The Beginning of Survival

Compilation by Joni Mitchell

Released 27 July 2004

1
The Reocurring 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
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
6:25
11
Ethiopia
5:38
12
Cool Water
5:25
13
Tax Free
4:17
14
The Magdalene Laundries
4:01
15
Passion Play (The Story of Jesus and Zachius... The Little Tax Collector)
5:19
16
Impossible Dreamer
4:30

Alex Acuña
Batá drum [16]
Benjamin Orr
background vocals [6]
Don Henley
background vocals [10]
Joni Mitchell
background vocals [10, 12], guitar [6, 8, 14], keyboard [6, 8, 14], lead vocals [10, 12, 16], percussion [8], producer [6, 10, 12, 16], vocal [6, 8, 14]
Larry Klein
bass [6, 8, 10, 12, 14], drum machine [12], keyboard [10], percussion [8], producer [6, 10, 12, 16]
Manu Katché
drums (drum set) [10, 12], percussion [6, 10, 12], talking drum [6]
Michael Landau
electric guitar [8], guitar [10, 12]
Mike Shipley
engineer [16], mix [16], producer [16]
Thomas Dolby
producer [16]
Wayne Shorter
soprano saxophone [16]
Willie Nelson
guest [12], lead vocals [12]