Joni Mitchell – Don Juan's Reckless Daughter (E/VG+) – 2xLP, AU 1977

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter is an LP by Joni Mitchell from 1977 released on the Asylum Records label.

About this album

Don Juan's Reckless Daughter finds Joni Mitchell pushing her songwriting into a freer, more exploratory space. Issued in 1977, the double album blends folk-rock intimacy with jazz-rock improvisation, reflecting the broader musical conversations Mitchell was having at the time. It moves from sharply observed character studies to extended, elastic compositions such as Paprika Plains, while songs like Talk To Me and the title track show her gift for turning personal and social detail into something wider and more elusive. The record remains a key statement in Mitchell’s late-1970s run, admired for its ambition, restlessness and refusal to stay in one lane.