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Long before Frank Sinatra made his Duets album, Joni Mitchell cast a variety of name singers in prominent roles for the songs on Chalk Mark in a Rainstorm.
11y
60
Alluring as its surface is, though, this album doesn’t invite repeated listenings; in that sense, Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm is all too aptly named, for its pleasures simply wash away with time.
11y
Liked a couple songs but most of this offering from Joni was just fine.
Recs:
- Lakota
- Cool Water
if Wild Things Run Fast was boring, it’s NOTHING compared to this… listening to Chalk Mark in a Rain Storm feels like eating a cake made with no flour—it’s dense, unpleasant, and painfully uniform. it takes the worst parts of 80’s contemporary and pop music and waters them down until there’s really nothing of note left. and, like WTRF, there isn’t a memorable original hook on the album. not to mention all of the male rock-n-roll singer features on the ... read more
The best songs on here thrive in the synthy atmosphere Joni has created, whereas the worst ones are grating on the listener's ears.
Another Experiment In Failure For 80's Joni Mitchell
This is just the same test of trying to make herself more pop friendly she did on Dog Eat Dog which was also terrible, granted this one is better as she seems to realise towards the end of the album that maybe she should go back to the acoustic guitar and create some beautiful and personal songs like on the final song here A Bird That Whistles (Arrangement of the Traditional Work "Corrina, Corrina"). This whole album feels ... read more
En comparación a sus anteriores trabajos este pasa bastante desapercibido, decantandose por un pop sofisticado bastante amigable, sin dejar de lado su maravillosa interpretacióm.
... Un disco mas dentro de la amplia discografía de Joni Mitchell
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Track List
| 1 | My Secret Place 5:03 | 72 |
| 2 | Number One 3:48 | 71 |
| 3 | Lakota 6:27 | 70 |
| 4 | The Tea Leaf Prophecy (Lay Down Your Arms) 4:54 | 69 |
| 5 | Dancin' Clown 3:53 | 57 |
| 6 | Cool Water 5:26 | 67 |
| 7 | The Beat of Black Wings 5:25 | 68 |
| 8 | Snakes and Ladders 5:44 | 61 |
| 9 | The Reoccuring Dream 3:04 | 63 |
| 10 | A Bird That Whistles (Arrangement of the Traditional Work "Corrina, Corrina") 2:36 | 71 |
Total Length: 46 minutes
