Love Has Many Faces (box set)

{{Infobox album | name = Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced | type = box set | artist = [[Joni Mitchell]] | cover = Love_Has_Many_Faces_box_set.jpeg | alt = | released = November 24, 2014<ref name="joni">{{cite web |url=https://jonimitchell.com/music/album.cfm?id=33 |website=jonimitchell.com |title=Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, A Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>{{efn|Some sources list the set's release date as November 17, 2014, while others list it as being a week later November 24. Mitchell's official website lists its release date as November 24.}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|[[Jazz]]<ref name="allmusic"/>|[[orchestra|orchestral]]<ref name="vogue">{{cite web |url= https://www.vogue.com/article/joni-mitchell-box-set-love-has-many-faces |website=Vogue |title= Joni Mitchell on Love, Her New Box Set, and Music Today |last=Frank |first=Alex |date=18 December 2014 |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>}} | length = 238:49 | label = {{hlist|[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]|[[Asylum Records|Asylum]]|[[Nonesuch Records|Nonesuch]]|[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]]}} | producer = {{hlist|[[Joni Mitchell]]|[[Thomas Dolby]]{{efn|On "Tax Free"}}|[[Larry Klein]]{{efn|On tracks from ''Dog Eat Dog'', ''Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm'', ''Night Ride Home'', ''Turbulent Indigo'', ''Both Sides Now'' and ''Travelogue''}}}} | compiler = [[Joni Mitchell]] | prev_title = [[Amchitka (album)|Amchitka]] | prev_year = 2009 | next_title = [[Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 1: The Early Years (1963–1967)]] | next_year = 2020 }}

'''''Love Has Many Faces''''' (subtitled '''''A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced''''') is a box set by Canadian musician [[Joni Mitchell]]. It was released on November 24, 2014, through [[Rhino Entertainment]]. The box set compiles songs spanning Mitchell's fourth album, ''[[Blue (Joni Mitchell album)|Blue]]'' to her most recent album, ''[[Shine (Joni Mitchell album)|Shine]]'' (2007).

==Background==

Compiled over a period of 18 months, ''Love Has Many Faces'' collects romantically themed songs from Mitchell's back catalogue, organized into four "acts".<ref name="announce">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/joni-mitchell-plots-career-spanning-love-has-many-faces-collection-231472/amp/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |title=Joni Mitchell Plots Career-Spanning 'Love Has Many Faces' Collection |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=15 October 2014 |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref> Included in its packaging is new paintings and poetry by Mitchell.<ref name="super">{{cite web |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/joni-mitchell-love-has-many-faces/ |website=Super Deluxe Edition |last=Sinclair |first=Paul |title= Joni Mitchell / Love Has Many Faces |date=15 October 2014 |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref>

While the set was originally planned as one disc, creating what Mitchell referred to as an "emotional roller coaster", it was eventually expanded to four discs, allowing certain themes to be emphasized and "moods [to be] sustained".<ref name="announce"/> This single-disc compilation was intended to accompany a ballet to be performed in 2014 by the [[Alberta Ballet Company|Alberta Ballet]], until Mitchell made the decision to expand the project.<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/joni-mitchell-boxed-set-ballet-interview-6397808/amp/ |magazine=Billboard |title=Joni Mitchell Talks New Boxed Set, Not Being Able To Perform: 'I Don't Miss Much of Anything' |date=9 December 2014 |access-date=30 December 2023 |last=Hampp |first=Andrew}}</ref>

The set notably does not include any material from Mitchell's first three albums—''[[Song to a Seagull]]'' (1968), ''[[Clouds (Joni Mitchell album)|Clouds]]'' (1969), and ''[[Ladies of the Canyon (album)|Ladies of the Canyon]]'' (1970).<ref name="billboard"/> In an interview with ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', she attributed the exclusion of the latter two albums to a dislike of her vocal performances on them.<ref name="billboard"/>

==Reception==

{{Album ratings |rev1 = [[AllMusic]] |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="allmusic"/> |rev2 = ''[[The Irish Times]]'' |rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="irish">{{cite news |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/joni-mitchell-love-has-many-faces-1.2016031 |newspaper=The Irish Times |last=Clayton-Lea |first=Tony |title=Joni Mitchell: Love Has Many Faces |date=27 November 2014 |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref> |rev3 = ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' |rev3score = 9.5/10<ref name="paste"/> |rev4 = ''[[PopMatters]]'' |rev4score = 7/10<ref name="popmatters">{{cite web |url= https://www.popmatters.com/188620-joni-mitchell-love-has-many-faces-a-quartet-a-ballet-waiting-to-be-d-2495581300.html |website=PopMatters |title=Joni Mitchell: Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced |last=Sawdey |first=Evan |date=16 December 2014 |access-date=31 December 2023}}</ref>}}

In a review for [[AllMusic]], Mark Deming awarded the set four stars out of five.<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-has-many-faces-a-quartet-a-ballet-waiting-to-be-danced-mw0002770849 |website=AllMusic |title=Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced |last=Deming |first=Mark |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref> While he felt that some fans may have been disappointed by its emphasis on less-popular and overlooked later material, he also opined that the lesser-known material "play[s] significantly better than they did on her uneven projects of the '80s and '90s", and also stated that the "lyrical strength and bold musical vision that inform [the set's] music are genuinely remarkable on nearly every tune."<ref name="allmusic"/> Writing for ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'', Douglas Heselgrave gave the set a rating of 9.5 out of 10 and also commended it for featuring work from the latter part of Mitchell's career, highlighting "Chinese Café/[[Unchained Melody]]", "Love Puts on a New Face" and "Borderline" and praising them as being "as lyrically and musically interesting as anything she recorded during the first decade of her career".<ref name="paste">{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/joni-mitchell/joni-mitchell-love-has-many-faces-review |website=Paste |title=Joni Mitchell: Love Has Many Faces |last=Heselgrave |first=Douglas |date=30 December 2014 |access-date=30 December 2023}}</ref> In 2016, the box set won the [[Grammy Award]] for Best Album Notes.

==Track listing==

{{Track listing | headline = Act 1: ''Birth of Rock 'n' Roll Days'' | all_writing = [[Joni Mitchell]], except where noted. | extra_column = Original release | title1 = [[In France They Kiss on Main Street]] | extra1 = ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'' (1975) | length1 = 3:18 | title2 = Ray's Dad's Cadillac | extra2 = ''[[Night Ride Home]]'' (1991) | length2 = 4:33 | title3 = [[You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio]] | extra3 = ''[[For the Roses]]'' (1972) | length3 = 2:39 | title4 = Harlem in Havana | extra4 = ''[[Taming the Tiger]]'' (1998) | length4 = 4:25 | title5 = Car on a Hill | extra5 = ''[[Court and Spark]]'' (1974) | length5 = 2:58 | title6 = Dancin' Clown | extra6 = ''[[Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm]]'' (1988) | length6 = 3:51 | title7 = [[River (Joni Mitchell song)|River]] | extra7 = ''[[Blue (Joni Mitchell album)|Blue]]'' (1971) | length7 = 4:00 | title8 = Chinese Café/[[Unchained Melody]] | note8 = Mitchell/[[Alex North]], [[Hy Zaret]] | extra8 = ''[[Wild Things Run Fast]]'' (1982) | length8 = 5:17 | title9 = Harry's House/[[Centerpiece (song)|Centerpiece]] | note9 = Mitchell/[[John Hendricks]], [[Harry Edison]] | extra9 = ''The Hissing of Summer Lawns'' | length9 = 6:47 | title10 = Shades of Scarlett Conquering | extra10 = ''The Hissing of Summer Lawns'' | length10 = 4:58 | title11 = Number One | extra11 = ''Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm'' | length11 = 3:47 | title12 = The Windfall (Everything for Nothing) | extra12 = ''Night Ride Home'' | length12 = 5:14 | title13 = Come in from the Cold | extra13 = ''Night Ride Home'' | length13 = 3:39 | total_length = 55:26 }}

{{Track listing | headline = Act 2: ''The Light Is Hard to Find''{{efn|Late in the set's production, Mitchell chose to rearrange the track order of disc two, leading to a disrepancy between the order listed on the set's packaging and the actual order of songs on the album. The track listing here reflects what actually appears on the disc.<ref name="liner notes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Love Has Many Faces: A Quartet, a Ballet, Waiting to Be Danced |date=24 November 2014 |author=Joni Mitchell |type=liner notes |publisher=Rhino Entertainment}}</ref>}} | extra_column = Original release | title1 = Court and Spark | extra1 = ''Court and Spark'' | length1 = 2:46 | title2 = Not to Blame | extra2 = ''[[Turbulent Indigo]]'' (1994) | length2 = 4:16 | title3 = Nothing Can Be Done | note3 = Mitchell, [[Larry Klein]] | extra3 = ''Night Ride Home'' | length3 = 4:52 | title4 = [[Comes Love]] | note4 = [[Lew Brown]], [[Sam H. Stept]], [[Charles Tobias]] | extra4 = ''[[Both Sides Now (Joni Mitchell album)|Both Sides Now]]'' (2000) | length4 = 4:28 | title5 = Trouble Child | extra5 = ''Court and Spark'' | length5 = 4:00 | title6 = No Apologies | extra6 = ''Taming the Tiger'' | length6 = 4:17 | title7 = Moon at the Window | extra7 = ''Wild Things Run Fast'' | length7 = 3:43 | title8 = [[Blue (Joni Mitchell song)|Blue]] | extra8 = ''Blue'' | length8 = 3:03 | title9 = Tax Free | note9 = Mitchell, Klein | extra9 = ''[[Dog Eat Dog (Joni Mitchell album)|Dog Eat Dog]]'' (1985) | length9 = 4:15 | title10 = The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey | extra10 = ''[[Mingus (Joni Mitchell album)|Mingus]]'' (1979) | length10 = 6:33 | title11 = Hana | extra11 = ''[[Shine (Joni Mitchell album)|Shine]]'' (2007) | length11 = 3:42 | title12 = Hejira | extra12 = ''[[Travelogue (Joni Mitchell album)|Travelogue]]'' (2002) | length12 = 6:47 | title13 = Stay in Touch | extra13 = ''Taming the Tiger'' | length13 = 2:58 | title14 = Night Ride Home | extra14 = ''Night Ride Home'' | length14 = 3:26 | total_length = 59:06 }}

{{Track listing | headline = Act 3: ''Love Has Many Faces'' | extra_column = Original release | title1 = [[You're My Thrill (song)|You're My Thrill]] | note1 = [[Sidney Clare]], [[Jay Gorney]] | extra1 = ''Both Sides Now'' | length1 = 3:51 | title2 = The Crazy Cries of Love | note2 = Mitchell, [[Don Freed]] | extra2 = ''Taming the Tiger'' | length2 = 3:53 | title3 = Love Puts on a New Face | extra3 = ''Taming the Tiger'' | length3 = 3:46 | title4 = Borderline | extra4 = ''Turbulent Indigo'' | length4 = 4:47 | title5 = A Strange Boy | extra5 = ''[[Hejira (album)|Hejira]]'' (1976) | length5 = 4:17 | title6 = You Dream Flat Tires | extra6 = ''Travelogue'' | length6 = 3:45 | title7 = Love | extra7 = ''Travelogue'' | length7 = 5:38 | title8 = All I Want | extra8 = ''Blue'' | length8 = 3:33 | title9 = Be Cool | extra9 = ''Travelogue'' | length9 = 5:09 | title10 = Yvette in English | note10 = Mitchell, [[David Crosby]] | extra10 = ''Turbulent Indigo'' | length10 = 5:16 | title11 = Just Like This Train | extra11 = ''Court and Spark'' | length11 = 4:23 | title12 = [[Carey (song)|Carey]] | extra12 = ''Blue'' | length12 = 3:02 | title13 = The Only Joy in Town | extra13 = ''Night Ride Home'' | length13 = 5:09 | total_length = 56:29 }}

{{Track listing | headline = Act 4: ''If You Need Me I'll Be at the Bar'' | extra_column = Original release | title1 = Don Juan's Reckless Daughter | extra1 = ''[[Don Juan's Reckless Daughter]]'' (1977) | length1 = 6:38 | title2 = [[Two Grey Rooms]] | extra2 = ''Night Ride Home'' | length2 = 3:55 | title3 = God Must Be a Boogie Man | extra3 = ''Travelogue'' | length3 = 3:55 | title4 = Down to You | extra4 = ''Court and Spark'' | length4 = 5:36 | title5 = [[A Case of You (song)|A Case of You]] | extra5 = ''Blue'' | length5 = 4:22 | title6 = [[The Last Time I Saw Richard]] | extra6 = ''Travelogue'' | length6 = 4:58 | title7 = [[Raised on Robbery]] | extra7 = ''Court and Spark'' | length7 = 3:05 | title8 = Sweet Sucker Dance | note8 = Mitchell, [[Charles Mingus]] | extra8 = ''Mingus'' | length8 = 8:05 | title9 = Lakota | note9 = Mitchell, Klein | extra9 = ''Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm'' | length9 = 6:26 | title10 = [[Cool Water (song)|Cool Water]] | note10 = [[Bob Nolan]], with revised lyrics by Mitchell | extra10 = ''Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm'' | length10 = 5:25 | title11 = Amelia | extra11 = ''Travelogue'' | length11 = 6:46 | title12 = [[Both Sides, Now|Both Sides Now]] | extra12 = ''Both Sides Now'' | length12 = 5:44 | title13 = My Best to You | note13 = Gene Willadsen, [[Isham Jones]] | extra13 = ''Taming the Tiger'' | length13 = 2:53 | total_length = 67:48 }}

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