Turbulent Indigo

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{{Infobox album

| name = Turbulent Indigo

| type = studio

| artist = Joni Mitchell

| cover = Joni Mitchell - Turbulent Indigo.png

| released = October 25, 1994

| recorded = 1993

| studio = The Kiva (Los Angeles, California)

| genre = Adult alternative

| length = 43:06

| label = Reprise

| producer = Joni Mitchell, Larry Klein

| prev_title = Night Ride Home

| prev_year = 1991

| next_title = Hits

| next_year = 1996

| misc = {{singles

| type = studio

| single1 = How Do You Stop

| single1date = 1994 (Europe and Australia)

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmusic.com/album/r206652 |title=Turbulent Indigo – Joni Mitchell | AllMusic |first=W. |last=Ruhlmann |work=allmusic.com |year=2011 |access-date=July 19, 2011}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Mitchell, Joni|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|location=London|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|year=2011|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8}}

| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev4score = B+

| rev5 = Los Angeles Times

| rev5score = {{Rating|4|4}}{{cite web |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-27-ca-55120-story.html |title=Album Review – Los Angeles Times |first=Chris |last=Willman |work=Los Angeles Times |year=2011 |access-date=July 19, 2011}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = 5/10{{cite magazine|first=Emma|last=Forrest|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/53321086498/|title=Long Play|work=NME|date=November 5, 1994|page=46|access-date=November 13, 2023|author-link=Emma Forrest}}

| rev7 = Q

| rev7score = {{Rating|4|5}}Q, December 1994

| rev8 = Rolling Stone

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=http://rollingstone.com/artists/jonimitchell/albums/album/321631/review/5945724/turbulent_indigo |title=Joni Mitchell: Turbulent Indigo : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |first=John |last=Milward |magazine=Rolling Stone |year=2011 |access-date=July 19, 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124144501/http://rollingstone.com/artists/jonimitchell/albums/album/321631/review/5945724/turbulent_indigo |archive-date=January 24, 2009 }}

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Turbulent Indigo is the fifteenth album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Released in 1994, it won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Album. John Milward, writing for Rolling Stone, wrote that it was Mitchell's "best album since the mid-'70s".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/turbulent-indigo-19941215 |title=Rolling Stone magazine |author=John Milward |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 15, 1994 |access-date=February 11, 2012}}

The album marked her return to Warner Music (formerly WEA) distribution after her previous album, Night Ride Home, was distributed by MCA for its then-newly purchased subsidiary Geffen Records (which, prior to the sale to MCA, had distributed through WEA).

The album takes inspiration from the Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh for Mitchell's self-portrait on the cover. The song "Turbulent Indigo" references van Gogh, while describing the mental turmoil both he and Mitchell face in the creative process. The song "Not to Blame" was rumored to be about Mitchell's fellow singer-songwriter and former lover Jackson Browne, who was alleged to have beaten his girlfriend, actress Daryl Hannah.{{cite web |title=Jackson Browne casts "Blame' back at Mitchell |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/09/30/jackson-browne-casts-blame-back-at-mitchell/ |website=Tampa Bay Times |access-date=March 6, 2022 |language=en |date=September 30, 1997}}{{Cite web |last=Taylor |first=Tom |date=11 November 2023 |title=The “very ill” Joni Mitchell song that Jackson Browne says was “beneath her” |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-very-ill-joni-mitchell-song-that-jackson-browne-says-was-beneath-her/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119224647if_/https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-very-ill-joni-mitchell-song-that-jackson-browne-says-was-beneath-her/ |archive-date=19 November 2023 |access-date=20 November 2023 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk}}

Mitchell also takes in non-personal issues, notably in the song "Magdalene Laundries", which recounts the sufferings of Irish women once consigned to Magdalen Asylums run by the Roman Catholic Church and made to work in the asylums' laundries. Similarly, the song "Sex Kills" referenced a number of late 20th century topical issues, including violence, AIDS, global warming and consumerism.

{{As of|2007|12}}, the album has sold 311,000 copies in the US.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1046981/ask-billboard |title=Ask Billboard|magazine=Billboard |first=Keith|last=Caulfield|date=December 21, 2007 |access-date=May 19, 2018}}{{better source needed|reason=figures from 17 years ago not very useful|date=September 2024}}