Taming the Tiger is Joni Mitchell’s 16th studio album, released on 29 September 1998 by Reprise Records. It followed Turbulent Indigo (1994) and was, at the time, regarded as potentially her final album of new original material.

Musically, it's a fascinating late-period Mitchell album, combining her jazz-influenced songwriting with electronic textures, ambient sounds and guitar synthesizer. Mitchell used the Roland VG-8 guitar-synth extensively, giving the record a distinctive, slightly futuristic sound.

Track listing — 11 tracks:

Harlem in Havana – 4:25

Man from Mars – 4:09

Love Puts on a New Face – 3:46

Lead Balloon – 3:38

No Apologies – 4:17

Taming the Tiger – 4:18

The Crazy Cries of Love – 3:54

Stay in Touch – 2:59

Face Lift – 4:41

My Best to You – 2:52

Tiger Bones – 4:22

Notable contributions include Wayne Shorter on saxophone, Larry Klein on bass and Brian Blade on drums. Mitchell produced the album herself.

The songs cover some quite personal territory. Man from Mars grew out of Mitchell's grief after losing her cat, while Stay in Touch and Face Lift have connections to her relationships with her daughter and mother. The title track takes aim at the music industry and Mitchell's frustrations with commercial pop.

Genre: Jazz-influenced pop/rock, singer-songwriter, adult alternative

Released: 1998

Label: Reprise Records

Producer: Joni Mitchell

Length: approximately 39 minutes

US CD catalogue: 9362-46451-2

Overall: A sophisticated, atmospheric and somewhat challenging album. It's not Blue or Court and Spark—this is late-period Joni, with denser electronic production and a deeper, more weathered vocal. But there's a lot to discover, particularly Man from Mars, Stay in Touch and Taming the Tiger. AllMusic considers it one of her more pleasing and consistent albums of the later period.