Shine (Joni Mitchell album)

Shine
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 25, 2007
Recorded2006–2007
StudioCastle Oaks (Calabasas, California)
Genre
Length46:57
Label
ProducerJoni Mitchell
Joni Mitchell chronology
Songs of a Prairie Girl
(2005)
Shine
(2007)
Amchitka
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment WeeklyA−
The Guardian
Los Angeles Times
Mojo
Pitchfork8.0/10
PopMatters8/10
Q
Rolling Stone

Shine is the nineteenth and final studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released on September 25, 2007, by Hear Music. It is Mitchell's first album of new material since Taming the Tiger (1998).

In the US, the album sold 40,000 copies in its first week, debuting at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 chart; this was Mitchell's best peak position in America since Hejira (1976). Shine peaked at No. 36 on the UK chart, making it Mitchell's first Top 40 album there since Night Ride Home (1991). In its first week on sale, Shine sold around 60,000 copies worldwide. As of February 2008, the album has sold 372,000 copies in the United States.