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100
While her pals Neil Young, Leonard Cohen, and Laura Nyro were also pushing the singer-songwriter genre forward, none of them managed to stride the distance that Mitchell did here in a single album.
13y
100
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
13y
100
'Blue' is the best way to describe the album. Blue offers a unique view of a world still entirely relevant today. The album takes on both sides of the fence in relationships, portraying both the wonderful moments and the moments of sorrow.
13y
100
In portraying herself so starkly, she has risked the ridiculous to achieve the sublime. The results though are seldom ridiculous; on Blue she has matched her popular music skills with the purity and honesty of what was once called folk music and through the blend she has given us some of the most beautiful moments in recent popular music.
10y
100
The one Mitchell album everybody dotes on, and rightly so. Lacerating perfection.
2y
A melancholic exploration of loneliness and longing.
I actually listened and wrote a review for this album a while ago, but I wasn't very satisfied with it, especially considering the fact that the album grew on me a lot since my first listens. So I wanted to write a proper review for it, and emphasize further why it's so great and important, even after 52 years since its initial release.
This is Joni Mitchell's 4th studio album, released in 1971. Although Joni was a well known ... read more
Joni Mitchell's lyrics have this amazing and incomprehensible ability to make me feel like everything is going to be okay, even when I'm feeling sad.
If River didn't put you in your feels, then you dont have feelings
first liten, i liked a lot!!! a pretty melancholic folk album.
favs: blue, the last time i saw richard river, a case of you, little green
worst: california
I listened to this while reading a lacenet fic at 3am
joni's voice is of a goddamn angel and the calming pianos and guitars just make it stand out even more than it already does . such amazing and concise lyrics and singing packed into this short 35 minutes . so much so that it honestly felt shorter than that
favorite tracks : All I Want , Blue , River , A Case of You
Based on the scores I gave each song on the album and considering the context of the era, I assigned a score to the album as a whole.
Feel free to ask questions or comment on the reasoning behind each song score below.
Thank you very much.
Song Rating:
All I Want -> 5/10
My Old Man -> 5/10
Little Green -> 5/10
Carey -> 5/10
Blue -> 5/10
California -> 5/10
This Flight Tonight -> 5/10
River -> 5/10
A Case of You -> 5/10
The Last Time I Saw Richard -> 5/10
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Track List
| 1 | All I Want 3:32 | 92 |
| 2 | My Old Man 3:33 | 90 |
| 3 | Little Green 3:25 | 92 |
| 4 | Carey 3:00 | 91 |
| 5 | Blue 3:00 | 91 |
| 6 | California 3:48 | 92 |
| 7 | This Flight Tonight 2:50 | 88 |
| 8 | River 4:00 | 94 |
| 9 | A Case of You 4:20 | 92 |
| 10 | The Last Time I Saw Richard 4:13 | 90 |
Total Length: 35 minutes
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1mo
1.) I really hate that I avoided this for so long because I keep thinking she’s drooling on the album cover—it’s just a mic, me π
2.) My Old Man is (relatively) so underscored despite having such a great melody and vocals??? Like every song on here that I’ve listened to so far have been a 10/10, but… My Old Man is a high 10/10 π€
2.) My Old Man is (relatively) so underscored despite having such a great melody and vocals??? Like every song on here that I’ve listened to so far have been a 10/10, but… My Old Man is a high 10/10 π€
