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Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album. Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness. At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness, Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work. Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
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Henry Lewy, Engineer - JAMES TAYLOR, Guitar - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Henry Lewy, Engineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Henry Lewy, Engineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Stephen Stills, Guitar, Bass Guitar - Russ Kunkel, Drums - Henry Lewy, Engineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Henry Lewy, Engineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Russ Kunkel, Drums - Henry Lewy, Engineer - JAMES TAYLOR, Guitar - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Sneeky Pete, Pedal Steel Guitar
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Henry Lewy, Engineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Sneeky Pete, Pedal Steel Guitar
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Henry Lewy, Engineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Russ Kunkel, Drums - Henry Lewy, Engineer - JAMES TAYLOR, Guitar - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Henry Lewy, Engineer - Joni Mitchell, Producer, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Sad, spare, and beautiful, Blue is the quintessential confessional singer/songwriter album. Forthright and poetic, Joni Mitchell's songs are raw nerves, tales of love and loss (two words with relative meaning here) etched with stunning complexity; even tracks like "All I Want," "My Old Man," and "Carey" -- the brightest, most hopeful moments on the record -- are darkened by bittersweet moments of sorrow and loneliness. At the same time that songs like "Little Green" (about a child given up for adoption) and the title cut (a hymn to salvation supposedly penned for James Taylor) raise the stakes of confessional folk-pop to new levels of honesty and openness, Mitchell's music moves beyond the constraints of acoustic folk into more intricate and diverse territory, setting the stage for the experimentation of her later work. Unrivaled in its intensity and insight, Blue remains a watershed.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:36:05
- Main artists: Joni Mitchell
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1971 Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1971 Warner Records Inc. Marketed By Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company.
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