The Beginning of Survival

The Beginning of Survival
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Compilation album by Joni Mitchell
Released	July 27, 2004
Recorded	1985-1998
Genre	Folk rock
Label	Geffen
Producer	Larry Klein, Joni Mitchell, Mike Ragogna (Compilation Producer)
Joni Mitchell chronology
Travelogue (2002)Travelogue2002 The Beginning of Survival (2004) Dreamland (2004)Dreamland2004

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The Beginning of Survival is the first in a series of compilation albums by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell, released in 2004 by Geffen. The songs on the album were taken from her albums Dog Eat Dog (6 tracks), Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm (4), Night Ride Home (3), Turbulent Indigo (2), and Taming the Tiger (1). As of December 2007, the album had sold 24,000 copies in the US.

Track listing

All songs by Joni Mitchell unless otherwise noted

1. "The Reoccurring Dream" – 3:03
2. "The Windfall (Everything for Nothing)" – 5:09
3. "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" – 6:49
4. "Dog Eat Dog" – 4:27
5. "Fiction" (Mitchell, Larry Klein) – 4:10
6. "The Beat of Black Wings" – 5:22
7. "No Apologies" – 4:17
8. "Sex Kills" – 3:56
9. "The Three Great Stimulants" – 6:06
10. "Lakota" (Mitchell, Klein) – 6:25
11. "Ethiopia" – 5:38
12. "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) – 5:25
13. "Tax Free" (Mitchell, Klein) – 4:17
14. "The Magdalene Laundries" – 4:01
15. "Passion Play" – 5:19
16. "Impossible Dreamer" – 4:30