Court and Spark Court and Spark Court and Spark is the sixth studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. It was an immediate commercial and critical success—and remains her most successful album. Released in January 1974, it infuses her folk rock style, which she developed throughout her previous five albums, with jazz inflections. It reached No. 2 in the United States and No. 1 in Canada and eventually received a Double Platinum certification by the RIAA, the highest of Mitchell's career. It also reached the Top 20 in the UK and was voted the best album of the year for 1974 in The
Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de Burgh Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de Burgh Spark to a Flame: The Very Best of Chris de Burgh is the third compilation album by Chris de Burgh, released by A&M Records in 1989. The album was released largely to capitalise on the resurgence of de Burgh's career after the smash hit of "The Lady In Red" three years earlier. As a result, most of the tracks are drawn from his 1980s albums "The Getaway", "Man On The Line", "Into The Light" and "Flying Colours". Also notable is the pairing of the songs "Borderline" and "Say Goodbye