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typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Joni_Clouds.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/72/Joni_Clouds.jpg/220px-Joni_Clouds.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/72/Joni_Clouds.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">May 1, 1969<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1969-05-01</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/A%26M_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="A&M Studios">A&M</a> (Hollywood)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Contemporary_folk_music" title="Contemporary folk music">Folk</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="duration"><span class="min">37</span>:<span class="s">45</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li>Joni Mitchell</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Rothchild" title="Paul A. Rothchild">Paul A. Rothchild</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color:inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><i><a href="/wiki/Song_to_a_Seagull" title="Song to a Seagull">Song to a Seagull</a></i><br />(1968) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em"><i><b>Clouds</b></i><br />(1969) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em"><i><a href="/wiki/Ladies_of_the_Canyon_(album)" title="Ladies of the Canyon (album)">Ladies of the Canyon</a></i><br />(1970) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Clouds</b></i> is the second album by the Canadian singer-songwriter <a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a>, released on May 1, 1969, by <a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise Records</a>. After releasing her debut album, <i><a href="/wiki/Song_to_a_Seagull" title="Song to a Seagull">Song to a Seagull</a></i> (1968), to considerable exposure, Mitchell recorded <i>Clouds</i> at <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="A&M Studios">A&M Studios</a> in Hollywood. She produced most of the album and painted a self-portrait for its cover artwork. (The red flower is a <a href="/wiki/Prairie_lily" class="mw-redirect" title="Prairie lily">prairie lily</a>, the provincial flower of <a href="/wiki/Saskatchewan" title="Saskatchewan">Saskatchewan</a>.) <i>Clouds</i> has subtle, unconventional harmonies and songs about lovers, among other themes. </p><p>The album charted at number 22 in Canada and number 31 in the United States. It has been certified <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">gold</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a>, for shipments of 500,000 copies in the US. <i>Clouds</i> was generally well received by music critics. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clouds_(Joni_Mitchell_album)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After moving to New York City and signing to <a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise Records</a> in 1967, Mitchell recorded her 1968 debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Song_to_a_Seagull" title="Song to a Seagull">Song to a Seagull</a></i> with producer <a href="/wiki/David_Crosby" title="David Crosby">David Crosby</a>. The album was a mostly acoustic set of songs, some of which were subsequently covered by more established singers such as <a href="/wiki/Barbra_Streisand" title="Barbra Streisand">Barbra Streisand</a>. Consequently, Mitchell received more outside exposure and began to earn a strong <a href="/wiki/Cult_following" title="Cult following">cult following</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ankeny_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ankeny-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clouds_(Joni_Mitchell_album)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Mitchell recorded <i>Clouds</i> at <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="A&M Studios">A&M Studios</a> in Hollywood and played acoustic guitar and keyboards; she was joined by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Stills" title="Stephen Stills">Stephen Stills</a> on guitar.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She produced all of the album's songs, except "Tin Angel", which was produced by <a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Rothchild" title="Paul A. Rothchild">Paul A. Rothchild</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-credits_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-credits-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She also painted the album's cover artwork—a self-portrait.<sup id="cite_ref-Cleary_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two songs, "<a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Morning" title="Chelsea Morning">Chelsea Morning</a>" and "<a href="/wiki/Both_Sides,_Now" title="Both Sides, Now">Both Sides, Now</a>", had already been recorded by other singers by the time Mitchell started work on the album.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitchell wrote "Both Sides, Now" after reading <a href="/wiki/Saul_Bellow" title="Saul Bellow">Saul Bellow</a>'s 1959 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Henderson_the_Rain_King" title="Henderson the Rain King">Henderson the Rain King</a></i> on a plane and drawing on a point in the novel where the protagonist is looking at clouds from a plane.<sup id="cite_ref-RS_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The coincidence inspired the song's lyric about looking at clouds from both sides as a metaphor for life's ambiguities and mysteries, as she explained in a 1967 interview, "I dreamed down at the clouds, and thought that when I was a kid I had dreamed up at them, and having dreamed at the clouds from both sides as no generation of men has done, one should be able to accept his death very easily."<sup id="cite_ref-RS_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RS-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Clouds</i> mostly features Mitchell's vocals and acoustic backing.<sup id="cite_ref-Christgau_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christgau-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Songs on the album feature unconventional, subtle harmonies, particularly "Songs to Aging Children Come",<sup id="cite_ref-Cleary_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which employs <a href="/wiki/Chromatic" class="mw-redirect" title="Chromatic">chromatic</a> harmonies.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the 1969 film <a href="/wiki/Alice%27s_Restaurant_(film)" title="Alice's Restaurant (film)"><i>Alice's Restaurant</i></a> by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Penn" title="Arthur Penn">Arthur Penn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arlo_Guthrie" title="Arlo Guthrie">Arlo Guthrie</a>, and Venable Herndon, "Songs to Aging Children Come" was re-recorded and performed by Tigger Outlaw in an arrangement for solo vocals and guitar as <a href="/wiki/Diegesis" title="Diegesis">diegetic music</a> during a funeral service. Mitchell's composition was seen as pivotal for the "extraordinarily cinematic" and "beautiful" character of the scene.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mitchell was originally cast to perform the song herself, but declined after unsuccessful royalties negotiations with the film's producers.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_and_reception">Release and reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clouds_(Joni_Mitchell_album)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Release and reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Professional ratings</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="4.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="4.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, 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typeof="mw:File"><span title="3/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" 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style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide" title="The Rolling Stone Album Guide">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><span role="img" style="white-space:nowrap" title="3.5/5 stars"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="3.5/5 stars"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/17px-Star_full.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/22px-Star_full.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/11px-Star_half.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/17px-Star_half.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Star_half.svg/22px-Star_half.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/17px-Star_empty.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/22px-Star_empty.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="108" data-file-height="110" /></span></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-RSguide_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSguide-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">C<sup id="cite_ref-Christgau_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christgau-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Clouds</i> was released by <a href="/wiki/Reprise_Records" title="Reprise Records">Reprise Records</a> on May 1, 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It peaked at number 22 on the <i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i> albums chart in Canada.<sup id="cite_ref-RPM_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPM-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the United States, the album charted at number 31 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-awards_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-awards-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It won a <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Grammy Award">Grammy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Grammy_Award_for_Best_Ethnic_or_Traditional_Folk_Recording" title="Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording">Best Folk Performance</a> for 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-awards_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-awards-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a contemporary review, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Robert Christgau</a> of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a></i> felt that "without David Crosby's production ... Joni's voice sounds malnourished, which it is."<sup id="cite_ref-Christgau_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christgau-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He observed three "excellent" songs—"Roses Blue", "Both Sides, Now", and "Chelsea Morning"—but critiqued that the latter two "have been done better elsewhere", particularly <a href="/wiki/Gloria_Loring" title="Gloria Loring">Gloria Loring</a>'s cover of "Chelsea Morning".<sup id="cite_ref-Christgau_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Christgau-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Clouds</i> was certified <a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">gold</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> on August 28, 2001, having shipped 500,000 copies in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-RIAA_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RIAA-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a retrospective review, <a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> editor David Cleary called <i>Clouds</i> an "essential release" and "a stark stunner, a great leap forward for Joni Mitchell", commenting that her vocals "are more forthright and assured than on her debut and exhibit a remarkable level of subtle expressiveness."<sup id="cite_ref-Cleary_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although she found Mitchell "a bit too young and chipper to be singing about disillusionment", <i><a href="/wiki/Pitchfork_(website)" title="Pitchfork (website)">Pitchfork</a></i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Jessica Hopper nonetheless viewed the album as a "landmark" for Mitchell and an "introduction to [her] real deal, shaking folk tradition and giving off a little humor and spirit."<sup id="cite_ref-Hopper_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hopper-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> observed an "older-and-wiser tone" and "much-improved second album" after Mitchell's 1968 debut.<sup id="cite_ref-RSguide_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSguide-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The magazine ranked the song "Both Sides, Now" number 171 on their list of <a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone%27s_500_Greatest_Songs_of_All_Time" title="Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time">the 500 greatest songs of all time</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Clouds</i> is considered a contemplative album by <i>Rolling Stone</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-RSguide_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RSguide-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> David Cleary comments that songs such as "Tin Angel", "That Song About the Midway", and "The Gallery" present sketches of lovers,<sup id="cite_ref-Cleary_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that "I Don't Know Where I Stand" is about the uncertainty of new love, that "The Fiddle and the Drum" likens a warmongering U.S. government during the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> to a bitter friend, that "Roses Blue" discusses the misuse of the <a href="/wiki/Magical_organization" title="Magical organization">occult</a>, and that "I Think I Understand" deals with mental illness.<sup id="cite_ref-Cleary_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cleary-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jessica Hopper from <i>Pitchfork</i> feels that, "lyrically, [Mitchell] was transitioning from the era's de facto <a href="/wiki/Hippie" title="Hippie">hippie</a> sensualism (colors! the weather! vibes!) to the classically prosodic style (Keats! Cohen!) she'd become known for."<sup id="cite_ref-Hopper_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hopper-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clouds_(Joni_Mitchell_album)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236635009">.mw-parser-output .tracklist{border-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr:nth-child(2n-1){background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist caption{text-align:left;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist td,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{vertical-align:top}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="col"]{text-align:left;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-length-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th.tracklist-number-header,.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"],.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length,.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{padding-right:10px;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tracklist th[scope="row"]{font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-number-header{width:2em;padding-left:10px}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-length-header{width:4em}.mw-parser-output .tracklist tr.tracklist-total-length{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tracklist .tracklist-total-length th{padding:0;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length th>span{float:right;padding:0 10px;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0)}.mw-parser-output .tracklist-total-length td{background-color:var(--background-color-neutral,#eaecf0);font-weight:bold;padding:0 10px 0 0}</style><div class="track-listing"><p>All tracks are written by Joni Mitchell</p><table class="tracklist"><caption><b>Side one</b></caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Tin Angel"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:09</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Morning" title="Chelsea Morning">Chelsea Morning</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:35</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"I Don't Know Where I Stand"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:13</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"That Song About the Midway"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:38</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Roses Blue"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:52</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236635009"><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption><b>Side two</b></caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"The Gallery"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:12</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"I Think I Understand"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:28</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Songs to Aging Children Come"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:10</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fiddle_and_the_Drum" title="The Fiddle and the Drum">The Fiddle and the Drum</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:50</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"<a href="/wiki/Both_Sides,_Now" title="Both Sides, Now">Both Sides, Now</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:32</td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clouds_(Joni_Mitchell_album)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Credits for <i>Clouds</i> adapted from liner notes.<sup id="cite_ref-credits_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-credits-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Lewy" title="Henry Lewy">Henry Lewy</a> – engineer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell" title="Joni Mitchell">Joni Mitchell</a> – composer, cover art, guitar, keyboards, producer, vocals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_A._Rothchild" title="Paul A. Rothchild">Paul A. Rothchild</a> – producer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Stills" title="Stephen Stills">Stephen Stills</a> – bass, guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Thrasher" title="Ed Thrasher">Ed Thrasher</a> – art direction</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clouds_(Joni_Mitchell_album)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Chart performance for <i>Clouds</i> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1969) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Albums_Chart" title="Canadian Albums Chart">Canadian Albums Chart</a><sup id="cite_ref-RPM_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RPM-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">22 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200"><i>Billboard</i> 200</a><sup id="cite_ref-awards_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-awards-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">31 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i><a href="/wiki/Cash_Box" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box">Cash Box</a></i> Top 100 Albums<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">24 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Clouds_(Joni_Mitchell_album)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada (<a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>50,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomJoni_MitchellCloudsalbumCertRef_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomJoni_MitchellCloudsalbumCertRef-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>100,000<sup>‡</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United States (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_StatesJoni_MitchellCloudsalbumCertRef_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_StatesJoni_MitchellCloudsalbumCertRef-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>500,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small><br /><small><sup>‡</sup> Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/wiki/Ladies_of_the_Canyon_(album)" title="Ladies of the Canyon (album)">Ladies of the Canyon</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Blue (Joni Mitchell album)">Blue</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/For_the_Roses" title="For the Roses">For the Roses</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Court_and_Spark" title="Court and Spark">Court and Spark</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hissing_of_Summer_Lawns" title="The Hissing of Summer Lawns">The Hissing of Summer Lawns</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hejira_(album)" title="Hejira (album)">Hejira</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Don_Juan%27s_Reckless_Daughter" title="Don Juan's Reckless Daughter">Don Juan's Reckless Daughter</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mingus_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Mingus (Joni Mitchell album)">Mingus</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wild_Things_Run_Fast" title="Wild Things Run Fast">Wild Things Run Fast</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dog_Eat_Dog_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Dog Eat Dog (Joni Mitchell album)">Dog Eat Dog</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Chalk_Mark_in_a_Rain_Storm" title="Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm">Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Night_Ride_Home" title="Night Ride Home">Night Ride Home</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Turbulent_Indigo" title="Turbulent Indigo">Turbulent Indigo</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taming_the_Tiger" title="Taming the Tiger">Taming the Tiger</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Both_Sides_Now_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell album)">Both Sides Now</a></i> (2000)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Travelogue_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Travelogue (Joni Mitchell album)">Travelogue</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shine_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Shine (Joni Mitchell album)">Shine</a></i> (2007)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Miles_of_Aisles" title="Miles of Aisles">Miles of Aisles</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shadows_and_Light_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Shadows and Light (Joni Mitchell album)">Shadows and Light</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amchitka_(album)" title="Amchitka (album)">Amchitka, The 1970 Concert That Launched Greenpeace</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_at_Newport" title="Joni Mitchell at Newport">Joni Mitchell at Newport</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Hits_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Hits (Joni Mitchell album)">Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Misses_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Misses (Joni Mitchell album)">Misses</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beginning_of_Survival" title="The Beginning of Survival">The Beginning of Survival</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dreamland_(Joni_Mitchell_album)" title="Dreamland (Joni Mitchell album)">Dreamland</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Songs_of_a_Prairie_Girl" title="Songs of a Prairie Girl">Songs of a Prairie Girl</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_Has_Many_Faces_(box_set)" title="Love Has Many Faces (box set)">Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_Archives" title="Joni Mitchell Archives">Archives series</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks vcard navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Box sets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_Archives_%E2%80%93_Vol._1:_The_Early_Years_(1963%E2%80%931967)" title="Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963–1967)">Volume 1: The Early Years (1963–1967)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Reprise_Albums_(1968%E2%80%931971)" title="The Reprise Albums (1968–1971)">The Reprise Albums (1968–1971)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_Archives_%E2%80%93_Vol._2:_The_Reprise_Years_(1968%E2%80%931971)" title="Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971)">Volume 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Asylum_Albums_(1972%E2%80%931975)" title="The Asylum Albums (1972–1975)">The Asylum Albums (1972–1975)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_Archives_%E2%80%93_Vol._3:_The_Asylum_Years_(1972%E2%80%931975)" title="Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972–1975)">Volume 3: The Asylum Years (1972–1975)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Asylum_Albums_(1976%E2%80%931980)" title="The Asylum Albums (1976–1980)">The Asylum Albums (1976–1980)</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Auxiliary releases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Early_Joni_%E2%80%93_1963" title="Early Joni – 1963">Early Joni – 1963</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_Archives_%E2%80%93_Vol._1:_The_Early_Years_(1963%E2%80%931967)#Highlights" title="Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963–1967)">Volume 1 Highlights</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blue_50_(Demos_%26_Outtakes)" title="Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes)">Blue 50 (Demos & Outtakes)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_Archives_%E2%80%93_Vol._2:_The_Reprise_Years_(1968%E2%80%931971)#Blue_Highlights" title="Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968–1971)">Blue Highlights</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Joni_Mitchell_Archives_%E2%80%93_Vol._3:_The_Asylum_Years_(1972%E2%80%931975)#Court_and_Spark_Demos" title="Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 3: The Asylum Years (1972–1975)">Court and Spark Demos</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Canterbury_House_%E2%80%93_1967" title="Live at Canterbury House – 1967">Live at Canterbury House – 1967</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Carnegie_Hall_%E2%80%93_1969" title="Live at Carnegie Hall – 1969">Live at Carnegie Hall – 1969</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Chelsea_Morning" title="Chelsea Morning">Chelsea Morning</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Big_Yellow_Taxi" title="Big Yellow Taxi">Big Yellow Taxi</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Carey_(song)" title="Carey (song)">Carey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/California_(Joni_Mitchell_song)" title="California (Joni Mitchell song)">California</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Turn_Me_On,_I%27m_a_Radio" title="You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio">You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Raised_on_Robbery" title="Raised on Robbery">Raised on Robbery</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Help_Me_(Joni_Mitchell_song)" title="Help Me (Joni Mitchell song)">Help Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Free_Man_in_Paris" title="Free Man in Paris">Free Man in Paris</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_France_They_Kiss_on_Main_Street" title="In France They Kiss on Main Street">In France They Kiss on Main Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Coyote_(song)" title="Coyote (song)">Coyote</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Secret_Place" title="My Secret Place">My Secret Place</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Both_Sides,_Now" title="Both Sides, Now">Both Sides, Now</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Fiddle_and_the_Drum" title="The Fiddle and the Drum">The Fiddle and the Drum</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Woodstock_(song)" title="Woodstock (song)">Woodstock</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Circle_Game_(song)" title="The Circle Game (song)">The Circle Game</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Green_(song)" title="Little Green 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27ve_Got_a_Friend" title="You've Got a Friend">You've Got a Friend</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can_Close_Your_Eyes" title="You Can Close Your Eyes">You Can Close Your Eyes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Long_Ago_and_Far_Away_(James_Taylor_song)" title="Long Ago and Far Away (James Taylor song)">Long Ago and Far Away</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Got_%27til_It%27s_Gone" title="Got 'til It's Gone">Got 'til It's Gone</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Waltz" title="The Last Waltz">The Last Waltz</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_%E2%80%93_Live_in_Berlin" title="The Wall – Live in Berlin">The Wall – Live in 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