The Hissing of Summer Lawns

The Hissing of Summer Lawns is the seventh studio album by the Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in November 1975 on Asylum Records. It continues the jazz-rock influence of Mitchell's previous album, Court and Spark, with more unconventional and experimental material. It features backing from members of jazz-rock groups L.A. Express and The Crusaders, with additional contributions from James Taylor, David Crosby, and Graham Nash. It also introduced synthesizers to Mitchell's work for the first time, as well as experimenting with sampling. The lyrics focus on women's experiences with patriarchal norms, male dominance, and suburban life, as well as on culture and the music industry. As with many of her albums, Mitchell created the cover art. It depicts a painting of a group of men carrying a large snake superimposed over the Beverly Hills suburbs; Mitchell's house is shaded in blue. While it did not spawn a major hit single like its predecessor, The Hissing of Summer Lawns reached number 4 in the US and remains Mitchell's last top-10 album. "In France They Kiss on Main Street", the only single, reached number 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_His...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)