If Joni Mitchell is considered one of the most important artists of the last century, and this album is furthermore praised as one of her best (next to "Blue" and "Hejira"), which superlative remains for this work? Masterpiece, milestone, stroke of genius??? Well, Joni Mitchell surprised here with a poppy and accessible appeal, without really becoming mainstream or selling her ideals. No wonder this album also became her biggest commercial success. The stripped-down folk here gives way to a very confident and full-throated, more rock-oriented production. Their trademark, perceptive and multi-layered lyrics, the fun of intricate song structures that flirt in the direction of jazz shine through at all corners despite the stylistic swing After the still restrainedly instrumented title song, which with its melancholy mood melancholic mood would fit well on one of the earlier albums, "Help Me" is then of such smooth catchiness that it is hard to get it out of your head. "People's Parties" and even more so the light-footed "Twisted" then point the way towards later jazz excursions. "Raised On Robbery" really rocks out. Highlight of the album is certainly the driving "Car On The Hill", Joni Mitchell has probably never come closer to the ideal of the perfect pop song The themes remain classic Mitchell terrain: all the complexity that happens between two people that happens between two people. Her voice, as always, tells these stories in a very personal and touching way. So this album hovers between the radical intimacy of "Blue" and the spacious sparseness of "Hejira." A timeless classic that sounds so young and unspent, harking back to a time when it was still possible to captivate people with a melody and a voice that had something to tell. The album went on to reach #2 in the US Top 100 and even went #1 in their native Canada.