Court and Spark is widely regarded as Joni Mitchell's masterpiece — Pazz & Jop No. 1 for 1974

Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark is widely considered her masterpiece — she topped the Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop critics poll for 1974, and it’s hard to argue with that call. It’s the album where her jazz leanings fully clicked into place without losing the melodic thread.