{{Infobox album | name = The Beginning of Survival | type = compilation | artist = [[Joni Mitchell]] | cover = The_Beginning_of_Survival.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2004|7|27}} | recorded = 1985–1998 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[folk music|folk]] | length = | label = [[Geffen Records|Geffen]] | producer = [[Larry Klein]], Joni Mitchell, Mike Ragogna | prev_title = [[Travelogue (Joni Mitchell album)|Travelogue]] | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = [[Dreamland (Joni Mitchell album)|Dreamland]] | next_year = 2004 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/r700860 |title=The Beginning of Survival - Joni Mitchell | AllMusic |first=Thom |last=Jurek |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' | rev2score = {{rating|3|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> | rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/artists/jonimitchell/albums/album/6305215/review/6431012/the_beginning_of_survival |title=Joni Mitchell: The Beginning Of Survival : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |first=James |last=Hunter |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |year=2011 |accessdate=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124144512/http://rollingstone.com/artists/jonimitchell/albums/album/6305215/review/6431012/the_beginning_of_survival |archivedate=January 24, 2009 }}</ref> }}
'''''The Beginning of Survival''''' is the first in a series of compilation albums by Canadian singer-songwriter [[Joni Mitchell]], released by [[Geffen Records]] in 2004. The songs were taken from her albums ''[[Dog Eat Dog (Joni Mitchell album)|Dog Eat Dog]]'' (6 tracks), ''[[Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm]]'' (4), ''[[Night Ride Home]]'' (3), ''[[Turbulent Indigo]]'' (2), and ''[[Taming the Tiger]]'' (1).
==Track listing== All songs by Joni Mitchell unless otherwise noted # "The Reoccurring Dream" – 3:03 # "The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)" – 5:09 # "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" – 6:49 # "Dog Eat Dog" – 4:27 # "Fiction" (Mitchell, [[Larry Klein]]) – 4:10 # "The Beat of Black Wings" – 5:22 # "No Apologies" – 4:17 # "Sex Kills" – 3:56 # "The Three Great Stimulants" – 6:06 # "Lakota" (Mitchell, Klein) – 6:25 # "Ethiopia" – 5:38 # "Cool Water" ([[Bob Nolan]]) – 5:25 # "Tax Free" (Mitchell, Klein) – 4:17 # "The Magdalene Laundries" – 4:01 # "Passion Play" – 5:19 # "Impossible Dreamer" – 4:30
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