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''Hejira'', released in 1976 through Creator/AsylumRecords, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Like her other albums that she released after 1974's ''Court And Spark'' in the '70s, it got mixed reviews on release but in the years since [[VindicatedByHistory it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights]].

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''Hejira'', released in 1976 through Creator/AsylumRecords, Asylum Records, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Like her other albums that she released after 1974's ''Court And Spark'' in the '70s, it got mixed reviews on release but in the years since [[VindicatedByHistory it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights]].



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''Hejira'', released in 1976, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Like her other albums that she released after 1974's ''Court And Spark'' in the '70s, it got mixed reviews on release but in the years since [[VindicatedByHistory it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights]].

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''Hejira'', released in 1976, 1976 through Creator/AsylumRecords, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Like her other albums that she released after 1974's ''Court And Spark'' in the '70s, it got mixed reviews on release but in the years since [[VindicatedByHistory it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights]].

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* ArtsyBeret: Joni wears one on the cover.



* NiceHat: Joni wears a beret on the cover.
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* ElderlyBlueHairedLady: Referenced in "A Strange Boy":
-->''While the boarders were snoring\\
Under crisp white sheets of curfew\\
We were newly lovers then\\
We were fire in the stiff, blue-haired house rules''
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''Hejira'', released in 1976, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Like her other albums that she released after 1974's ''Court And Spark'' in the '70s, it got mixed reviews on release but in the years since it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights.

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''Hejira'', released in 1976, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Like her other albums that she released after 1974's ''Court And Spark'' in the '70s, it got mixed reviews on release but in the years since [[VindicatedByHistory it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights.
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-->''History falls to parking lots and shopping malls''
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* XMeetsY: The album combines the jazzy textures of ''Court And Spark'' and ''The Hissing Of Summer Lawns'' with the spare, confessional style of ''Music/BlueJoniMitchellAlbum''.

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'''''Hejira''''', released in 1976, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Like her other albums that she released after 1974's ''Court And Spark'' in the '70s, it got mixed reviews on release but in the years since it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights.

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'''''Hejira''''', ''Hejira'', released in 1976, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Like her other albums that she released after 1974's ''Court And Spark'' in the '70s, it got mixed reviews on release but in the years since it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights.
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In the concert documentary ''The Last Waltz'', Mitchell sings opening track "Coyote" with Music/TheBand.

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In the concert documentary ''The Last Waltz'', ''Film/TheLastWaltz'', Mitchell sings opening track "Coyote" with Music/TheBand.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
** The songs are inspired by Joni's experiences on a road trip from Maine to L.A.
** "Furry Sings the Blues" was inspired by a meeting with legendary Memphis bluesman Furry Lewis. It didn't go well. He hated this song too and tried to sue Mitchell over it.
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'''''Hejira''''', released in 1976, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. In the years since its release it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights.

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'''''Hejira''''', released in 1976, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. In Like her other albums that she released after 1974's ''Court And Spark'' in the '70s, it got mixed reviews on release but in the years since its release it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights.
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'''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)

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'''Side one'''
[[AC: Side One]]
# "Coyote" - (5:01)
# "Amelia" - (6:01)
# "Furry Sings the Blues" - (5:07)
# "A Strange Boy" - (4:15)
# "Hejira" - (6:42)
'''Side two'''
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# "Song for Sharon" - (8:40)
# "Black Crow" - 4:22
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# "Blue Motel Room" - (5:04)
# "Refuge of the Roads" - (6:42)
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* NiceHat: Joni wears a beret on the cover.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Furry Sings the Blues" was inspired by a meeting with legendary Memphis bluesman Furry Lewis. It didn't go well. He hated this song too and tried to sue Mitchell over it.

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"Furry Sings the Blues" was inspired by a meeting with legendary Memphis bluesman Furry Lewis. It didn't go well. He hated this song too and tried to sue Mitchell over it.
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* ThoseWilyCoyotes: Joni's lover on "Coyote" is nicknamed "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin coyote]]" because of his trickster/[[TheFool fool]] tendencies.

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* ThoseWilyCoyotes: Joni's lover on "Coyote" is nicknamed "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin coyote]]" because of his trickster/[[TheFool [[TheTrickster trickster]]/[[TheFool fool]] tendencies.
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* XMeetsY: The album combines the jazzy textures of ''Court And Spark'' and ''The Hissing Of Summer Lawns'' with the spare, confessional style of ''Music/BlueJoniMitchellAlbum''.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''I'm porous with travel fever/But you know I'm so glad to be on my own/Still somehow the slightest touch of a stranger/Can set up trembling in my bones.'']]

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* EpicRocking: "Song for Sharon" runs 8-9 minutes.
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!!Tracklist
Side one
No. Title Length
# "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)
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'''''Hejira''''', released in 1976, is Music/JoniMitchell's eighth studio album. Mitchell wrote the majority of the songs on a car trip from Maine to UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. In the years since its release it has become recognized as one of Mitchell's highlights.

In the concert documentary ''The Last Waltz'', Mitchell sings opening track "Coyote" with Music/TheBand.

!!Refuge of the Tropes:
* DrivenToSuicide: From "Song for Sharon":
-->''A woman I know just drowned herself''\\
''The well was deep and muddy''\\
''She was just shaking off futility''\\
''Or punishing somebody''.
* FaceOnTheCover: Mitchell faces the camera on an icy backdrop, a picture of a road projected on her coat.
* ManChild: "A Strange Boy":
-->''What a strange boy''\\
''He still lives with his family''\\
''Even the war and the navy''\\
''Could not bring him to maturity''.
* OneManSong: "Coyote", "Furry Sings the Blues", "A Strange Boy".
* OneWomanSong: "Amelia", "Song for Sharon"
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: "Furry Sings the Blues" was inspired by a meeting with legendary Memphis bluesman Furry Lewis. It didn't go well. He hated this song too and tried to sue Mitchell over it.
* SingerNamedrop: "Blue Motel Room"
-->''I hope you'll be thinking of me''\\
''Because I'll be thinking of you''\\
''While I'm traveling home alone''\\
''Tell those girls that you've got Joni''\\
''She's coming back home.''
* SpecialGuest:
** Music/WeatherReport bassist Jaco Pastorius plays bass on four tracks.
** Music/NeilYoung provides the harmonica on "Furry Sings the Blues".
* ThoseWilyCoyotes: Joni's lover on "Coyote" is nicknamed "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin coyote]]" because of his trickster/[[TheFool fool]] tendencies.
* WanderlustSong: Much of the album - whose title comes from the UsefulNotes/{{Arabic| language}} word for "journey" - is given over to songs about travel. That said, feelings of homesickness arise on songs like "Black Crow" and "Blue Motel Room".
* TheXOfY: "Refuge '''of the''' Roads"

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