Year|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/record.htm|access-date=March 20, 2013}}</ref>|| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance|Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]<ref>{{cite web |title= Rock On The Net: Grammy Awards: Best Pop Solo Performance|url=http://www.rockonthenet.com/grammy/popsolo.htm|access-date=February 2, 2014}}</ref>|| {{nom}}
|-
| "[[Down to You (song)|Down to You]]" <small>(arranger: Joni Mitchell and Tom Scott)</small> || [[Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)|Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)]]<ref name="grammywinners">{{cite web|url=http://www.grammy.com/nominees/search?artist=Joni+Mitchell|title=Past Winners Search|publisher=[[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences]]|access-date=April 29, 2014}}</ref>|| {{won}}
|-
{{End}}

==Track listing==
All tracks are written by Joni Mitchell, except where noted.

;Side one
# "Court and Spark" – 2:46
# "[[Help Me (Joni Mitchell song)|Help Me]]" – 3:22
# "[[Free Man in Paris]]" – 3:02
# "People's Parties" – 2:15
# "The Same Situation" – 2:57

;Side two
# "Car on a Hill" – 3:02
# "[[Down to You (song)|Down to You]]" – 5:38
# "Just Like This Train" – 4:24
# "[[Raised on Robbery]]" – 3:06
# "Trouble Child" – 4:00
# "[[Twisted (Annie Ross song)|Twisted]]" ([[Annie Ross]], [[Wardell Gray]]) – 2:21

==Personnel==
{{small|Source:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jonimitchell.com/music/album.cfm?id=7 |title=Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark |website=jonimitchell.com |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>}}
* Joni Mitchell – vocals, acoustic guitar, piano; [[clavinet]] {{small|on "Down to You"}}
* [[Tom Scott (saxophonist)|Tom Scott]] – [[woodwind instrument|woodwinds]], [[reed instrument|reeds]]
* [[Joe Sample]] – [[Rhodes piano|electric piano]]; clavinet {{small|on "Raised on Robbery"}}
* [[Larry Carlton]] – electric guitar {{small|on all tracks except "Car on a Hill", "Raised on Robbery" and "Trouble Child"}}
* [[Max Bennett (musician)|Max Bennett]] – bass guitar {{small|on all tracks except "Free Man in Paris", "People's Parties" and "Trouble Child"}}
* [[John Guerin]] – drums, percussion
* [[Chuck Findley]] – trumpet {{small|on "Trouble Child" and "Twisted"}}
* [[José Feliciano]] – electric guitar {{small|on "Free Man in Paris"}}
* [[Wayne Perkins]] – electric guitar {{small|on "Car on a Hill"}}
* [[Robbie Robertson]] – electric guitar {{small|on "Raised on Robbery"}}
* [[Dennis Budimir]] – electric guitar {{small|on "Trouble Child"}}
* [[Wilton Felder]] – bass guitar {{small|on "Free Man in Paris" and "People's Parties"}}
* [[Jim Hughart]] – bass guitar {{small|on "Trouble Child"}}
* [[Milt Holland]] – [[Tubular bells|chimes]] {{small|on "Court and Spark"}}
* [[David Crosby]] – backing vocals {{small|on "Free Man in Paris" and "Down to You"}}
* [[Graham Nash]] – backing vocals {{small|on "Free Man in Paris"}}
* Susan Webb – backing vocals {{small|on "Down to You"}}
* [[Cheech & Chong|Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong]] – background voices {{small|on "Twisted"}}

'''Technical personnel'''
* Joni Mitchell – record producer
* [[Henry Lewy]] and Ellis Sorkin – [[audio engineer|engineers]]
* Anthony Hudson – art direction, design
* Joni Mitchell – cover painting
* [[Norman Seeff]] – photography

==Charts and certifications==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Court and Spark''
! scope="col"| Chart (1974)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="auchart">{{Cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=[[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]]|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|title-link=Kent Music Report}}</ref>
|34
|-
!scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4997a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=Top Albums/CDs – Volume 21, No. 7|magazine=RPM|format=PHP|date=March 30, 1974|access-date=April 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429183032/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.4997a&type=1&interval=50&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|archive-date=April 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|1
|-
{{album chart|Norway|18|artist=Joni Mitchell|album=Court and Spark|rowheader=true|access-date=April 7, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|14|date=19740317|rowheader=true|access-date=April 7, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=Joni Mitchell|rowheader=true|access-date=April 7, 2021}}
|-
! scope="row"| US ''[[Cash Box]]'' Top 100 Albums<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-03-16.pdf|title=Cash Box Top 100 Albums |work=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]|date=March 16, 1974|page=29|access-date=16 July 2024}}</ref>
|align="center"| 1
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Year-end chart performance for ''Court and Spark''
! scope="col"| Chart (1974)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
!scope="row"|[[RPM Year-End|Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3891&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1974|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|access-date=October 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429080444/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.3891&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=c6btf3r8hs459qqt5ln3o3dcv5|archive-date=April 29, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|23
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Pop Albums<ref>{{cite web
 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121231123035/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855864?imw=Y
 |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/archivesearch/article_display/855864?imw=Y
 |title=Billboard.BIZ Top Pop Albums of 1974
 |publisher=billboard.biz
 |archive-date=December 31, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2014
 |url-status=dead
}}</ref>
|13
|}

===Certifications===
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{{certification Table Entry|title=Court &|artist=Joni Mitchell|type=album|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1974|access-date=September 22, 2011}}
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