Joni Mitchell released 17 albums of original songs over her 40 year career.
=== 20002005: Both Sides Now, retirement tour and retrospectives ===The singer's next two albums featured no new songs and, Mitchell has said, were recorded to "fulfill contractual obligations", but on both she attempted to make use of her new vocal range in interpreting familiar material
 On the same day, Mitchell released Early Joni  1963 and Live at Canterbury House  1967 (both culled from the 5-CD box set) as standalone vinyl releases

